- So I recently purchased
Apple's new 2020 iMac.
And I actually did a
review episode about that.
So go check that out.
But that model has the glossy display.
They introduced the nano-texture recently
into the iMac line
and I wanted to give it
a try for the first time.
So if you're ready.
Let's take a look.
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Really that's just great.
You know, I'm doing
pretty great today too.
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My name is Krazy Ken
and this is a 2020 iMAC sitting right
here with the nano-texture glass.
So as you can see,
I have not popped the
cherry on this thing yet.
So we're in this together.
So this is just gonna be a quick one today
because I wasn't planning on
shooting this so soon actually.
The computer actually
arrived 14 days ahead
of the shipping schedule.
So good job Apple.
All right.
Just gonna hide back
here for a little bit.
All right.
And I'm gonna neatly fold
this instead of just crumbling
it and throwing it away like
I did on the live broadcast.
And of course the static wrapper
or whatever this is called is on here.
So we don't get the full effect yet,
but I can already kind of see it.
Alright, let's peel it off.
Oh, this is interesting.
The eyesight camera has
like a dedicated circle cut
around it because they can't
put the nano-texture glass
in front of the camera.
I'll just beam it into your face there.
You can already tell just by
looking at the reflections
that the light is more diffused.
It has more of that frosted
look because the glass is,
I don't know what the technical term is,
but actually will just say in such a way
where the light bounces off of it
and scatters more, which reduces glare.
So that's what got me excited,
but I did have a YouTube comment say
that although the glare is reduced,
text looks kind of fuzzier
and I'm not sure if I'm gonna
be okay with that trade off,
but we'll compare the
reflectivity between the two.
And we'll also compare text sharpness
because honestly if text isn't sharp,
I'm not gonna like that.
I would rather go with the
regular glossy display them.
But first impressions,
it looks really beautiful with that nice,
like frosted glass kind of look.
I also heard that you could only clean
the nano-textured glass with
one specific type of cloth
that Apple says to clean it with.
And I have not seen that yet
ever in video or anything.
And it really looked
though I wanted to kind
of save all this for myself,
but I'm guessing it's in
here somewhere and yep.
This is new.
I've never seen this
in an Apple box before
but I'm guessing this
is the proprietary cloth
you need to use to clean that screen.
Cause I guess it's just
really fragile or something,
but yeah, let's have a look.
Yeah. That looks like a
slightly different material
than what you would normally get.
And you gotta use that.
That's Smooth, oh yeah.
That's smooth.
Yeah, I guess he used
that to clean the display.
Alright, well again,
I'm gonna try to keep this in like
as pristine condition as possible.
Because again, if I
don't like this computer,
well, the display I have to return it.
The computer itself though is bad ass.
Other than that, you know,
AMD glitch, you know,
everything else is really solid.
Again, check out my review episode.
It was pretty cool.
I just wanna see if the
instructions say like
do not use any other type of
cloth on this screen stickers.
Oh yep. There it is. Right there.
Cleaning the display
for additional polishing
clause con clause.
It's been a long week,
for additional polishing
cloth contact AppleCare.
They'll give you more cloths.
That's so fricking cool, but yeah.
Okay. I guess you can use,
I suppose alcohol on here.
I did not think you could,
but I got plenty of that line around.
So now let's compare them side by side.
Hi. All right.
So here we have the glossy display
and here we have the nano-texture display
but that was probably
pretty clear at this point.
As you can see, we're kind of
really reflective over here
and over here, the light is nice and soft.
Now I'm gonna bust out my
handy dandy little LED.
You may remember this guy
from my Pro Stand episode.
Good times.
Let's take a look and I have
a monitor set up as well.
So I can also see what
the reflection looks like
from your point of view.
So, yep.
It's not exactly a mirror
it's not supposed to be.
It's slightly darker.
I think also there's like
a bit more blue in the hue
because when this like anti-reflective
or anti-glare coating filters out light
the blue hues escape still.
But yeah, it's definitely
better than what it was like
in the like early Apple
glossy display days.
Those were pretty bad,
but still pretty reflective on here.
Yeah. It's just like
a nice soft spotlight,
pretty reflective, nice and diffused.
Let's do it from like
this distance here. Yeah.
As you can see the white,
just like I said earlier,
it's scatters more so
it's spread out more,
but it's more soft and less like bright.
And over here it's more concentrated.
I think we all knew who was
gonna win this little test,
the nano-textured glass.
But now the ultimate determining
factor, how does text
and other fine details look on
the nano-textured glass here,
because that is going to
make it or break it for me.
But thankfully Apple
has an amazing completely 100%
money-back 14-day guarantee.
Thank goodness.
So, let's put this
thing up and try it out.
You just gotta love that
fresh Apple product smell.
Well okay. Yeah.
The desktop just logged in here
and I mean, it looks really good.
Like it's so cool that I
have these lights up here
and everything and the glare
is just super, super, super subtle.
So that is really cool.
I'm kind of torn to be honest,
cause it's really cool
that there's like no glare
and everything still looks beautiful
but yes, text is super,
super, super, slightly softer
and there's a little super
subtle texture you can see,
especially on brighter images,
man, I'm a little stuck.
I don't really know which
one I want to stick with.
It feels like there's an
extra layer of material
that I just wanna rip off of this thing.
And in a way there kind
of is, but there isn't,
it's still the same glass.
It's just, I don't know.
Acts differently or whatever.
This is a trickier decision
than I thought it would be.
Honestly, I'll keep testing it out
but I think I'm gonna return this one.
So here's the thing, without
business discounts and stuff,
it's an extra $500 for
the nano-textured glass.
But I think you're probably
better off like what I said
in my first impressions,
better off not doing the nano-texture.
Saving the 500 bucks and
just controlling your room,
adjust your office or whatever.
So there's no light just
beaming in reflecting stuff
off of your display.
But I guess if you go
with the nano-texture,
you're probably gonna be
working more with images
than with text, I would assume.
So it's probably not a bad trade off.
Now, if you were like in the typography
or writing then, yeah then you probably
wouldn't wanna go the nano-texture route.
Okay. So my demons and I talked it over
and the consensus is I'm 99% sure.
I'm gonna return this.
So, I'll keep testing
it a little bit more.
Follow me on Twitter if you're not already
cause I'll post some followups there,
but yeah, it's kinda nice,
but the trade off doesn't
make it worth it to me.
Plus the extra 500 bucks,
super doesn't make it worth it to me.
I hope you enjoyed
coming along with me just
on this quick little experiment here
and hey, it was worth trying, right.
Apple has an easy return policy.
But I still wanna hear
everyone else's thoughts.
So, let me know what you
think if you've tried
this out in person before,
but yeah, that's all I got for today.
It was just a quick little experiment.
Thanks for sticking with me.
Catch the crazy and pass it on.
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