Video surging 8.4x the video's usual pace

cmcteq's glossy monitor upgrade has a lights-off condition

A side-by-side screen comparison draws a fresh surge of views, while some commenters are still waiting for the car-shaped mouse.

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cmcteq Story of October 25, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video is running at 25,979 views a day, 8.4 times its usual pace (3,106).

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cmcteq throws a monitor into an outdoor trash can, but the more useful part of his latest Short happens back at the desk. He puts the same picture on a glossy display and a matte one, asking whether the finish makes enough difference to switch.

Kuycon supplied the glossy monitor for the review. Beside his vertical matte screen, cmcteq finds its blacks deeper, its colors brighter and its text sharper. He explains that the coating used to reduce reflections on a matte display also scatters light from the image.

Then comes the condition attached to his verdict: keep the lights off. The glossy finish that makes the picture look clearer also leaves reflections to contend with.

The Short added about 26,000 views in a day, more than eight times its usual daily pace, after a much quieter opening day. That makes this fairly practical desk comparison a change of subject from the channel's elaborate gaming-mouse builds.

Not everyone in the comments has moved on. Alongside a viewer defending matte screens, others ask for the car mouse or suggest turning the whole house into one. His preceding upload already sets out the car plan: attach a sensor to his Volkswagen Jetta GLI and take the gaming setup to an empty parking lot.

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I like matte more tho.
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Turn your house into a gaming mouse
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This definitely gives me a useful perspective on whether I should pick up the P27Z this Black Friday!
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