[Terpfen]

I am a little puzzled what the point of the glossy display is. It’s not awful, but it doesn’t really make a lot of sense to me. Maybe it’s more durable?

Matte displays dampen the image generated by the computer. The point of having a glossy (actually "non-matte") display is to get a clearer picture.

As for the gloss, well, TVs have been glossy for seven decades and no one's complained.

[John Valentine]

As for the gloss, well, TVs have been glossy for seven decades and no one's complained.

TVs were glossy because the tremendous stress that the huge CRT vacuum display tubes were under required THICK glass. If the surface were matte, the image, maybe as much as 10mm behind the matte surface would have been muddied beyond recognition, not because there was something inherently good about the glossy, reflection prone screen.

And you say no one has complained!!!??? You have never been around my house. Complaints about the reflections were CONSTANT. When LCD monitors came out they were made matte, and for good reason - customer satisfaction. And, it was technically possible for the first time - the screens are not under a vacuum, and the distance between the matte surface and the actual image is maybe less than 1mm.

Frankly, I think making computer monitor screens glossy is just plain crazy. I certainly wouldn't buy one. The don't NEED to be glossy, so why do it?

At the very least, give us a choice!

[MarkL]

As for the gloss, well, TVs have been glossy for seven decades and no one's complained.

Huh? People HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING THE ENTIRE TIME! Just ask anyone who sells TVs! But people have just gotten used to the idea that they don't have any choice other than to reposition the TV or other furniture, and make sure you draw the blinds!

Mark