[Terpfen]

And you say no one has complained!!!??? You have never been around my house.

I don't care about your house. Show me where consumer demand led to TV manufacturers shipping matte screen versions of their LCD and Plasma displays, and show me data that suggests matte screens subsequently sell more than glossy screens. (You won't be able to, because the sales data indicates that an overwhelming amount of TV and computer purchasers buy glossy.) Until you can produce something besides anecdotal evidence of your own opinion, my statement stands: no one has complained about glossy TVs.

The don't NEED to be glossy, so why do it?

They don't need to be matte, so why do it?

Again: the screen is non-matte to present a better picture than would otherwise be achievable with a matte finish.

At the very least, give us a choice!

You DO have a choice. If it's so important that your display be matte instead of glossy, all you have to do is buy an aftermarket 13.3'' matte film cover for the display. Problem solved. But I suspect you'll continue complaining regardless.

[gost2]

You are woefully uninformed. Graphic artists and photographers truly NEED mat screens. Because the consumer public likes shiny things we now get these absurd eye straining and unprofessional screens.

Fine on an imac. Let the little people have what they think they want.

But to put them on ‘pro’ machines is beyond stupid. Its craven. Pathetic really. I’m ordering a 17inch macbookpro asap so I can get a laptop with the latest innards and a decent screen and when I order my new tower I will get another manufacturers 30” display.

If Apple continues to refuse to dance with the ones that brung em and does not accede to our demands in the next couple years or so I guess these will be my last Apple products.

[John Valentine]

I certainly never expected to be confronted by someone with such a major stake in glossy screens!

I will tell you that it is a FACT that LCD screens were made mate for exactly the reason I gave.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matte_Displays

Beyond all that, the reason why glossy screens seem to have become popular, especially with notebooks, is that they offer better outdoor readability.

Moreover, just for the record, my post wasn’t a complaint so much as it was an explanation for those who care to increase their understanding of the facts.

I don’t own a glossy screen any more, computer monitor or television, so I have nothing to complain about.

Perhaps if I buy one of the new Mac laptops, I will buy one of the films you suggest. Thanks.