Glossy and wide screen, is this the trend?

One major reason (in addition to the great quality and good look) I decided to buy a Thinkpad is because all thinkpads are matte screen. Lenovo's 3000 series are all glossy, so is Dell XPS M1210, so is MacBook. It seems to me the current trend of laptop industry is going Wide Screen and Glossy. Is this for people who watch movies on their laptops? But I thought laptops are better for other purposes, and giant TV screens are surely ideal for movie watching.

I personally prefer matte (non-glossy), standard screen 4:3.

 

As far as I know Apple and Dell still give you the option. My T60 WS screen has a matte finish but it has a very slight glossy look to it. It's hard to explain but it beautiful. Most companies are going with glossy over matte because they sell more laptops to consumers than business execs. And yes glossy looks better when playing movies.

 

Glossy is better for movies, matte is better for everything else.

People "think" glossy looks better but it really is not better. The colors get inacurate and over vibrant and it is really noticeable to someone who does a lot of photo work (me). I also just do not like glossy as it reflects everything around.

Luckily Lenovo knows business users like matte and thus will continue making the thinkpads with matte screens

 

Some of Dell computers have choices, but XPS M1210 has only glossy, I was told by the telephone rep. I was in an Apple store the other day and was told only glossy is available for MacBook (I don't know about MacBook Pro). It's just a lousy feeling when I approach a laptop in a store and there on the screen is my own image and the lights in the store (not that my image is not nice, though ).

 

yes, this is the trend, and also everything gets cheaper and quality is not there any more, because ppl want to watch movies and play games, who cares about work?

 

Which one is more costy to make, glossy or matte? Anyone knows?

 

Its actually not the screen itself many times. Like in the HP notebooks they actually put a clear plastic "window" over the screen that is built into the case.

Might be a way to make a cheaper LCD panel look like a better quality one since it is glossy (just a thought).