I could be wrong, but the "glossy coat" you're thinking of is actually the absence of an anti-glare type filter. Some people love LCD monitors like this since they're very bright without that filter. Most that I talk to hate it becuase, like you said, it turns the screen into a big mirror at the wrong angle. I really hope that this type of display does not appear on LCD televisions.
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I could be wrong, but the "glossy coat" you're thinking of is actually the absence of an anti-glare type filter. Some people love LCD monitors like this since they're very bright without that filter. Most that I talk to hate it becuase, like you said, it turns the screen into a big mirror at the wrong angle. I really hope that this type of display does not appear on LCD televisions.