glossy desktop monitors?

If glossy screens are so popular on laptops, why not put them on regular desktop monitors too? How about TV's? lol
No seriously, is the glossiness limited just to notebooks?

 

They do have 'em for desktop monitors. I greatly prefer matte, but I've got a 19" Sony SXGA at home with a glossy screen. I guess it's not as common and I do agree that it's strange it's not more common given the popularity of glossy screen laptops.

 

I am going to go out on a limb here as I am only speaking from commonsense and experience (very dangerous mix I know). When you are talking "desktop" if it has "glass" it is not matte. While there may be "super glossy" you can not have a "real" matte with glass. If we are not talking glass then I have seen both matte and glossy offered. Why not on TV's? Well refer back to materials used "glass" and second TV's are not typically carried around so since they are in a controlled environment less need. So I guess what I am saying is it not an issue/option in other situations both because of materials used (glass) and environment. I am aware of attempts with TV's in the past to control glare but that is basically putting sunglasses on your TV. I don't think that quality counts as matte for our discussion. So in conclusion gloss is an attempt, because of materials used, to simulate the properties of glass that is used in the construction of TV's. TV's are the standard that the products you mention are trying to emulate, why would something emulate itself?

 

There are plenty of glossy desktop monitors. If you go to Circuit City, you will quickly be able to identify the glossy screens by the preponderance of digital arts students and people looking for a mirror around them. Most others will be spending their time looking at the matte finish screens.