I had one of the original “aluminum” Apple Cinema Displays which was an absolutely beautiful matte IPS panel, however the cathode tube always made the colors come out warm. Now I primarily use a laptop-integrated matte TS RGB-LED display (which achieves full NTSC and AdobeRGB gamut); despite being TS, the colors are incredibly vivid and sharp, and I no longer have warm color shifting.

While glossy provides deeper blacks, the RGB-LED makes the colors really pop; I hardly get the visual impression that the blacks are washed out with such vivid colors, such as when watching movies.

As for the iPad, I’m not sure glossiness or build quality is the main concern; the real limitation is the OS and lack of multitasking!

Photography is a hobby of mine, so I avoid glossy screens. Editing pictures – or writing code and reading papers, for that matter – just isn’t very enjoyable when reflections obscure the contents. I chose not to buy an Apple laptop a couple of years ago largely for this reason.

But for my wife it’s worse. She’s a graphical designer, and having reflections impose a color cast, contrast changes and superimposing faint lines and shapes over the view as she works is a major no-no. She got her last Apple screen when they were still matte; the next screen will likely be from a different manufacturer unless they come up with a good matte unit again.