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7 Sep 2024 03:19:20 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Shopping for TVs  
From: Eero Ahonen
Date: 1 Dec 2008 12:47:23
Message: <4934232b@news.povray.org>
scott wrote:
> 
> In the past, all LCDs were designed with AR and AG coatings to stop
> specular reflections that bugged CRTs so badly.  But a few years ago
> some marketing guru realised that if you took off the AR coating some
> people actually thought it looked "better" because it looked shinier. 
> It didn't matter that you would end up seeing a direct reflection of
> your window or lights in the TV at home, it looked shinier in the shop
> so it sold more units.
> 

Is this why most laptops today have a goddamn mirror-display?

-Aero


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