[rob74]

Matte or glossy, the sharpness of the display (all other things being equal) will be exactly the same. Glossy displays just look "nicer" because we associate glossy surfaces with higher value: glossy magazines, brochures, photos etc.

[Milner08]

Matte ends up with lower contrast because it defuses light and washes things out, especially in bright light. I think LTT did a video a while ago showing that it was actually worse in bright light than a glossy screen.

[snowwrestler]

Matte surfaces prevent reflections by diffusing the light rays that hit them. They have the same effect on light rays that pass through them.

There is a reason your house and car windows are polished to a reflective surface. It provides more acuity.

[midoridensha]

I wonder if there's a way we could engineer a nanotech materical that passes light through a screen in one direction without diffusion, but in the opposite direction diffuses the light to prevent reflections.

[FinnKuhn]

this isn't quite right, because the coding used on matte displays definitely makes them a little bit less sharp as you can see comparing the close up: https://youtu.be/jFdtJzAgPtA?t=228

[ideamotor]

Sharpness is but glossy screens provide wider color range aka gamut, just like glossy photo paper.