Well the matte suggestions came a few moments after I hit buy, but I'd already followed your reasoning and got the matte (whew!) Good to hear I made the better choice!
Ended up springing for the
"Tetrads" Skin. Bit of a geek and (surprise,surprise) a big fan of Tetris. figured it would be the closet I'd get to Tetris on my reader
Again thanks for the advice -- I'll post pics when I get it installed.