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Originally Posted by Psyke
the short answer your monitor and e-ink screens are plastic screens, or at least plastic overlay that provides the anti glare properties, while tablets are all glass. If your monitor happens to be glass (which isn't very common, not even with the high end ones we have at the office), then because it isn't a capacitive touch screen, they probably can put something on it to reduce the glare.
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DOH! You are right, my monitor is plastic! Of course, glass can be made in matte/non-glossy formats, e-ink proves that.
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If they used a different type of touch screen on tablets, could it reduce the glare? Possibly, but would it be as effective/sensitive? As we've seen with the kobo touch and others like it that use infra-red touch screen, it works well for it's application, but it's not as sensitive as a capacitive touchscreen, which requires an insulator such as glass (plastics could be use, but Glass is much better). To be totally honest, I don't know why they couldn't add a proper anti-glare to a glass screen, but I'd have to guess that it has to do with the properties of the capacitive screen, else someone probably would have done it by now.
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Thanks for explaining, I'm seeing why it hasn't happened yet, though I personally could live with a less sensitive touchscreen if I could get no glare! Because otherwise, I simply can't use a tablet easily, it bothers my eyes too much. I've also noticed how many laptops have a gloss screen, and again, can't understand the reasoning. Those aren't touchscreen, so that excuse is lacking.
I'm really hoping the Vox is a screen improvement over most tablets. But I won't buy one until I can see in person, just because that's the only way for me to know if I can tolerate it.