[rowe]

Interesting, the Cect listing says the anti-glare film is factory applied. Seems not at least on the good ereader one.

On the Hisense A5 the film was pre-applied, but it was almost irrelevant as the A5 has terrible ghosting under direct sunlight (on mine at least). And I suspect poor sharpness on the A5 is as much to do with the surface layers as a DPI that's a little less than most modern readers.

If given the option between glossy/matte, I'd prefer matte. But glossy does usually have darker blacks and seems sharper.

The best screens IMO use glass-like surfaces that are micro-etched to get the best of both worlds. I think the Kindle Voyage had this, and it's still the best e-reader screen we've ever had the opportunity to buy. Unfortunately this seems to be rarely used in screen manufacturing due to cost (it's a £300 option on iMacs).