Anti glare coating

Hi does anyone know if there is any way of reducing the anti glare sparkle on the screen?
I have a 8 month old 30" cinema display which is perfect
I also have a 1 week old 30" (which was replaced because the first one had a problem with lines in solid blue) The replacement has too much anti glare coating, making it very visible on white backgrounds.
Its like vasoline! Anyone know if theres anything that can be done about this?

Apple sent replacement, which came with a dead pixel etc so it's going back. I'll have to get used to the one I have, which apart from the over sparkly coating the colours are excellent.
The conclusion I've reached is that they must have started adding more anti-glare since my other 30" was made.

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jkrell wrote:
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