Black piano finish

There is an ugly fashion trend among industrial designers:

black piano finish

This treatment is used on plastic cases for variety of gadgets. It gives a shiny feel for a few moments of the life of the gadget and fades away with scratches and dust. What looks good on maple or birch of a grand piano is not necessarily a desired effect on plastic. The Nouveau riche (French for "new rich"), or new money of this world like to present themselves among shiny objects. Cheap plastic looks more expensive.
It is an ergonomic error to make a television set or computer monitor frame shiny. Aside of cheap-ugly look, this causes annoying reflections from any source of light in the room.