Posts by strayan

Quote: Originally Posted by jpca I have, and use every day, the A790 which uses the Sharp MS_0026 display... it's absolutely perfect, no grain at all, super bright and colors are great with very little...

Looking for a review of a 17-inch MBP with glossy widescreen display. My main inquiry is whether it suffers the same kind of holographic speckle effect (I can't stand it) that plagues the matte version (and many other laptops nowadays).

Well, it's definitely worse, a lot worse, than the old A-Series - saw them side by side the other day, one for AUD $3678 (the A-Series) and the other at $5400 (the AR). I know which one I'd be going for. Do we know the manufacturer of...

Quote: Originally Posted by jpca Beautiful, perfect screens do exist... take a look at the Sharp display on the SONY A Series... Perfection. You can't even see the pixels. No grain, perfectly smooth whites, colors,...

I can't wait for confirmation that it'll run Windows XP and the release of a 17 inch model with a Mobility Radeon X1800. We be living in good times.

Quote: Originally Posted by GadgetFreak the only thing that sets it apart is a slightly better screen than HP, Gateway, or Compaq, and also it's built-in webcam. Slightly better screen!? That an...

Quote: Originally Posted by jpca The display is terribly grainy and sparkly in appearance I just looked at one too, it's awful; my eyes find it offensive to look at. I'd describe it as being covered in...

Quote: Originally Posted by sfdoddsy If they've dropped that lovely WUXGA screen for a a sloppy WXGA one, my next upgrade will be to Sager or (gasp) Dell. Hey I wouldn't have thought you'd been needing an...

Quote: Originally Posted by rick01 Sony released a new VAIO AX Media Center Notebook (17"), Looks slick to me! Not to me. It's ugly. An X700? C'mon Sony get your act together, the Mobility Radeon X800 XT...

Quote: Originally Posted by Eliwood It's on its way out How do you know? The Australian version just got a bump up to a PM 780 and is now bundled HDTV tuner. There's still room in it for an updated graphics...