LCD Light Leakage

here we go again

Light leakage is normal. On a black screen it is very very rare that you would see no FL around the screen. From those pics I'd guess you can't even see the leakage in windows, unless of course you're actively trying..

I'd say you have a very good screen as far as this issue is concerned. However, if it bothers you that much you could always have Dell replace it and risk getting one that's even worse..

I had Bad leakeage on my 9300 when first got it. Dell replaced the LCD. It got cut down to about 20 %. Is not bad. Yours look way nice. And yes, most LCDs leak some. Go to best buy and play with some puters there., youll find out how good yours is.

I seeee you

As the others said, it's really up to you on what to do. Either have Dell replace it (and get a better or maybe worse screen) or live with it. My old laptop had about the same leakage, plus the plastic in the corner was broken so that was pushing on the screen and making a little rainbow thing, and you don't really notice it after a while, unless you look for it.

If it were my laptop, I'd probably keep it, then if it got worse or if I were nearing the end of my warranty then I might have it fixed.

Light leakage IS NORMAL, Ive never seen a laptop that didnt have some, My 9300 came with the samsung x4766 wxga+ panel, it had alot of light leakage on a black screen, never noticed it on day to day usage though, but it did look alot like some of the pictures floating around on the forum. After six weeks there is very little light leakage at all, only on a black screen toward the bottom of the screen. With time and usage, this will dissipate with whatever make and model of lcd panel you get. So dont panic, as anyone can tell you this will dissipate, I am very happy with my panel, sharp, colorful, great viewing angles and lots of brightness, I havent had any reason to adjust my colors or anything using the nvidia panel or digital vibrance.
Its very easy to get obsessed about these problems you keep hearing about with the lcd panels, most of them are just hype, and since you cant do much about it but order one and evaluate it yoruself, what are you waiting for??
I recommend staying away from WUXGA high resolution panels if you are not used to them or have never used them or you use a desktop at 1024x768 or less. Another thing you should know is that most games and all web pages do not support the 1920x1200 resolution of the WUXGA panel, your video card will have to work harder to render all those extra pixels that your games and web pages dont support anyhow, making the extra 125 dollars a waste of money and overkill. I also do not like the glossy screen on the WUXGA panel, some do, to each his own and good luck. Just dont buy a WUXGA panel thinking the world is going to look soo much better on it than a WXGA, its not true and I say this as I have used both panels extensively.
One more thing about the light leakage, rest assured it will go away and usually the panels with light leakage are brighter overall than their counterparts that come with very little leakage initially. You also have to ask yourself, how often do you sit and stare at a black screen when using your laptop??? Rest easy, if thats all the concerns you have on your lcd panel you will be just fine. Enjoy

based on the very small amount of information you have provided, it sounds as though you may have a samsung panel, most users prefer the samsung panel over the LG panel, hard to say though, since you didnt happen to include this critically important information, you can go to dell support and check by using your service tag number to see your "original system configuration" which will tell you what panel you got.

The top part of my 700m has this white effect. It doesnt bother me at all. The background I use on my pc's is just bare black.

congrats Rogu, most like their samsungs and if those pics are of your panel? then you actually got one with less light leakage than I had.

I dunno, maybe the sager people arent freaks like us I guess.

Light Leakage is normal in all laptops, It's how they are built (I think).

It takes a few weeks or so, not a few days for the light leakage to dissipate. All laptops suffer from this primarily due to lack of ventilation of the lcd panel and use of an aluminum heat sink strip.

And all this time I thought it was the fluorescent light used to illuminate the LCD creating all that light. hmm you learn something new everyday.

Wow thats alot of leakage, my i6000d with a samsung only has about 2% of that.

Is light leakage supposed to get better or worse as the laptop gets older?
When I got my 6000 a few weeks ago I didn't notice any leakage, but now it's starting to creep in from the bottom and top. Is it normal for it to suddenly show up like that?

after two months my samsung x4766 17 inch panel looks great, hardly any light leakage now!!