wuxga vs. wsxga ( MAIN QUESTION ) - Page 2

Yep, great for school as I can view a website and type up an essay at the same time. Its great!! Awesome for VB6 dev too!

LOVE my WUXGA

Absolutely true about Firefox

The "FIX" for IE may be this Dell Internet Explorer Scale Utility Copied from link:
Never tried the above as I did not see any of the problems pple squalk about even before Firefox (there are a few sites that do work better with IE).

I am glad that Dell is adding the "Mall Kiosks" for folks to see.

However, there are many other locations nearby that will have examples to see, it worries me now that when I go into Costco, all I see are "Glossy Screens" (glare would never do for me).

Before this WUXGA, I had chosen a Sony VAIO XGA over a SXGA due to the "tiny fonts".

One year with that VAIO and I needed this D800, WUXGA was one big need to change.

Not that I do not share some of Cutter's sympathey for those who "Pay More" and "Get Less" when they see the smaller windows of their new BIG SCREEN computer.

I have the 9300 and chose the XGA screen. My reasons were that I only used a 1152*864 res on my desktop, I really can't stand the glare that the glossy screen gives, I wanted to run games at native for as long as possible, and couldn't warrent that extra $200 (CAD) price tag for the screen. I'm really happy with my decision, the screen is great, easy to read, and gives me plenty of desktop realestate. Having said all that though, what you look for in a screen may be different than what I look for so the UXGA may fit your needs better.

Since we are talking here also about 9300 screens I would like to share my experience with it. As much as I would like to have more screen real estate, I couldn't stand the truelife screen on 9300 WUXGA. The glossy screen on my (I believe it was Samsung make) was a big marketing joke. As some other people confirm, Samsung just applied layer of film over matte screen, cheap b#*()%ds! And as pointed above, it's just too dark. Of course, some may marvel "true blacks" but if it comes at the expence of watching all video like it was almost shot in darkness, no thanks. I tried new drivers and overlay/destop video settings plus inside the video players to no avail. And not to mention the glare. So while I am against truelife WUXGA on 9300, I suggest better than WXGA on 6000 because of the better quality of the screens on I6000 WSXGA and WUXGA. In trying to be fair to 9300, LD made WUXGA supposed to be brighter but you have good chance to get the annoying "sparkles" in your screen.

^That's an interesting observation (about the screen being darker) because, as far as I know, the glossy finish on the truelife's is caused by a lack of a coating, not an additional one. Most screens have, as the final coating, an anti-reflective film. The glossy displays simply lack this AR coating, and thus appear more reflective. My guess is that the darkness of the display was caused more by an increase in the apparent light hitting the screen (i.e. ambient light is more apparent on a glossy surface because it is better reflected by the surface). Just a guess. Anyway I tend to agree with everyone that the glossy truelife's are more trouble than they are worth. On the i6000, however, yay for HD.

I'm also still not sure what screen to choose. BUt I also don't like glossy thing so will stay with WXGA or WSXGA+ . Now for 9300 I can only pick WXGA. But for M70 IF I decide to get it I can also take WSXGA+ can someone please tell me if it's okey for 15" screen or still too much and better to get WXGA?
I'm used to 1280x1024 resolution on my 17" 173P Samsung LCD.

I personally think WSXGA resolution is the happy medium when it comes to screen resolutions.

First i6000 I bought I got the UXGA

Returend it for a second i6000d, this time round got the SXGA.

Unless you're gonna be up to your nose in documents/spreadsheets/etc. I'd highly recommend the SXGA, hell even the XGA would be 'okay' if it weren't for fact you loose viewing angle compared to the SXGA.

lukx - if my memory serves me correctly, you do some CAD/3D work, right? If this is the case, I would highly recommend the M70 with WUXGA. CAD/3D is what it's designed for, and I can't tell you how valuable the extra resolution is. If I am mistaken, and you don't do a lot of CAD/3D work, then you probably don't need the higher resolution. On a 9300, WXGA+ would be fine, and on an M70 I'd go with WSXGA+.

yep I'm doing 3d. But... I like my eyes=) Also my main concern is how glossy screen will look right to matte LCD (because I want to use them both). Also I'm a bit worried about bigger possibility of scratching glossy screen than matt. My boss has sony vaio with glossy screen and when I saw dust after one day of using it and though what might happen after wiping it, I was terrified.

The M70 doesn't have any glossy screens (actually none of the 15.4" notebooks have glossy screens), and the only glossy screen on the 9300 is the WUXGA. So unless you are looking at a 9300 with WUXGA, don't worry about the glossy screens.

really?!, damn...now I have even bigger dilemma.

I have a 15.4" WSXGA+ Screen (same as M70) and its perfect. Excellent res, not to small, bright and sharp.

Doubt that 'glossy's get more dust, just show it better.

Important rule for that would be to NEVER 'dry-wipe' dust off your screen (or your glasses, watch crystal, windshield, windows or mirrors). It WILL cause scratches. Clean, damp soft, lint-free cotton (like a piece of wornout tee-shirt) works well, for acrylic transparencys (like Aircraft Windows) they warn against using "paper products" as they can also scratch!

With a Computer (or TV even) you need to use caution with a damp wipe to keep moisture away from electronics. An 'eyeglasses' anti-static compound may reduce the dust for you, better yet would be a clean room.

So glad to hear that there not All going to be shiney screens, ALL I SEE on display lately are the 'Glossy's

As for your WXGA-WSXGA-WUXGA decision, if you like or need to see the most on your screen, go for the highest resolution, if you want larger 'everything' go lower.

My need is to run two applications side-by-side so I had to switch from XGA to WUXGA for that.

It has been thirty years since I could read newsprint from across the room, but due to the quality and clarity of my screen, the fine print presents no problems. Also, there are many tools (Tweak's taskbar magnifier, nVida's Ctrl/wheel zoom or zoom box) or this LCD's ability to run way below 'native' resolution without distortion, and that more than compensates for any advantage of SXGA+.

See this post {link} for an example of scaling ability of the WUXGA screen (700k photos of two resolutions)

Best idea would be if you can get to a Dell Kiosk and see for yourself, but it would not hurt at all to do a little 'comparison shopping' (give 'em a chance to sell you an HP ) to see different screens.

Ok, I bought for a friend an I6000 WXGA and I played with it for couple days. I did side by side comparison with I6000D WXGA. Difference is very noticeable. onboard video gives clean overall look, little sharper and colors are great. Video is great too. Overall, even WXGA looked very nice with onboard graphics.
I6000D has dirtier look, and yellowish/purplish tint on white background unless contrast and brightness significantly down. So ATI card or drivers is to blame. When I tried to change settings often many of them not usefull as whole screen becomes really purple or other single color. I updated to latest driver on Dell website, no help. Couldn't get Catalyst to work with it. Don't get me wrong, I6000D WXGA still looks good, but I6000 is much better. When I'll get my WUXGA with onboard graphics I'll post my impressions.

Yes, I think the WXSGA+ is the best screen for the I6000. It's a great mid-range screen that looks really crisp and sharp. You've got to see it in person to really appreciate it!