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post #1 of 12
4/23/08 at 11:22pm
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Well, I spoke with an Alienware account rep today and there's no plan for an LED backlit LCD option in the near future.

*sigh* And I was getting really pumped about this machine too.

Oh well.

I know I've been beating this one like a dead horse, but it's my most important component at the moment.
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post #2 of 12
4/24/08 at 12:24pm
May i ask why it's your most important component?
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post #3 of 12
4/24/08 at 3:16pm
they're brighter, thinner, more energy efficient
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post #4 of 12
4/24/08 at 3:52pm
I dont think energy effeciency should be a factor in laptop like this. They arn't really much brighter, but the trick is they get to full brightness immediatley instead of having to warm up. The cover design probably would not change due to thickness as it is not that much.
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post #5 of 12
4/24/08 at 4:50pm
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I dont think energy effeciency should be a factor in laptop like this. They arn't really much brighter, but the trick is they get to full brightness immediatley instead of having to warm up. The cover design probably would not change due to thickness as it is not that much.
Energy efficiency does matter to me. The sticky at the top suggests this laptop can already acheive 3:20 hours of battery life when the proper setup is performed! Adding another 20-30 minutes by using an LED backlight would be a nice bonus for those long plane rides. Add in a hybrid 5400 rpm HD (their test was with a 7200rpm drive) and you might break 4 freaking hours.

Not having to warm up is another plus. My DELL Xps Gen2 can take 10 minutes to reach full brightness. When I use it at work the LCD frequently turns itself off as I am doing other things and I hate sitting down to a dull screen. This problem seems to be getting worse as the laptop ages - so I hate to think how it will be in another year.
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post #6 of 12
4/25/08 at 12:59am
To be honest with you, I thought the LCD was LED when I first booted it up for an initial test run. It's very similar in brightness to the new macbook pro LED displays. I have the LG screen and it's probably the brightest that I've ever seen in a notebook and I'm not exaggerating. Yes, you'll get more battery life with an LED screen but I wouldn't knock this one until you try it. I'm referring to the 1440x900, not the 1920x1200 matte.
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post #7 of 12
4/25/08 at 1:09am
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Originally Posted by Juason View Post
Energy efficiency does matter to me. The sticky at the top suggests this laptop can already acheive 3:20 hours of battery life when the proper setup is performed! Adding another 20-30 minutes by using an LED backlight would be a nice bonus for those long plane rides. Add in a hybrid 5400 rpm HD (their test was with a 7200rpm drive) and you might break 4 freaking hours.
Oh you can just about 4 hours with my setup.

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Not having to warm up is another plus. My DELL Xps Gen2 can take 10 minutes to reach full brightness. When I use it at work the LCD frequently turns itself off as I am doing other things and I hate sitting down to a dull screen. This problem seems to be getting worse as the laptop ages - so I hate to think how it will be in another year.
I've never had a problem with any laptop taking longer than, say, 2 seconds to reach full brightness... unless it's not a noticeable thing unless you're paying reallllly close attention.
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post #8 of 12
4/25/08 at 1:16pm
Wow almost 4 hours eh? That's amazing!

Yeah the warm up time on my XPS gen2 and my older Sager 5680 LCDs are terrible. I'd estimate a 25% loss in brightness for the first few minutes. Maybe it is due to their age. I'm not sure but would love to avoid it in the future.
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post #9 of 12
4/26/08 at 4:35pm
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Originally Posted by Steve@NBF View Post
May i ask why it's your most important component?
1. Brightness.
2. Lighter & More Power efficient.
3. Color matching with professional digital printers.

I do digital photo editing and printing on the side. If you've ever tried to color match an LCD monitor to the color output of a dyesub printer, it's almost impossible with an LCD monitor. LED LCD's are supposed to produce truer color saturation and allow you to match what the image looks like on the screen to a professional printed image.

The place I work on the side started bringing CRT's on location again because the color is so hard to match. And let me tell you, I'd much rather tote an LED LCD monitor, either on a notebook or as a seperate unit, than tote a 50lb+ CRT.
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post #10 of 12
4/27/08 at 5:54pm
What notebooks currently carry the LED backlights?
When did these come out?
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post #11 of 12
4/28/08 at 3:10am
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Macbook Pro's, Dell m1330 & m1530's currently have the LED backlit LCD screens as an option. I haven't found any other manufacturers carrying them as of yet. They started coming out at the end of last year in very limited quantities. I expect more will begin carrying them sooner than later.
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post #12 of 12
4/28/08 at 4:34am
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Originally Posted by Melodis View Post
Macbook Pro's, Dell m1330 & m1530's currently have the LED backlit LCD screens as an option. I haven't found any other manufacturers carrying them as of yet. They started coming out at the end of last year in very limited quantities. I expect more will begin carrying them sooner than later.
Sony has had them the longest. Lenovo has a few.
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