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Screen with the Best Viewing Angle

post #1 of 6
12/20/04 at 3:55pm
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I'm planning to purchase a laptop with a wide screen display. Available options for the display are WXGA, WSXGA+, and WUXGA. Is there is a difference in the VIEWING ANGLE between them? It's a nightmare showing my co-workers gathered together something on my 600m.
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post #2 of 6
12/20/04 at 7:23pm
No, there is no difference in the viewing angles between these three displays. Pease read the FAQ for more info, but the short of it is that these LCDs are identical to each other in respect to their specifications, apart from their maximum native resolutions.

Typical specs for all three:

Screen Size: 15.4 Inch Widescreen
Palette: 262'144 Colours
Response Time: 35ms typical
Contrast Ratio: 300:1
Brightness: 185 cd/m^2
Viewing Angles: 65 degrees left-right; 50 degrees up-down

Cheers,
Stu
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post #3 of 6
12/20/04 at 11:24pm
If you want a wide viewing angle with clear image, you'd have to get the super glossy screen-types, ala Xbrite/Trubrite. Any laptop with anti-glare coating ala inspiron 9200 will limit your viewing angles cuz of optical physics. If you're willing to settle for a small business laptop, the 700m has a very nice glossy display. I think it's 12.1" though so it might be a tad small for your liking.

You might be better served checking out the other manufacturers too?

D
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post #4 of 6
12/21/04 at 9:11am
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Thanks. I'm looking at the d800 as my main attraction are its ports, and stability.

I was thinking that because the xga display runs at a lower resolution than sxga or uxga, that maybe the physical pixels on the screen are bigger and thus are easier to see at an angle. At work I have i8600 with regular wxga display and compared to my 600m's sxga+ display, two things makes it more crisp: vieiwing angle and the dispersion of light. There is no way two or more people can comfortably watch a dvd movie on the 600m.
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post #5 of 6
4/11/05 at 4:06pm
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Originally Posted by sakor1
No, there is no difference in the viewing angles between these three displays.
Apparently the screens on new models are different than the ones from 8600/D800/M60 models. The specs of the displays for the newer D810 and M70 models say there is a difference between the WXGA screen's viewing angle and the other two:

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Originally Posted by D810 user's guide
WXGA Horizontal
40/40°

WXGA Vertical
10/30°
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WSXGA+ Horizontal
65/65°

WSXGA+ Vertical
50/50°
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WUXGA Horizontal
65/65°

WUXGA Vertical
50/50°
Those are huge differences in my opition.I kind of thought the opposite - the lower the naitive resolution the better the viewing angle.
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post #6 of 6
4/11/05 at 7:55pm
You'll also see differences in viewing angles just from the manufacturer of the LCD they happen to put into your system. It's the luck of the draw.
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