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I prefer the WUXGA myself. (I have a Sony 17inch). But I also have a lot of people come up to me and say "how can you read that". On the other hand, lots of people just say "wow, that's beautiful".

We played around with it a little today and the 6800 DDR3 GPU. I'm sure it's physically capable but the display option wasn't there for anything more than 1600X1200 and building our own customer res didn't work. It may be a matter of drivers though, we'll play around more with it when we get a chance.

I completely understand what you're saying about having more work space groston and it's a very valid reason and why i think it should be an option... that is without using a crap LCD.

Adam,

Thanks for the responses. You are insightful and informative as ever.

Personally, I'd rarely game above 1280x1024 (or the wide similar). Too much, too slow, etc etc. I use the desktop real estate for work, and 1920x1280 is a must for the room I need for my work. Since you're company graced my doorstep with the 1600x1200 screen laptop a couple of years ago, I've been very spoiled. My work buddy uses a Sony with that 1920x1280 xBright technology screen. If it wern't for the fact I can get better hardware under that screen in the models that PCTorque offers, I'd be all over that Sony due basically to the LCD it has.

I just hope and pray that Sony doesn't have an exclusive contract on the LCDs that they use. They are the best available in my opinion. Super easy on the eyes, and I've yet to see any ghosting or bad performance at all on his screen.

Adam,

Would it be posisble for you to provide the name of one of the top executives at Clevo? (If not, maybe I could find it on my own.) One this is known, I could create a topic here asking people to "sign" a letter (to be posted for all to see) to be sent to this individual expressing desire/support for this product option. A letter with 50+ signatures may just be persuasive.

You might want to direct that at the LCD manufacturers, not Clevo. So far there is not a glossy Wuxga LCD that will work for w/ the 9860. Yes there is the Sony one, but as far as we have been able to gather it proprietary to the Sony notebooks. So it really comes down to everyone chasseing a product that does not yet exist, mind you I could be wrong... there could be some top secret glossy Wuxga scheduled to come out any moment now, however I doubt it. Do you think that Sager and Clevo does know know what the end user wants? Many employees from both companies keep tabs on notebookforums.com, they know what you want!

Perhaps I can help a little. I have read a lot on the Dell i9200 and XPs problem and the Sony screen. As far as I can discern there are currently 4 types and 3 manufacturers that make a 17" WUXGA screen.
In my knowledge, sony has always been a manufacturer of its own screens. This is based on CRt technology however, and could be wrong. but i'm willing to bet the sony screen is also made by sony. Since it would be a difficult screen to make, with such high quality, they might not have enough factory resources to make them for other OEM's as well. Otherwise what Adam suggest, that the manufacturer of the Sony screen has an exclusive contract with sony that is not about to end, pretty much results in the same thing.

There is light at the end of the tunnel though!

The 'dell screen' can actually be one of three screens. The screen model name changes around often at dell, but people have been able to discern three different types of LCD panels. Only one of these, the LG Philips one, is usually rather horrible. It seems to be a matte screen that is glossed over(how STUPID can you be). Hence the logical 'sparkle' effect that ruins the screen. Light leaking is also a problem, but not always present.

The other screen, which is what you will get if you send your i9300 back or request a replacement screen, is actually a Samsung screen. This screen is supposed to have none to negligable sparkle, and a better brightness. The Samsung screen seems to have less vivid color, but this can be easily solved by adjusting the standard gamma at which it is set.
There are two Samsung models that are used in the Dell's. If anyone really cares I can look them up. I can remember now that the one with the lower model number was supposed to yield better results.
If Sager is testing the WUXGA screen of LG, it is no surprise it didn't meet their standards, and it proves they are committed to quality, unlike the box-shovers at Dell. However I urge Sager to perhaps try the better Samsung variant.

Sony's laptops and Dell's Latitude are made by the same company.

Laptos are a little like cars. There are fewer parent companies than there are name brands to choose from. Last I heard there were only 5, so you'll find a lot of similar models between name brands. I am sure that the Sony and Dell are the same screen (along with all the other stuff too.)

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when you say 'by the same company', which one do you mean then? LG or Samsung? Since even the XPS has 2 different brands of screen screwed on, how can oyu be sure it is the same one?

I think that what you're saying is really not true.

Someone at the sony forum was so friendly to test his 17" wuxga.
It came up as being made by Sony themselves.