* I am posting it here, and not in "review" section because most of the paranoia associated with WUXGA's on 9300 was/is happening here, and I would like to review the screen only, moderators, please move/link this thread to reviews if you find it appropriate, so here we go...
Well, my UPS should come this hour, so let me start writing this review right away. (Before I see the screen).
First of all – if you have not seen my previous posts – yea, I’m totally paranoid about the screen. So yea, I used a lot of “CRAP” word all the time.
Well, my laptop is here.
My paper invoice tells me that its K9975, my online invoice/service tag check tells me that it is J9662, so go figure.
PowerStrip refuses to show that info, says it has not access to it.
Booting Knoppix…..
Knoppix boot is beautiful as of itself, but I’ve sever seen it looking SO beautiful!
Yep, Knoppix tells me it is LPL0000, which is LG.
I guess that means that forget about your invoice part numbers – check the hardware info when you get your laptop – that is the only way to know which panel you really have.
Well, as I open the laptop – you can clearly see that the screen is glossy.
Turning it on…
Ok, let me say right away – the screen is NOT bad.
The worst I can say is that it’s probably as good as any other Dell WUXGA (say 9100), but it’s hard to compare since this one is glossy and 9100 is not. And of course this one is 17incher, while 9100 is 15.
The screen does have some sparkling, but I was always saying that its not a problem. It’s just that people could not find more acronyms for the crapiness of 9200 lcd’s, so everything was described as being “sparkly”.
The problem with 9200s was that their screens were horrendous, not that it had a lot of sparkling.
This one definitely has way less sparkling that 9200s had.
The main point is that – I am keeping this one.
You can’t possibly even start comparing it with what I’ve seen on 9200, this one is definitely better. Way better.
Another point is that someone who’s never heard of sparkling thing would have never complained or noticed that effect on this screen, that’s for sure.
What I wanted from this display is razor sharp text and decent brightness, both of these it has.
I checked both pdfs and html/chm files and both look at least as good as they looked on Dell’s 15 inch WUXGA panels, maybe even better. The reason I can’t say definitively which one is better is because this one is glossy, and 15 inchers were not.
Another comparison I can make is – I have a bunch of dell 21 inch LCDs, and I would prefer to do the reading from my new 9300 laptop, so it does have a bit better screen.
How about comparing it to Sony’s Xbrite? Well, as for me – I won’t pay for sony, it just not worth for me. I wanted a good screen, I got it, and for that kind of a price – yea, I think it well worth it.
Please don’t ask me for pictures. It just doesn’t make sense, you will see my picture on YOUR monitor. And of course camera that took the picture won’t help much as well. I don't have any other laptops here, so I can't make a screen to screen comparison on a picture.
I will be glad to answer any other specific questions about the screen.
Well, my UPS should come this hour, so let me start writing this review right away. (Before I see the screen).
First of all – if you have not seen my previous posts – yea, I’m totally paranoid about the screen. So yea, I used a lot of “CRAP” word all the time.
Well, my laptop is here.
My paper invoice tells me that its K9975, my online invoice/service tag check tells me that it is J9662, so go figure.
PowerStrip refuses to show that info, says it has not access to it.
Booting Knoppix…..
Knoppix boot is beautiful as of itself, but I’ve sever seen it looking SO beautiful!
Yep, Knoppix tells me it is LPL0000, which is LG.
I guess that means that forget about your invoice part numbers – check the hardware info when you get your laptop – that is the only way to know which panel you really have.
Well, as I open the laptop – you can clearly see that the screen is glossy.
Turning it on…
Ok, let me say right away – the screen is NOT bad.
The worst I can say is that it’s probably as good as any other Dell WUXGA (say 9100), but it’s hard to compare since this one is glossy and 9100 is not. And of course this one is 17incher, while 9100 is 15.
The screen does have some sparkling, but I was always saying that its not a problem. It’s just that people could not find more acronyms for the crapiness of 9200 lcd’s, so everything was described as being “sparkly”.
The problem with 9200s was that their screens were horrendous, not that it had a lot of sparkling.
This one definitely has way less sparkling that 9200s had.
The main point is that – I am keeping this one.
You can’t possibly even start comparing it with what I’ve seen on 9200, this one is definitely better. Way better.
Another point is that someone who’s never heard of sparkling thing would have never complained or noticed that effect on this screen, that’s for sure.
What I wanted from this display is razor sharp text and decent brightness, both of these it has.
I checked both pdfs and html/chm files and both look at least as good as they looked on Dell’s 15 inch WUXGA panels, maybe even better. The reason I can’t say definitively which one is better is because this one is glossy, and 15 inchers were not.
Another comparison I can make is – I have a bunch of dell 21 inch LCDs, and I would prefer to do the reading from my new 9300 laptop, so it does have a bit better screen.
How about comparing it to Sony’s Xbrite? Well, as for me – I won’t pay for sony, it just not worth for me. I wanted a good screen, I got it, and for that kind of a price – yea, I think it well worth it.
Please don’t ask me for pictures. It just doesn’t make sense, you will see my picture on YOUR monitor. And of course camera that took the picture won’t help much as well. I don't have any other laptops here, so I can't make a screen to screen comparison on a picture.
I will be glad to answer any other specific questions about the screen.
Makes me feel alot better.
