WXGA vs. WSXGA+ - Page 4

Exactly! My dad has WSXGA+, and he uses this setting. It drives me nuts whenever I use his laptop!! It also increases the size of the small icons on the taskbar, which makes them blurry. Altogether, annoying! For me anyway....

I kinda wish I had gone for WUXGA. I was worried I would have trouble reading the WSXGA+, but never have since the day I opened it. (that day was like stepping into a new world of screens. 15" XGA to 15.4" WSXGA+!!)

You're right, so I looked a little deeper.

Refurbished i6000's with WXGA = 31

Refurbished i6000's with WSXGA+ = 2

Refurbished i6000's with WUXGA = 1

The ratios that I proposed earlier are still valid. Look how many WXGAs versus WSXGA+'s...I think this clearly shows that WXGA screens get returned more often then WSXGA+.

Look on Dell outlet, last time I checked it was the same way.

Ok, congratulations, you have a superior screen, you are a great person, want a cookie?

It depends on what you are using and viewing on it. Surfing the interent with a wsxga lcd, the lettering/font can get small. And scaling with ie or mozillas does not render all pages well. Thus, wxga for internet

The fact that more refurbished dell w/wxga screens are for sale does not prove that the notebooks were returned because it had a "wxga" screens. There are many possible reasons why the lappys were returned. What if a run of wxga had bad motherboards? One can not correctly deduce that conclusion from that data sample.

I'll take a cookie!

me too, i'm starvin

or...... it means more ppl buy WXGA than WSXGA+

applied it, will let you know tommorow.

i have installed the quickset, and it seems to have gone away. however i dont like having quickset installed, so i will mess with the UseHR tomorow.

later

Well, Dell doesn't really make a "run" of one type of laptop screen model computer, they build them to order as they come in. They would build 3-WXGAs then 2-WSXGA+s then 6-WXGAs then 1-WUXGA machines all in a row, so the idea that a "run" of WXGAs with bad motherboards really doesn't hold water.

Most of Dell's "Refurbished" computers are just products that were returned during the 21-day period for whatever reason. They usually have nothing wrong with them when returned.

I understand statistics and I know that I can not base all of my findings on these numbers, but I am simply making an educated guess. All of the other components are the same - so isolating this variable seems to make sense.

When I first started looking for a i6000, I went to eBay (I didn't know about Dell's coupons). I knew I wanted to get a WSXGA+ screen from what I had read in reviews and such. Well, there was never more then two i6000's with WSXGA+s and an ATI video card at a time, three at most. So I saw this trend long before this thread started.

Please understand that I am not trying to put down anyone for their purchase, I just wanted to post what my experiences had been when I was looking for a WSXGA+ i6000 on eBay - and it pertained to this thread.

Well, I just spent 15 minutes and looked at all of the refurbished i6000s on Dell outlet. Here are my findings:

Total refurbished i6000s = 220

Total refurbished i6000s with WXGA = 167 (76%)

Total refurbished i6000s with WSXGA = 36 (16%)

Total refurbished i6000s with WUXGA = 17 (8%)

Just putting this out there. But I do agree with:

I think that is without a doubt, true.

Wow...someone is testy.

Or maybe they just wish they had purchased the WSXGA+.

I use it for internet with Firefox, and it is great at the standard font size. Much better than a smaller res.

That was me!

I decided to get the WXGA screen over the WSXGA+ or WUXGA screens for a few reasons:

1. Easier to read without having to adjust the DPI
2. I play games natively at 1024x768 or 1280x800 - I'm much happier with my x300 at these resolutions than if I had a 1920x1200 WUXGA screen (chug, chug)
3. Used to have an Inspiron 8100 w/UXGA screen and although the screen was beautiful at 1600x1200, I found the resolution impractical for my eyes

To each their own - YMMV!

Cheers!

Jay

Exactly correct.

I hate to beat a dead horse, but I have one question that I don't see addressed definitively above:

Is the WSXGA screen significantly brighter than the WXGA? I'm reasonably happy with my WXGA screen, but I do have to crank the brighness nearly all the way up in order for it to be usable, and that's eating into my battery life. Is the WSXGA screen brighter at the same setting than the WXGA is? I'm still in my 21 day window for the WXGA, so I could switch if it's really that much better.

According to these specs, the brightness is higher on the WSXGA+, lower on the WXGA:

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/lear...n&~tab=details


I believe the contrast is higher on the WSXGA+ as well. Not the contrast "ratio", just regular contrast.

Yeah, I saw the specs and that is a fairly miniscule difference, though the viewing angle differences are somewhat compelling. I am more interested in the impressions of someone who has actually seen both screens in action.

Yeah, the viewing angles on the WXGA are really bad. (this is just my opinion -- your mileage may vary)

I gotcha. I've seen them both with my own eyes, but I didn't do a side-by-side so it's a tough call on the brightness difference. Personally I only found the WXGA to be bright if it was at just the right angle. Is it the same for you?