Have complaints about the UXGA screen died down?

yes, I think they are! aybe Dell are actually listening to thier customers!

Man, I hope so! (Got tired of reading about it.... )

Maybe their sales have decreased (due to lack of good coupons?) ...

Or people just quit whining about it. I don't think the screen quality has changed any.

Screen problem imaginations have died down because it isnt on the front page anymore and newbies and others have forgotten they think they have a screen problem.

It is still a problem

No, its still a problem.

Ideally, I think you want/need the Samsung if you surf the net
Else, you want the LG if you play games.

Nothing is good for both!

Dude, the screens are fine. LG/Samsung is hogwash.

I think alot of it was imagination. I was at Fry's the other day looking around and all their notebook screens looked just as good as my 9300s, HPs, Sonys, etc

quote of the year!!

Newbie here (ducking for cover ) but can you tell the difference between the two without taking it apart?

To answer your question. I havent seen the Samsung and the LG side by side. I have only read on this forum. I had seen the LG and white and green colors looked awful and grainy. It was if there was a THICK layer between the top of the LCD and the actual image displayed.

Go to best buy.com and look at a sony wuxa screen. If you honestly think that the LG WUXGA looks anywhere near as good as the sony, you need glasses or are just choosing to ignore the obvious difference. It is an important and justified debate. The main attraction of this laptop is the screen. If you are not to critize the most important part of the laptop, then what are you to critize?

It's just a little more apparent on the LG, go look at the whites on ANY LCD up close, they'll have varying levels of the "sparkly" effect, some very apparent, some not apparent at all. Its all a matter of knowing what you're looking for, and this problem got blown up because of the horrendous quality of the 9200 screens (and those were REALLY bad, you could actually see the problem without sticking your face 2" from screen)

Exactly. I noticed this same effect (though hard to see) on my Viewsonic VA720 17" desktop LCD.

My current 9300's LCD (replaced by me) is a Samsung WUXGA non-glossy, and I have to put my face about 5 inches from the screen to see the iridescence (oily soap bubble) effect.

The 9300 LCD is a beautiful screen, plain and simple. I still think that all the sparkle threads are all the OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) people getting together to rheuminate over a single self manifested issue. That may sound a bit harsh, and I'm sure there's an element of truth to it. I mean, I can see what this "sparkle" is supposed to be, but it's such a minor element of the otherwise beautiful display. I've seen lcd's in best buy and compusa that certainly looked worse than the 9300. Now, I do believe that Sony has the better display, but it's not THAT much better. I think the LG screen is gorgeous and I'm thrilled with it so far. Yes, white's can be slightly grayish, but it's just the truelife coating I believe, and just not a big deal unless you make it one. Colors and blacks are simply amazing.

I guarantee you, half of these supposed "sent it back, and the new screen has 50% less sparkle" incidences is 100% in that persons mind. It's got the same damn "sparkle, where did this name come from again?" that it had before. I can remember reading one not too long ago with somebody that sent in the LG screen and got a Samsung and quoted something to the effect of... "The LG was a grainy sparkle and the Samsung is a "sheen" type sparkle that is much easier to deal with." I mean, just stand back and listen to how silly that sounds. Half these people wouldn't have even noticed anything wrong with the screen if they hadn't read these boards beforehand. Just my 2 cents of course, don't flame me.

Since I set up computers for my job, I see a lot of LCDs. All of the problems people have with the i9300/XPS 2 screen happen to be because of the nature of LCD screens. There doesn't exist an LCD without "sparkles" and very few without any light leakage whatsoever. It's simply the way LCD's are.

I can say that I like my XPS 2 screen much more than any of Dell's ultrasharp LCD monitors for sure (17", 19", and 20"). Of course, Latitude D610 screens are not even comparable to the 1920x1200 Truelife screen.

I agree. The sparkle issue has been way overblown. I have the LG screen. I read this forum. I was scared to death about getting a poor quality screen. I got a screen with no sparkles.
It had slight light leakage that vanished with time.

Have you ever seen the Sony A series 17"? After you've seen that screen, then maybe you'll revise your assumption.

You really need to have had both to understand the statements are in fact.. just as they claim. I have both and can confirm those same assumptions you label as 'silly'. You don't actually believe that both LG and Samsung have the same exact technology and manufacturing process do you?