Which Screen Do You Own: LG vs. Samsung - Page 4

From my experience, light leaks don't change at all. I have a picture of my LG screen from the day I got it back in April and another picture under the same conditions just a few weeks ago. The pictures are identical. Luckily, I only have a little light leaking from the bottom, like all other LCD screens I've seen in general.

This may not be surprising given the fact that my screen turns off after 5 minutes of no use, and I close my notebook when I leave the room. Other people probably leave their screens on all the time.

I really only see what people call "sparkles" in a white screen context. Reminds me of a projector screen. Is that what you all are talking about? I love the vibrancy of it when it is not in white. Any way to cut down on the sparkle effect?

sparkles is a total misnomer as far as i'm concerned...

it's far closer to a very, very fine layer of grayish dust... kinda makes ya wanna clean your screen... also could compare it to satin fabric... but sparkles? naw...

opps forgot to answer your second question...

i've never seen anywhere on here anyone commentin' on how to "get rid of it"... but the eyes/brain are very adaptable... i got used to it and seldom think about it... i see it, but no biggie... instead i look at the gorgeous rendition of high resolution images... now that's something to take your mind of off "sparkles"...

Tar Heel,

Ever looked real close at your screen, at the "sparkles"?
When I did, I saw what looked awfully like dots of polarized light (you know, that weird "colored" white light--red, blue, green, yellow, etc). That's why I think it has to do with the polarizers and the pixel pitch...
This is just a guess, of course.

interestin' thought... i know when i look closely, those are some damn tiny pixels lol... don't think i've ever seen the pitch on these...

I have a Samsung screen.. no sparkles of any kind and I am pretty happy with the minimal light leakage and only one dead pixel that on the WUXGA is hardly visible at all unless you look really closely.. My only concern is tiny bubbles forming beneath the glossy coating.. These aren't visible under most screen conditions.. however when looking at a white screen or when booting up (ie black) they are very apparent and rather annoying.. I made a post about them when they first appeared a while back and someone said the Samsung screen's glossy coating was effectively a sheet of shiny plastic glued onto a matte finish screen.. since then the bubbles have become more numerous.. The reason I bring this up is that I have a 3 yr warranty.. and I was just wondering if this was sufficient grounds to demand a replacement screen from Dell...

Bubbles = replacement, in my book.
As for the stuck pixel--I was a real skeptic about that stuck pixel fixer video, but it seems to have worked for me (mostly)...give it a try. I had a pretty faint stuck green pixel (why is it always a GREEN one for me?!?) that I ran the video on. It didn't disappear, but it got much fainter.

0.191 mm pitch. I'm presuming the spec sheet means pixel, not sub-pixel, pitch.

I have not evaluated light leakage on WUXGA panels, only on WXGA, I have infact noticed less leakage on my screen, while I could share photos I do not think you could discern the difference very well without looking at them in 3d as oppposed to an online posting.
Perhaps if you find your panels model number, you can compare your results with others that have the same panel.

I too am a photographer, though an amateur one, my research has been on dell notebooks. I doubt your 25 years in IT has been spent on dell notebooks but to each his own. I have a Samsung screen, You have an LG.
As previously stated, whatever panel you get, give it some evaluation time before joining the Dell LCD return stampede.

I could be sarcastic and inquire if you’ve spent the last 25 years on Dell notebooks… the answer is patently obvious…

But I’m not lookin’ for a battle... no way... please search and look at some of my posts, I try to help and very seldom argue – disagree, sure... but that’s what this forum is all about and what free speech is all about... I hope everyone loves his/her computer and thoroughly enjoys it...

please look at my sig, those are not words of war... and they aren't just words either... throughout my IT career many ppl have helped me greatly and invariably when i ask what i can do to repay them, the answer is always the same (and it's what i've told many that i've helped), whenever you get the chance, help the next person that comes along and needs some knowledge that you can pass on to them...

please note that i stated above: it takes longer than a few days... i use/have on my LG from when i get up til i go to bed... i kept notepad maximized at full brightness for the first few weeks all night... it takes a month or two for aging to really begin to show...

i'm advocatin' patience, just as you...

just fyi, the vast majority of my IT career has been on IBM mainframes... the only pc's i've ever owned have been ThinkPad's 'cause i get a deal from IBM - my largest client... TP technology is just not keepin' up with the state of the art, so i asked pc techs at IBM and they told me they were in the same room with Dell techs lol... also Dell shares IBM's repair depot across from the Memphis airport... quite a few of my clients (all with IBM mainframes) have Dell desktops...

i've been totally satisfied with Dell, no real complaints to speak of... except the "coupon, discount, etc" game... but Dell recognizes something that others should... it won't be long before pc's are just another commodity... i assume that's why barely half of Dell's profits come from 'puters... they're already diversifying... i've said for many years that when notebooks can display full screen video there would be a sharp drop off in sales.... most families already have at least one, and a lot have several... how much power do ppl need to surf, chk email, word process, etc.?

there will always be a niche market that wants/needs more power, bleedin edge tech, etc. but for most ppl they will only buy what they need and many of them have that now...

some new technologies like www2, may give the market a bump, as well as other things... but this is just like off-shorin', ppl should see it comin'... there’s no turnin’ the tide...

all the best to you and yours...

http://www.projectorcentral.com/lcd_dlp_test.htm

Interesting article, but the point here is that TI noticed a color shift on the LCD projectors...though it might not apply to LCD notebook panels...