Please Advise: 1366x768 or 1600x900 on E6520?

It is too low. Especially considering the D-Series notebooks offered 1920x1200 resolutions on their 15" models like 7 years ago.

 

What is your panel ID? I know I returned a E6510 and a M4500 before because the 15.6" 720p (1366x768) matte panels were atrocious. Both were AUO panels. The last M4500 I ordered listed AUO as the panel in the config list after purchase and I was already preparing to call Dell for yet another return; when it arrived, the picture was much better and colorful with better viewing angles. I was highly impressed with the AUO panel until I ran HWinfo and discovered it was a Samsung panel (they also included 1333 memory and a webcam when it was listed as having 1066 and no webcam)

 

Where do I find the panel ID? The paper copy of the configuration list (which came with the laptop) gives an item #320-1909 / part # of 3P5C8 for the screen. A websearch doesn't reveal a manufacturer for either number.

I ran HWinfo and only got - Monitor Name: PPCTF€156WH4

No manufacturer name is provided.

 

Try Device Manager > Monitor > Properties > Details then scroll down the list to Hardware IDs. There should be an entry MONITOR/LLLNNNN where LLL is three letters (the manufacturer code) and NNNN is four numbers (the monitor model number).

John

 

Thanks -- I followed that path and came up with the following entry: LGD02E3

Who's LGD? This isn't LG is it?

 

I'm sure it is LG, who normally make good displays.

John

 

Your ugly screen probably looks like mine :
YouTube - Horrible LED screen in Dell Vostro review and comparison with glossy and CCFL
Look at 2:27, where a "suggestion" of the wiremesh effect can be seen.

The official name is Screen door effect. It was known long ago for projectors, but it also applies to some matte LED screens.


My theory is the following. 95% of the panels sold in the world are glossy, and the rest is anti-glare. For a glossy screen, if there is a small distance between the pixels, you cannot see it because the extra layer that makes it glossy "blends" the boundaries of the pixels together due to the light reflection. I suspect that low-cost anti-glare panels are actually the same as the glossy panels, but they did not add the glossy layer, so the distance between the pixel can clearly be seen.
Mine was a Philips LG.
My 2c.

Regards,

metatech

 

Just to close out my case on this thread... I did indeed return my e6520 with the 1366x768 screen, for another e6520 with the 1600x900 screen.

Yes, I can confirm: the 1600x900 is WAAY better than the 1366x768!!

I wouldn't go out and call it an absolutely amazing screen, it's just basically what you would expect in an LCD screen today. Unlike the 1366x768 display, I can NOT see any rectangular pixels in the screen. The display is smooth with no pixelation (like any other LCD I've personally dealt with in the past 8 years or so).

As expected, things became smaller than I would've liked. I've adjusted DPI to 110% and often set IE at 125%. I'm adjusting, the laptop itself is great otherwise so the adjustment is going ok.

I did have re-calibrate the new screen though - I had to push gamma ALL the way down, otherwise things looked too washed out. I knocked down the blue tint a tad as well. Also I use F.lux to keep the screen readable at night.