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    Poor display on Acer 8930g

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by boristhemoggy, Mar 12, 2011.

  1. boristhemoggy

    boristhemoggy Newbie

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    I have an Aspire 8930g laptop which is advertised as being fullHD 1080.
    However the quality of a DVD or BluRay disc is about on par with my 5 year old, 15 inch Dell Inspiron.

    Even stills photographs look quite poor on it and it's difficult when using Photoshop as I have no idea how the photos will really turn out.

    I have reloaded the nVidia drivers and this has made no difference, and I have spent hour after hour changing the display settings but that has also proved fruitless.

    Am I missing something or is this laptop simply being touted as better quality than it really is?
     
    boristhemoggy, Mar 12, 2011
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  2. jerg

    jerg Have fun. Stay alive.

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    It's advertised in terms of resolution only. However your complaint is about color fidelity of the screen. The two don't match.

    Why Acer laptops are so inexpensive compared to most other brands with similar specs is partly because Acer assembles the most cost-effective components in order to bring down the cost of production. The lack of good screens is a significant part of that.

    Expensive counterparts like Sony VAIOs, "screen upgraded" Lenovo Thinkpads and Dell XPSs cost a whole lot more but they have much better screens.
     
    jerg, Mar 12, 2011
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  3. ThePantryMaster

    ThePantryMaster Notebook Consultant

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    Mine looks fine. If you're not happy with it send it back to where ever you bought it from!
     
    ThePantryMaster, Mar 12, 2011
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  4. shakennstirred

    shakennstirred Notebook Evangelist

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    yeah my 8930g screen looks fine too
     
    shakennstirred, Mar 13, 2011
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  5. Mesmer88

    Mesmer88 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Btw, there is a common issue with windwows 7 colour scheme, making your pictures look crap if you use their default picture viewer. There's a fix Here
     
    Mesmer88, Mar 13, 2011
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  6. chriscatt

    chriscatt Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi, its not due to the quality of the screen at all, mine is fine as well and on par with the 'more' expensive laptops out there. Knowing how manufacturers work it more than likely shares the same panel as those anyway, as Sony and Samsung TV's do...
    Chris
     
    chriscatt, Mar 13, 2011
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  7. shakennstirred

    shakennstirred Notebook Evangelist

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    not a problem here on mine
    the fix there changed nothing here
     
    shakennstirred, Mar 13, 2011
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