Color Gamut

Hi, Does anyone know what are the color gamuts of the 3 screens the M17x can come with?

To clarify it can come with a 900P, a 1080P and a 1080 120Hz. The closest description I've found comes from notebook check where it says almost a match to sRGB. Sales people at Dell could not find the particular number. (72% NTSC, 90% NTSC, 95% NTSC?).

Thanks!

 

Good question and the best way to answer it would be to use a color calibration tool like notebookcheck did. I'd like to know the exact number as well but if I had to guess, I'd say it's probably 75-80% of the 1998 adobe rgb.

 

After carefully reading many different resources I've found that the screen meet sRGB while only 60% of AdobeRGB. This is something the ASUS G73SW-A1 has on the Alienware M17x

 

There was a page in hardware comparing the screens of laptops. The m17x r2 schooled everyone except some macs, and those business laptops with dreamcolor and other insane screen options.

 

Yes, the quality of the screen is incredible compared to other notebooks (PC or Mac). Again, keeping things in perspective XoticPC.com offers the Asus G73 with a screen meeting 90% NTSC color gamut. What that boils down is having to review any designs when back at home.

Still, it was good to be able to clarify the detail

 

This is the panel number on the R3 60HZ i can't find no info about it, LP173WF1 (tl) (b3)

 

I don't think this is correct. If you go to LG's website, the older revision of this panel has 70%+. Judging by how it looks next to my RGB LED, I still stand by my original estimate of 75%+ and at least 280 nit (it looks almost as bright as my 300+nit RGB LED). Furthermore, if you look at notebookcheck's review, the gamut nearly matches the MBP which tend to be in the 80% range.

 

You are correct. But again, I did not have the specific model/maker combination to draw from. 72% NTSC Color Gamut is quite good.
Might be worth finding a friend with a colorimeter...

Would be nice if they used an IPS panel

 

An option for IPS would be nice but without color profiles it would be wasted. Most people probably would not opt for such an expensive upgrade ($600+ on the HP 8740).

 

XoticPC offers such an upgrade for the G73 for about 195. It might be a bad-quality panel though.

Wouldn't you be able to get the profiles online?

 

Most (if not all) TN panels have similar cost regardless of the gamut. IPS screens are much more expensive. Not sure if it's because of the more expensive manufacturing process or simply limited demand/awareness.

 

See this website: LCD Monitors and Color Gamuts

It states:

"The average computer monitor will display around 70 to 75% of the NTSC color gamut. This is fine for most people as they are used to the color they have seen over the years from television and video sources. (72% of NTSC is roughly equivalent to 100% of the sRGB color gamut.) The CRTs used in most televisions and color monitors also produced roughly a 70% color gamut."

Thus, if the 1080p screen covers roughly sRGB it is likely 70% to 75% of NTSC. In general, unless you have all color aware software and a properly calibrated monitor, you wouldn't want anything with a much wider gamut. I have a Dell Ultrasharp 24" monitor with 100%+ AdobeRGB gamut. For photoshop it is spectacular. For everything else on my PC, the colors look quite strange.

Ira