Is it normal to find a newly manufactured Alienware 17 to posses an LCD panel which is 4 years old?

Hi guys,


I received my newly minted Alienware 17 ( non 3D) during the first of week of August. I have been taking my time to reinstall the whole system etc. I recently installed HWinfo 64bit software and observed that the date of manufacture for my Monitor Name: LG Philips LP173WF1 is 2010.

It is working fine but I wish to know if this is normal? Or should I question Dell as to why this has happened?

Once again I wish to reiterated that it is a newly manufactured system and not refurbished or bought from a Dell Reseller or outlet.

Kindly let me know so that I can pursue this matter at the earliest. Thank You.

 

The date the LCD was manufactured doesn't really matter. It's a new (not previously used) display. Not every component needs to be manufactured in the same year the computer is built. LCD, hard drives, memory modules, WiFi cards and numerous other components can span multiple generations. It doesn't hurt anything for these components to sit on a shelf until they find their way into a new laptop or desktop computer. Batteries and inkjet cartridges might have a shelf life... but, this kind of hardware, not really. I would just enjoy the new system and not worry about it.

 

Unless there is a dreaded dead pixel bum bum bum

 

Hmmm thank you guys, well since you say its fine, I guess i wont have my panties in a bunch. Just that I from my previous experience from XPS1530---> XPS1640----->R2---->R3(3D)---R4 (3D) all had display panels made in the same year. So I was quiet shocked to see this was 4 years old. I guess since this is a 17inch non 3D there might have been a mass production. But 4 years is still plenty of room for many revisions to have been done,

Unless of course HWinfo is giving me a false information.

 

Oh I would worry about dead pixel, as per Dell Policy, when it comes to Alienware premium screens...there is no question of one or more dead pixel. In Asia, even one will warrant a change of panel.I am really happy I wen for a non 3D coz now I can avoid dealing with the 3D bum bum when it comes to installing a better panel even if was on our own.

I really love this new chassis though...it is such a relief. This would have been the best sequel to R2 instead of R3 which was nice but way too plasticky hence I was allergic to service calls.

 

That's kind off shocking.. never expected the pannel to be 4 years old on a new machine.. well if its working fine, it should be ok..

 

We should see new screens this year. Maxwell can support higher resolutions.

 

One 17 I just parted out also had an "old" screen, same part number of the screens used for the R3's.

 

Honestly I wouldn't be overly concerned. 1080 isn't anything new, and it has been around for that long so as long as it is a decent quality screen it wouldn't surprise me all that much. I don't imagine the webcams change a whole bunch either. My IR emitter in my 17 is the same part number from the R3's so that is a few years old as well. Other hardware receives upgrades and see's changes every year but the LCD really does not change much unless you go touch screen or something like that.

 

How do you get the manufacture of the screen? I tried mine on Everest, doesn't give the name of my monitor just says something like "generic" . My machine was built April 14 but it says my monitor week 1 2012

 

He used hwinfo.

 

As other said, I wouldn't be too worried about that, there haven't been that many changes in basic TN panels in recent years. Also, it's not because a panel is newer that it is better. Looking at the model number, you have an LG Philips display and those tend to be on the higher end of what TN panels can do in terms of color and contrast. I've seen Dell cram some crap chi-mei LCDs that while more recent aren't too good in their Precisions and some NBR members asked Dell to replace it with a panel similar to yours or a good AUO.

The model looks similar to mine and the last time I took the spyder4pro to it, it reported full sRGB coverage and decent aRGB coverage as well.

It's not recent, but you could have done a lot worse in terms of overall quality.