M15x Vs M17x Screen

So what is the difference between the:

WideUXGA 1920 x1200 RGB LED (17 inch)
WideFHD 1920x1080 WLED (15 inch)

Which one is better? (Besides the extra 120p)

What does the UXGA vs FHD mean? What about RGB LED vs WLED?

 

WUXGA (Widescreen Ultra eXtended Graphics Array) means that it's 1980 by 1200.
WideFHD (Wide Full High Definition I would assume, but I think Dell made this up) means that it's 1980 x 1080.

Apart from resolution, the only difference is RGB LED vs WLED. RGB LED screens have a much larger color range and look absolutely amazing. WLED don't look as good.

 

Both are TN panels, and as Akari said WUXGA and FHD just refer to resolution. The main difference is the backlight (WLED and RGBLED), but don't be deterred from the M15x for screen reasons. It's nowhere near as good as the M17x's RGBLED, but it's very good compared to most other screens.

 

WLED uses WHITE LEDS in the screen as opposed to RED GREEN BLUE (RGB) to help with more vibrant and vivid picture quality. meaning the red would be more vibrant red and green would be a more vibrant deep green and blacks would be like deep space black, and the colors are AMAZING. the m15x has the WLED screen but as Sirhc0r has said, its way better then other laptops have that WLED or regular LCD screens

 

I would use the laptop for website design. Do both screens show colors accurately? I know my current XPS M1530 has horrible color representation. All light grey colors look blue.

 

Accuracy is good on the M15x as is, and needs some work to reduce the excessive reds on the M17x. I'm sure some M17x owners can post their color profiles.

 

If it is professional web design then your best option is to invest in an IPS monitor. I use my m17x for graphic design and it required calibration to take it back down to earth.

The screen is beautiful for gaming and makes photos look amazing, but not accurate.

You can refer to the other threads about it, there's been dozens:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/ali...-m17x-r2-rgb-led-display-calibration-how.html

 

agreed an external IPS screen or an Elitebook with an IPS screen built in ( 8540W or 8740W ), is nice if you need accurate colors

 

If you calibrate the M17x screen, will it be accurate... or will it still be slightly off?

 

still off some, I have calibrated mine many times and its good for basics but NOT good enough for accurate if you need it IMO
the link Akari posted above will give a good representation of how close you can get and you can see if it will be close enough for your puropses.

 

The M15x WLED is definitely above-average and probably one of the best screens you can get out of WLED tech. But then when you see the RGBLED you'll be blown away. And again once you see the DC2. xP

 

What is DC2? (I'm new to forums)

 

I mentioned this in another thread somewhere.

 

Oh yeah, I wanted to post this in the screen material scratch discussion thread or whatever it was called, but I found out the MBP doesn't use glass either, it uses something very similar to the M17x/M15x...