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    display quality in Alienware M15/17x for photographer?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Walter K, Feb 18, 2010.

  1. Walter K

    Walter K Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all,

    I am looking for a powerfull + mobile workstation with top-notch display quality. And I am a fan of Dell service here in Europe. :) Besides audio/video my biggest passion is photography.

    As far as I find in specs the 17" should have a 24-bit color dual CCFL display with 1440x900 or prefered 1920x1200. So far very promising - but the M17x is heavy... :D

    http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/M17x/en/index.html

    This report here shows good sRGB gamut:

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Alienware-M17x-Gaming-Notebook.18781.0.html

    So maybe perfect display here like in Lenovos W700 Thinkpad. 8 Bit resolution for color, good sRGB gamut (no wide gamut :cool: ) should be good for top quality. CCFL has general better color temperature uniformity...

    ad Alienware M15x:

    http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/M15x/en/index.html

    only very poor information - W-LED and 1600x900 or 1920x1080 resolution...

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Alienware-M15x-Gaming-Notebook.22280.0.html

    This report tell us sRGB gamut is okay, contrast and luminance too. Sadly they did never tell us about greyscale or color temperature or definitve gamut... :(

    In past I measured the 15.6" W-LED screen in Dell XPS Studio 16 > very accurate gamut for sRGB, but greyscale a desaster... Maybe similar screen in Alienware M15X? :confused: Please see attached files for info about. Color temperature is going to nirvana :eek: Similar behaviour saw on many LED displays...

    Maybe an owner profiled his Alienware and have good report about it? Thanks for any help. Dell/Alienware customer support can not help me...

    Best + Thanks, Walter
     

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  2. deltaone45

    deltaone45 Notebook Deity

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    wish i could help but ive never looked that far into it if i come across anything ill post it here ill search around later tonight :D
     
    deltaone45, Feb 18, 2010
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    ThaDutchy Notebook Evangelist

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    RGB LED? (Will come back in Europe).
     
    ThaDutchy, Feb 18, 2010
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