G73 Hannstar vs Auo screen?

Anyone seen both these screens? I bought G73jh-b1 and found out it has the Auo screen. Is one grainier than the other? I know the Auo has a bit of a screen door effect.

 

I heard the Hannstar screen is really good and beats the AUO screen in pretty much every respect. I have the AUO and it has a very light grain effect when black is on screen. Also the viewing angles aren't the best but overall it's still very usable and still looks great during gaming or HD video. Not as bad as I've seen people claim it to be but one of these days I will surely switch it out for something better.

 

Your the first i have seen with a 1080p AUO screen on these boards... Clevo had them originally then moved to Hannstar but the people on the Clevo boards seemed to really like the AUO ...

 

When I called the Asus repair center to get an LG replacement instead of an AUO, he said they don't use either anymore and use Hannstar.
I haven't seen the Hannstar panel personally yet, but I know there's no way it's worse than the AUO.
Static/snow on grays, horrible pixel shift, but otherwise, I can care less about viewing angles and it's fairly bright and colorful.

 

The 1600x900 screens were terrible from AUO but the 1080p ones are a different story..

He is talking about the B1 which i guess since he mentioned AUO they thought he was talking about the RBBX05 Bestbuy model..

The Hannstars are nice screens though ..

 

Ok... I missed a post or something soo how would I check to know which monitor I have in my A1? Device Manager?

 

Yep. Device manager, hardware IDs.
Something like AUOxxxx

 

Device Manager/Monitor/Generic Monitor/Details tab/bring down the the tab to Hardware ID..

 

Rgr. Check that when I get home. Wonder which one my A1 has since it seams to be using a lot of the same parts as the new B1's... Though the monitor looks no better/worse than the first one I got.

 

More then likely it will be Hannstar.. 99.999% have that screen ...

 

anything but AUO is fine. I've had plenty of issues with AUO panel on a monitor

 

Can someone verify this?

I was under the impression that Asus dropped AUO because of their poor quality. I was under the impression they stopped buying AUO a year ago. If you have AUO that's just Asus getting rid of their stock of it.

 

Nope someone said the new G73-BST7 at Bestbuy is using a newer version of the AUO screen which i guess looks just as good as the LG 1600x900 screen.. (They are shipping with both though someone got the LG and the other was the newer AUO)

As for this guys B1 having the 1920x1080p AUO panel thats a rare thing..

 

I'm with you Ziddy.
I was told they stopped using them.
*shrugs*

 

Hello,
I have a BestBuy RBBX05 manufactured in June of this year, and it has the AUO139E listed as the Monitor - I have compared it to the LG version 1600x900 screen and I saw absolutely no difference in the display quality and felt no need to return it to BestBuy in hopes of scoring an LG version.

Obviously a little off topic from the OP, but thought I'd throw in my observations.

In Peace and Agape,
Trav...

 

Yeah they didnt ..

http://forum.notebookreview.com/6746967-post45.html

 

Mt G73 had the AUO139E and it was terrible. =S
I dunno, maybe I'm just picky, or used to better.

 

I am just trying to download Everest to tell me the screen number again. Dell uses the same Auo screen I think. It is 1900x1080 colors are vibrant and for watching tv with the laptop skin tones look better than my last laptop. Maybe this is just an Ati graphics setting but sometimes icons,shapes like circles are a little bit jagged around the edges. Maybe Nividia is just better at smoothing edges out. I think I can get the Hannstar screen for a really good price if it would be a upgrade. Can you see any screen door mesh effect in your Hannstar screen?

 

Kaelang,

Out of curiosity - What difference should have I seen when I put my AUO G73JH next to the LG G73?

In Peace and Agape,
Trav...

 

The screen is Au Optronics B173HW01 V0
Laptop is a few weeks old so Asus is either using up old stock or still use Auo.

 

Mine has Hannstar HSD173PUW1 [17.3" LCD] (201714374) and I am very happy with it, I did not expect such quality on the screen

 

Mine is the new AUO B173HW01 V0.. its ok.. but i hoped i had the hanstar one.. can anyone compare and confirm if its the same has hanstar one?

 

Phew. Its an HS display. All good.

 

I brought my G73jh back because the store just got the G73jw. Now I have seen both screens. Both have a bit of screen door effect. The AU Optronics B173HW01 V0 is much better than the Hannstar HDS173PUW1. The major difference is the AUO has both better whites and blacks and is a bit brighter. The Hannstar has backlight bleed at the top.
I think I am going to buy the AUO screen because it is less then $150 delivered. Does anybody know if it can be installed using the inverter that is in the laptop? Hope so. Is there any better screen that will work with this laptop? The laptop came with 3D software but not a screen for it. Is the 3D screen out yet? Thanks for any input.

 

I have the AUO and it is on par with the other laptops out these days. Not good at all. I've owned tons of laptops over the years and I've just started to see these displays with terrible vertical viewing angles roll out on several laptops in the past 2 years. Dell/Alienware, Asus, Acer - I've seen it on all these laptops. I am certain there are several other manufacturers that use the same crap panels as well as a cost cutting measure.

It's not TERRIBLE, but my biggest gripe is definitely the horrible vertical viewing angles. Other than that - it looks fine on anything but a black screen.

In my opinion for most people that have never seen a better laptop screen - wouldn't think much of the AUO. It's only those who have seen better that know any better.

 

My A1 screen is a Hannstar HSD06A5, as not to get confused with the other unit listed above.

EDIT: I had a blonde moment. It's apparently a HSD173PUW1. Seeing how well this screen is, I find it hard to believe AUO made a better panel.

 

Not sure what AUO screen "three4seven" has but I am suspecting it is a 1600x900? The Hannstar HSD173PUW1 is Ok and that's about it. I am looking at it as I write this. It really does not have good white its grayish compared to the 1900x1080 AUO B173HW01 V0. That particular AUO also has the blackest blacks I have seen so far and also the best whites. The Hannstar is dull in comparison. I was watching just analog tv through a usb tuner stick. The AUO has exellent color and really shows the cheek makeup news people wear that some look clownish. Vertical viewing angles are not great on either but the Hannstar is worse and looses color tone quickly with angle. My Hannstar bleeds some light at the top of the screen maybe they got cheap and took out some of those reflective sheet that are in the panel. The 1900x1080 AUO B173HW01 V0 is a much better screen than the Hannstar there is no doubt about it.

 

You must have gotten a bad Hannstar panel. The color balance and saturation is top notch, and whites are not tainted at all.

 

I got the Hannstar in a G73jw and have had it less than a week. Others have also been complaining about backlight bleed in this model. The white on the Hannstar is fine until you see how white really is with the AUO panel. I will probably be switching my panel out eventually.

 

Maybe the new JW Hannstars are not as good. Hmmm

Cheers,

 

I just purchased a B173HW01 V0 from Amazon because of the backlight bleed on my G73JW. Amazon gave me a $359 discount after I exchanged my G73JW once and the replacement was worse. They bought my B173HW01 V0 and then some.

 

How are you guys checking what brand of LCD you have? Now I'm interested.

This is probably an incredibly stupid question.

 

HW monitor or device manager.

 

Alright, thanks.

 

Easiest way is to use HWINFO.

 

Mine is a LGD01DD. I suppose that means LG. It's the best buy 1600x900.

 

You guessed correctly.

 

Has anyone done side by side photos of these different screens? It would be nice to see the difference.

Regards,

Mike

 

Hannstar over here with the A1 model.

BTW, the screen is awesome.

 

i got the PSOD on my Hannstar so searching for a replacement i found http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0043TTYFG/ref=oss_product and they send me an LG monitor, i must say it is superior to the hannstar, no screen fliks and better contrast ratio,

 

I just saw hansstar at amazon. Do you guys think this is real hannstar and not LG?

Amazon.com: HANNSTAR HSD173PUW1 LAPTOP LCD SCREEN 17.3" Full-HD LED (SUBSTITUTE REPLACEMENT LCD SCREEN ONLY. NOT A LAPTOP ): Electronics

 

you made the replacement by yourself???

do you have pictures to compare?? (not screenshots of course)

 

sorry nekki i dont have pictures to compare, but a friend is getting a g73 soon then ill take pictures of both screens to compare

 

how did you change it? where did you get instructions? how long did it take?

 

It would only be a few steps around a repaste. Get the top cover off the main body, expose the screen mounts, get it loose, then you work on the monitor part itself. Not that hard on any laptop.

Anyone got a link to that really good ASUS G73 teardown guide? Wish we had a sticky with the PDF itself.

 

the instructions can be found in the search tab of the forum, also you have youtube videos, i take the opportunity and made the gpu and cpu repaste with icd7, then replace the monitor, took me like 4 hours to disassemble and reassemble the laptop, im very happy with this asus , btw i didn't rma my psod problem because i live in south america, we dont have asus support here if you buy the machine from USA (y buy it from tiger direct) and send the pc to usa cost me like 200$ shipping and then another 200$ coming back, i save lot of money doing this, also save TIME, my plans for this pc: upgrade the cpu, this machine rocks with ssd (i got a patriot torqx 128gb)

 

So I tried to open it and see if I can change it by my self. Fortunately, I managed to go in to the screen and take it out successfully. Bad thing, I did it without having the replacement screen yet. I thought it was hard thing to do, but it was easy. It took me like 20-30 mins. Just take all the screws and you'll be able to change it. There we're like 20 screws unscrewed. I got some pictures here :






So.. I'm getting a new screen, the 1920x1080 one. I'll try if I can do a video on changing it so everyone could see on how it is done. I just need $ and ill get one.

cheers

 

I'm looking to getting a G73 soon from BB and thought the case of the different screens only applied to the BB versions, so its confirmed that it also applies to the A1,A2 models as well?

 

nope.. a1, a2 models got the same screen which is the hannstar 1920x1080.

 

What is the LG 1900x1080 replacement model number? Do you figure its the best replacement model out there? Is there a screen door effect? How are the viewing angles?