Does ASUS make any high quality screen with their notebooks??

It seems like most of the notebooks that i have been researching, the display is atrocious! UL80VT / UL30 / UL50 etc...I just purchased a G51Jx-A1 on accident when i meant to buy a G51Jx-X1. Has a great display which i'm looking for to use on web design / graphic art / high photo editing but its a gaming machine so TERRIBLE battery life! I'm seriously stuck right now and feel like punching something
HELP is much needed.

 

Asus have the PL edition like PL30JT. Those are for work. Great display. Where you can get them... your going to need some research. But I heard its out soon.

 

For gaming machine, the G73jh uses a screen that's been rated quite high by some reviewers. Has one of the best black contrast, color, the white is above average. Viewing angles are average.

If you want the best screen, you're really going to have to spend $3,000 like on the Dell Precision, or Lenovo W700.

If you don't want to, from what I read, the G73jh/Clevo W870CU screens are about as good as they get for under $3,000. Luckily the G73 costs half that.

 

G73JH-A1 or A2 both have HD quality screens and possibly a few other models but NOT the Best Buy versions.

I have the G51J-A1 and happy with it, if you just want more battery life turn off high performance (will help some) and possibly buy an extra battery.

With the G73 you will lose the eSATA and PCMICIA (? not sure of card type, I don't use it) type card slot though.

 

Supposedly the HP Envy 14 will have a good screen, with switchable graphics and decent battery life. If the G51JX's battery life isn't suitable, maybe the Envy 14 would work for you, OP?

With ASUS, the only good screens are on their gaming laptops (which are basically their only high-end offerings), and you can't expect much battery life from those.

 

Asus has hardly 1-2 laptops with high resolution Full HD, 1080p screen. So for your graphics work you have very limited option from Asus. What I guess that, Asus laptops are mainly made for GAMING (1366 x 768) giving more priority to GPUs rather than screen resolution/quality.

 

For the record, Asus doesn't make any screens. Instead, like most notebook manufactures, they buy them from screen manufactures such as Chi Mei (CMO) and AU Optronics (AUO).

If you're looking for a notebook with superior color reproduction, you should be looking for systems that has RGBLED panels. The current Asus lineup doesn't have any, so you should take a look at other manufactures/models such as HP EliteBook 8730w and the Dell Studio XPS 16.

 

Yeah another G73jh owner has noted that the screen in the G73 is superior to the Dell Studio XPS RGB. The Alienware RGB on the other hand is better, apparently the RGB Dell uses for Alienware is not the same as in the XPS.

But like I said, it seems for under $3,000 the best is G73 and the Clevo W870CU atm. Anything better need to spend around $3,000 for the Dell Precision or Alienware.

But IMO for the price, the screens for Asus are great, at least the Asus notebooks I've owned. I don't know why you would expect better considering to get better you need to spend another $2,000 from a competing company.

 

That was only the opinion from one user. No actual facts and figures were provided to measure contrast ratios, gamut, etc. I'm not saying the screen on the G73JH-A1 is bad in any way, just that RGBLEDs will usually provide better image quality and for the OP, that seems to be his primary concern. Also, from observing his comment on battery life, it would seem the laptops I mentioned earlier would better suit him.

 

Depends, for gaming or for workstation. Overall the G73jh screen stacks up well against the workstation screens, but it's definitely geared towards gaming. But I have to disagree with you David. The OP bought an Asus G51 for a reason, it's a mid-range price. You can't find a notebook with a better screen than the G73jh before spending around $3,000 and that includes HP 8730w ( link here)

ASUS G73Jh: Today's Top Gaming Laptop - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News

Lots of measurements showing that for overall price quality the screen featured in the G73jh and W870CU is the best for under $3,000.

So while the screen for the G73jh and the Clevo are definitely aimed at gamers with the incredibly high contrasts, but for overall use, should be fine for graphics works. If your entire lively hood depends on graphics design then spending $3,000 on a workstation like a HP 8730w or a Dell Precision or possibly the Lenovo W700 should not be a big deal as those notebooks will pay for themselves in months...

No offense but that was just dumb. How can you possibly expect a $600-800 notebook to have professional quality LCD? Professional LCD screens for desktops alone cost almost the same price as the notebooks you are looking at. If you want professional quality LCD, you have to buy a desktop as it's noted even the RGB display in the HP is nothing in comparison to it's desktop LCD counterpart. But if you want that in a notebook, be prepared to the pay the premium of all premium prices for a notebook with professional grade LCD. You get what you pay for, Asus included.

For those trolling Asus for lack of professional grade LCD in these cheap entry level and mid-ranged priced gaming machines, well I laugh. Sorry, it's ridiculous to expect otherwise, stop fantasizing in your dream world and wake up to reality, professional grade LCD in notebooks cost premium prices which Asus does not compete in right now.

 

In that case, I take back my previous statement (thanks for the link ) Though color gamut is still lacking significantly behind RBG panels.

However, battery life is still better on some RGB systems than Asus G73JH due to Asus's power hungry CPU/GPU.

EDIT: Btw, do you know the manufacture and model number of your panel in your A2?

 

Thanks i might just wait for that after all...

Thanks! i'll be sure to check those out

hmm...i didn't know that. That's very good to know

haha of course they don't, i definitely worded that wrong. I will definitely be looking for RGBLED panels then

None taken. I'm learning

 

Don't worry about it. But next time, you should preface your comment with "It may sound as if I know what I'm talking about, but I don't, not really, and even though I want you to treat me like an adult, I'm going to complain like a child".

 

I'm surprised nobody addressed the OP's original question: To improve battery life, I would suggest using Power Management to drop it to Quiet Office (if you are using Power4Gear) This will allow you to keep Aero, and will throttle down the GPU amd CPU as neccessary. You can go further using an application to adjust GPU and video RAM speed.

 

Get the W90vp...nuff said

 

I have the V1S which is one of Asus's top of the line Business models, it comes standard with 1650x1080 15.4" screen but the quality is pathetic, its a lil grainy, dodgey viewing angles, really bad colour reproduction, I miss my old sony laptop display, sure it was low res, but its lowest brightness level was still higher than the max on the asus.