Light leakeage???

Can someone explain me what is this and any pics of the effects.....I think I might have one....the botom of my screen is brighter than the top....is this normal...never seen this in my last inspiron.

 

It's the way you're looking at it..... play with the brightness... when the brightness is correct for the level light in the room you're in, all black areas should be pure black. You shouls also make sure you're as perdendicular to the screen as you can be.... that way, you'll still be within the confines of the the sweet spot no matter how you move around.

Take a look at this page I did.... it's with a W3, but as far as your question goes, you can use the same techniques I used and should get the same results.

http://www.proportable.com/w3vscreencompare.html

Ideally, if you notice the pictures at the bottom with the scene from the italian job.... the 4th from the left gives the best true to life (how I would watch the movie on my home theater - or i'd expect it to be at the movies) ..... Most people put their brightness at 100% and never change it...... as you can see from the pictures with a glaretype screen you'll see more problems in the dark as far as "light leakage" due to improper backlight levels...... all the more reason to set them correctly.

On the same subject, but a slightly different topic..... one thing that you can use powergear for is to set backlights for different types of applications. If you normall use dvds in the dark, you'd best to set up powergear to the backlight light that I have (or what you think is best) and then when you throw in a dvd all you have to do is put powergear on "dvd movie" and you're set to go.

 

my screen on booting looks like the #7 pic I guess that is normal??
and if I put the level of brightness down....I can see my self on a dark background....(it's rare that I'm on a dark background)

 

Well you're going to boot on whatever brightness level you shut off on.....

The "reflection" you see is when the ambient light (the light on your side of the screen) is brighter than the backlight behind the screen... even those out and you'll be good.

About picture #7.... do you mean this one: http://www.proportable.com/images/demos/w3v/7.jpg ? If so, you're brightness is simply too high.

 

yeah...just like pic 7...I set my background black and in a dark room...I see that bottom white stripe....and I'm at the 3rd notch (from low brithness).....well I think I have to get use to a glare type screen

 

That image actually has pretty good uniformity considering how overexposed it is. And Justin is right: Most people boost their brightness settings much too high. You shouldn't really notice it at the kind of brightness setting you're talking about though. You could try running through Monitor Calibration Wizzard or similar to see if that help. For contrast adjustment use settings in the driver.

 

hey justin,

Is it normal when on 0 brigthness (the last nocth using fn + F5) only 1/4 of my screen is visible and the rest is dark

 

Dude
When your typing, reading, watching a dvd, playing a game, browsing does this bother you? It would not 99 out of 100 people. Infact most would not notice at all until someone pointed them to it. If it does not bother you during normal everyday use then leave it alone otherwise contact your dealer and asus.

 

I'd have to see a picture (and trust me I know that would be hard to capture) ...... but can it compare to my images of the W3 at zero or even on level 1 brightness?

If you missed them, see them here: http://www.proportable.com/w3vscreencompare.html

Lets face it... there's more of a need to turn the screen off than to have it at zero brightness...... so I'm not sure.... I'd have to compare it to my W5.

 

I'm still in my period of adaptation to the glare screen. For the last five years I have used a matte screen....so plz bare with me...thanks for you answer....I guess it's a matter of habit...

 

The newest bios fixes that problem.

Mine is very evenly lit now, but I had the same problem before (not that I ever use that lowest notch anyway)

 

Yeah... well the glaretype screens are in my opinion better in every way - if you use the correct brightness....... a dark room, normal light, and being outside all really require you to use the full spectrum of backlight options..... I know most people are used to leaving their backlight at 100% - all the time - and that's really not great for the battery life, but shows it's who reason for being when you find yourself in differently lit environments.

 

Hey Bugmenot, That's a great help. My screen seems to look a little better than before, it's customs the screen to your liking (different from Adobe's screen calibrator). It's still brighter on the bottom though, but you should put this solution on the many other "W3 display problem" threads. Just a little something for them to try out. I know it's not a miracle worker, but it does help a little.

 

Mike are you saying the bottum of the screen is brighter on your z70V?

 

No, no, no. My Z70v is perfect. I was talking about my HP DV1000 (1.7 Centrino). The screen's problem is very similar to the W3 problems on these forums. The problem with so-called "light leakage" on these 14" WXGA Glossy screens are found in many HP's, Compaq, Asus, fujitsu, etc. systems. Some may say "hell no, it doesn't compare to my Asus" or whatever, but I that's just my opinion (just like how that's theirs).