Detailed Guide Assessing LED WXGA+ vs CCFL WUXGA To Help Assist Potential Buyers of M1530 [MUST READ]

Yeah not arguing that, but it's hard to argue which one looks more accurate to the naked eye. I have a yellowish panel on my old laptop, and compared to the LG panel on the new one, it just doesn't look as nice thanks to that little factor.

 

I agree that most people prefer a more cooler white then the D65 standard. Its generally more pleasing to the eye, specially for a computer monitor (TVs is another story), hence the manufacturers tend to calibrate the white point to a higher value. However, no one should state that the LED, with a warmer look (is it really? I have one and don't find it yellow at all), is somehow defective or out of whack.

 

I don't understand how people can judge the color representation of flat panel displays by photos taken of them on an inexpensive pocket digicam and displayed over the internet on their home laptop display, with absolutely zero color control in any step of the chain.

The ONLY thing I will ever take away from "side by side" photos posted on the internet are (a) viewing angle depending on where the photo was taken and whether it was fair to both laptops and (b) a vague, vague idea of backlight intensity and overall brightness. Color? I don't think so. To judge color fidelity and representation based on links to a couple of photos taken and posted on the internet and displayed on one's personal monitor with its own limitations in gamut, accuracy, etc., is even less thorough than the OP's post!

That said, Udi I think it was is right in saying the big issue is comparing two panels across two dimensions at once. That said, it's a decision some of us to face.

I have owned nothing but 15.4" and 17" WUXGA displays for as long as I've carried around laptops. My first was a Latitude D800 some 4+ years ago with 15.4" WUXGA. So, I have absolutely no problem with very high resolution displays and I'm terribly used to them for work (data analysis of 15 terabyte warehouses on a 1280x800 screen is not the cat's meow) and home.

On the other hand, in recent years I've grown used to very bright, vivid displays that handle color calibration well, like my crappy Qosmio AV650 with a 17" WUXGA with dual sidelighting and a display that simply outshines every CCFL display I've used in recent memory.

So when it came to ordering the M1530, I realized pretty quickly that I wasn't going to have my cake and eat it by combining the two into one display. The WUXGA is pretty much the same as every other 15.4" WUXGA out there. THere only are a couple of panels. They're all "okay at best" in terms of brightness (translation for me: nothing to get excited about" and not terribly contrasty, and relatively "low gamut" as well. It is what it is; there just aren't many panel manufacturers at this resolution in this size out there. Then there are the LED panels which go from absolutely stunning (MBP 17" WUXGA is simply amazing) to bright but washed out (the Thinkpad X300 comes to mind). So I do think this is not an easy choice to make and I do think there's value in an unbiased guide that describes the realistic pros and cons of each, but clearly assumes that this is a temporary problem until LED high resolution displays become more common. (Which they will.)

I picked the LED display. I do not know if I will regret it. The driving factor was something no one mentioned but still applies to me. WUXGA was great when I was sitting alone at my laptop working all on my lonesome. That doesn't seem to happen much nowadays. At work, I'm always calling someone over to show them something, whether we're in the office or offsite. At home, family is piling on the sofa to grab the laptop. Even my 16 month old nephew climbs onto me so that he can bang away at some keys and babble a bit. Okay, maybe he doesn't care about the resolution But everyone else struggles with WUXGA and now that I swivel my laptop around in coffee shops to show a coworker something I found, the 1440x900 LED is the ultimate display for me, on paper. I'm looking forward to receipt in a week to test that theory.

 

The LED is not a ticket to a perfect screen every time. I have a 1/8th inch of vertical distortion 1/3rd of the distance of the screen from the left over. Service man will be here in 2 hours though, made the call on the 8th, very impressive response time.

 

Because most think they're Internet geniuses.