The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Is this considered bad banding?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Boo Boo, Oct 31, 2008.

  1. Boo Boo

    Boo Boo Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    107
    Messages:
    810
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    I took this screen shot hopefully you can see the banding and awful color distortion

    [​IMG]
     
    Boo Boo, Oct 31, 2008
    #1
  2. zfactor

    zfactor Mastershake

    Reputations:
    2,894
    Messages:
    11,134
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    455
    with the lg... lower your brightness to around 42 bring the contrast to about 55 and drop the saturation some in the video color settings...

    ill post better settings for you when i get home this will correct most of the issues while watching movies.
     
    zfactor, Nov 1, 2008
    #2
  3. Boo Boo

    Boo Boo Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    107
    Messages:
    810
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    thanks, ive been messing with it some
     
    Boo Boo, Nov 1, 2008
    #3
  4. Chrysaor

    Chrysaor Notebook Consultant

    Reputations:
    36
    Messages:
    172
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    Unless it is a software problem, no one can see banding if you take a screenshot.
    You need to take a picture of your screen but that might not be visible/accurate.
    Best way to tell is by seeing in person. If you are not comfortable with your screen, contact Dell for replacement.
     
    Chrysaor, Nov 1, 2008
    #4
  5. orangeblue

    orangeblue Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    8
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    If that's just a print screen, then the problems evident in that picture aren't caused by your LCD screen (print screens just show what the video card is outputting to the screen and not what's actually displayed). I'm guessing they're artifacts resulting from video compression, as those become very noticeable in dark colors.
     
    orangeblue, Nov 2, 2008
    #5