Just got my Dell XPSL502x and screen looks terrible!

I just ordered this Dell from the outlet place and turned it on and compared to a Vostro 1000 computer I am borrowing, my screen colors look washed out and bland. I bought this upgrade to edit pictures and it looks awful! It says the colors are 32 bit?? I don't know what that means but it looks terrible. Do you think they did something wrong or I didn't order the right thing or are there some settings I need to adjust??
Thanks for your help !

FYI, here are the specs the machine came with.
Item Number Description

1 WY4K8 Base,Notebook,Configure To Order,Extreme Performance System,L502X
1 0MMWG Module,Processor,SNB,I5-2410M,2.3,L502X
1 0VJFK Module,Label,Dell Energy Offering,ESTAR 5.0
1 0WPP1 Module,Hard Drive,640,7.2,P11,#1,TSHBA-CC
1 243Y0 Module,Battery,Primary,90WHR,9C,LG
1 9R578 Module,Information,DHS,High, Value
1 88H8K Module,Assembly,Base,Discrete Video,2G,L502X,Quad Channel
1 88PVP Module,Label,Intel,Notebook,CI52
1 8YXNV Module,Card,Network,1000,Consumer Notebook,World Wide
1 CP1VF Module,Software,W7HP64 Consumer Desktop,English Dao/bcc
1 D9KVP Module,Software,Quick Fix Engineering,W7HB32,Consumer Notebook
1 F71M6 Module,Shipping Material,SXPS15,Color,Expanded Polyethylene
1 GRJ9V Module,Keyboard,86,United States,English,C12SB
1 HPGRP Module,Dual In-Line Memory Module,6G,1333M,DDR3,1X2/1X4
1 J6XND Module,Software,W7HP64,Digital Video Disk Drive,Multiple User Interface,NO-E
1 KWHN4 Module,Documentation,English,Extreme Performance System,L502X,Dao/Bcc
1 MX962 Module,Information,NO MEDIA
1 P5XP1 Module,Liquid Crystal Display,15.6HDF,True Life,Lg Philips Lcd,NIMOY
1 R609C Module,Cord,Power,125V,1M,C5,United States
1 T7VMF Module,Dvd+/-Rw,8X,Hitachi Lg Data Storage,BARE,Inspiron
1 TD3P3 Module,Information,North,Wireless Wide Area Network,L5/701X
1 U451C Module,Adapter,Alternating Current,Flexible,130W,3P,WorldWide
1 V5H6X Module,Cover,Liquid Crystal Display,Aluminum,Silver,Wireless Local Area Network Card,L502X
1 VR08H Module,Software,Certificate Of Authenticity,W7HP32/64
1 VWX72 Module,Bracket,With Out,Television Tuner,Plastic,L501X
1 W3HMK Module,Label,Microsoft,Notebook,Windows7
1 XM544 Module,Software,PC-RESTORE Transactional Line Of Business
1 939-4860 Dell Hardware Limited Warranty, Initial Year
1 939-4870 Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Plus In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis, Initial Year
1 950-3337 1 Year Limited Warranty
1 950-9797 No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 420-8878 Soft Contracts Dell In-Home Hardware Agreement
1 933-0410 Warranty Support, Initial Year
1 3E476 Information,Equipment
1 375-6061 Thank you, Dell Outlet

 

1 P5XP1 Module,Liquid Crystal Display,15.6HDF,True Life,Lg Philips Lcd,NIMOY

That's a 720p screen and they are terrible for photo editing. If you're not happy, you should return it and get a 1080p screen. The colors and picture of the 1080p are vibrant and crisp. The outlet should allow returns just like you would normally ordering through Dell. Sorry you got the 720p screen, it really does not compare to the 1080p.

 

There are two screens that come with the XPS 15 (well three, but one is just the stock screen with multi-touch)
There's the 1366x768 (720p, the stock screen) and the 1920x1080 (1080p) B+RGLED display.
There is an extreme quality difference between the two screens, and the resolution difference is also significant.

An XPS 15 with the 1366x768 screen is quite possibly the worst 15.6" computer to buy for photo editing, because the LCD panel Dell uses for the 720p screen is one of the worst 15.6" screens currently available. Most 15.6" 1366x768 screens are already terrible quality, and the 1366x768 resolution is too low for a 15.6" laptop anyway because it makes things onscreen really big.

The 1920x1080 B+RGLED screen is an exceedingly good display, but you have to make sure that you buy an XPS 15 with that screen, because the stock screen is worthless. Also, the higher resolution lets you fit a lot more windows onscreen and work with images of larger dimension.

 

The 768p screen in the xps 15 isnt any worse than others. the particular screen is also used in asus and packard bell notebooks, and possibly more.

I'm really annoyed by all the bad screens out there, i refuse to recommend anything without a good screen if you aren't on an extremely tight budget.

It isn't even the worst screen. The displays in the asus K53E, HP DM1 and other netbooks are even worse.

 

Yes, There are many better screens out there with the same size and resolution. The 720p screen in the XPS 15 isn't specific to the XPS 15, but in all the laptops I saw at Best Buy, none of them used the same screen. And sometimes you get a different-model 720p screen in the XPS 15, but generally you get the bad one, and that's where all the reviews come from.

I meant it's "quite possibly worst 15.6" screen"

 

Not to sound bad I hope, but that is why people visit the forums before they make a purchase. People here have the experience to guide you to the right decision. Snoop for 15 seconds and you can't miss the myriad of posts here about the difference in the two screens.

I hope you can get a different screen.

 

Wow a Philips 720p screen.

So now we got 5 types of screen on the XPS 15

720p
Philips (Garbage)
AUO (Complete garbage)
LG (Good)
Samsung (Good)

1080p
AUO (Fantastic)

 

LG-Philips is the manufacturer. It's LG.

And LG-Philips showing up in the order list doesn't mean the LCD in it is LG. It almost always says that.

Also, it's worth keeping in mind that none of these screens are good. "Good" is relative. Most if not all 15.6" 1366x768 screens are junk.

 

lol How did you manage to order the wrong screen? You can forget about Photoshop on a standard laptop.

Here you go
laptop screens compared

I got the 1080p option and it's better than my desktop monitor, although the size obviously sucks