Like/Dislike the RGB LED Screen SXPS 16

There seems to be a lot of talk (and a couple of posts) about people not satisfied with the RGB screen. Out of curiosity, I'd like to see how many people like it and how many would do without.

If you like it, please post if you had to do a lot of calibration to make it satisfy you.
If you dislike it, please post why (seems like a big problems is reds).

 

I've been spending hours trying to adjust it to my liking. It seems like if you take down the reds, the yellows are greenish. I guess what I've got now, is OK. I'll keep playing with it for a few more days and see if I decide to keep it or not.

 

Looks like a clear majority like it. Are there different brands of the screen? I though there was only one but some people say the replacement looks so much better.

 

I'm going to get mine replaced and see if that helps.

 

I had the old technology 1900x1200 on my Gen 1 XPS. It caused a LOT of eyestrain for me. It was almost unusable in powersave mode, which was a lost cause for that desktop processor equipped "laptop".

So I have my new baby, an XPS 1530 with the LED running at 1440x900. I love the screen's brilliance and depth. The lower resolution is driving me a little nuts because it's difficult to place two windows side by side with the stuff I work with.

Then I saw a coworker's new Precision M4400 with the 1900x1200 RGBLED. When my wife's old Inspiron 1510 finally died last week, I saw my opportunity to upgrade. So she's getting my XPS 1530 and I actually had an M4400 in my shopping cart, but Dell wouldn't let me use my DFS account on a "business" machine. Really sucked too because I found a really nice rig with an SSD for 2100 in the outlet.

So now I have a 1640 on order with the 1900x1200. My only concern now is that I know the 15.4 inch RGBLED would work for me but the 1640 is a different aspect ratio. Still, given the number of pixels I'll have to work with, it should work for me!

 

The 1640 is 1920 x 1080 its a 16:9 aspect ratio like your tv

 

Hehe, I just realized that I put the wrong number down!

I had my Gen 1 XPS hooked into a 1080p television last year and was pretty happy with how it worked on it. So if the screen is as bright as the M4400, I'll be very happy.

 

I hooked my 1640 up to my 37 inch samsung 1080p tv and its gorgeous. Little hard to read but once i get my new contacts it should be no trouble

 

I know it's off topic, but Samsung makes some killer 1080p televisions. We bought a 40" last year and it was about $1000 cheaper than the equivalent Sony Bravia.

Back on topic, what would really be cool is some sort of device that could pick up from your laptop and feed the tv without wires. There's a projector that does this at the school I teach at and it always amazes me when I connect my laptop to it via wi-fi!

 

Haha i know i got mine for 599.99 on boxing day here in canada. I waited 3 hours inline from 3 am to 6 in the frezzing cold. SO WORTH IT. This year im thinking of that mini sony laptop the one thats like 1.3 lbs

 

The only Sony Bravia i would consider are the top of the line models; they are killer sets, cost a bunch, but, worth the monies, imo. Their entry and mid range line are fairly generic in nature, like the rest of everything else that is out there.

The XBR2 set i bought a few years ago still beats many sets out there today. This should last me till they get a 40inch or greater OLED panel to market.

 

Can you post the configuration you did?

 

i have a diferent dell computer, its studio 17 with rgb led, i hope my vote still counts though.
regarding the rgb led screen, its definitely the best i ever seen, highly recommended, its a must have. i have had dell xps m 1730, studio 15 wled, and now studio 17 with hd rgb.
rgb led is clearly the best of all, bright and vivid colors.

 

Having had the 1640 for a couple of days now; i would say that i prefer the (white) LED 720p display on my TZ more. Its whites are truer white (on the bluish side), although there is definitively a wider gamut on the RGBLED, although, this is only most noticeable for photos. The TZ also has better much contrast ratio.. this is noticeable for apps.

Its still a good display.. although, i would loved to simply have a 1080p version of the lcd on my TZ.

 

The RGB LED screen was one of the main reasons I chose the XPS1640. Initially, I was extremely impressed by the vivid colors and high brightness. However, I did come from an acer with a <100 cd/m^2 screen .

Anyways, I decided to play around with the colors, since I was not too pleased with the over-saturated colors (especially red). I found out that lowering the saturation to 84/200 through the Catalyst Control Center along with reductions in the brightness (-7) and contrast (from 100 --> 98) for reds provided the best results. If I work longer on the xps, I also lower the brightness to about half of the max. That way it doesn't strain my eyes that badly.

Who else has played around with the settings on their RGB screen? Before buying the laptop I remember reading a thread by a guy who used a calorimeter to calibrate the screen. He pretty much concluded that the screen was crap, with bad color representation and sheit black values. Any other views from pros?

 

From my experience so far, it's like if one out of five people get their Studio XPS replaced. Is Dell really crap at doing this?