M1330 Screen Brightness

I recently got a screen replacement on my 1330, and I *think* it's kinda dim (relatively speaking). I just...am not sure though. Both this screen and the previous are Toshiba (LCD2306).

I tried holding it up next to a laptop that supposedly was 200 nits on its brightness and it didn't seem much brighter, and I know the brightness is supposedly 300 nits on these...right? On the other hand, it seems maybe a little brighter than my desktop screen which isn't exactly a dim screen. Still, I almost feel as though it's stuck at one brightness level below maximum or something.

So, overall, it's not dim; actually reasonably bright. However, it seems less bright than I recall my other screen being. I haven't really heard much about sample variance on these, especially on the order of, say, ~100 nits dimmer. Any ideas, guys?

 

I don't think its supposed to be 300 nits. 200 sounds right.

 

Really? I had thought 300 nits was the supposed spec. I really seem to recall being impressed at the brightness I was getting when it had the previous screen and now it's just kind of...ordinary and even a little dimmer than I'd like when I'm in room with a strong overhead light.

I seem to recall one person in a thread a while back noting one of his 1330s with a toshiba screen was dimmer than another with a toshiba screen, but he said it was slight...I think. Maybe I'm just imagining things.

I did see a newish looking Latitude today and the screen seemed brighter than mine but I didn't have an opportunity to compare them side by side.

 

Anyone else have some thoughts on this? Maybe ideas on things I could compare it to for reference? Or...some other way to test?

 

How can i tell u my brightness (i have no idea on nits!!)
I will post a screenshot of my deskptop,hope that it helps

 

Bedis,

Thanks for replying. I appreciate it

Yeah, I'm not exactly sure how someone could visually show me their screen brightness since I'd be looking at the picture on, well, my screen >.<

However, what I'm looking for, I suppose, is comments on whether people have observed substantial variability in brightness with the LCD2306/Toshiba screen and whether anyone had any tips for me (other than purchasing a calibration device; haven't the money for that right now) for getting a rough estimation of whether it is unusually dim.

 

Your bios should display the total Nits of the display if im not mistaken

 

Hmm...I looked in the BIOS and couldn't find anything about the display brightness in terms of nits. Is there a specific place I should be looking; hidden option of some sort?

 

Dude i can tell u one thing that may b physiologically related.DO one thing surf the net whole day(10hrs),when ya eyes get strained enuf,set the display to max,if u r now able to see it more than 1min or so then ya brightness is correct,if u can see towards screen for abt 10 mins,then there may b issue.
Sry if m being foolish in answering it,but i find i think its the easiest method.I dont have an external monitor.

 

What brightness do I use it at for the ten hours? Bright room or dark room?

 

preferably dark room.Regarding brightness,dont use it at max-may be a step or two lower
If u could tell me how to calculate brightness(like wid a camera or cell camera-S312 ),i will surely tell you!

 

It is 300 nit: http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-xps-studio-xps/159938-xps-m1330-screens.html

 

OK, well I'm pretty sure I'm not getting anywhere near that. I am finding the screen to not be brighter than that of an old (e.g. backlit worn) Inspiron 1420; might even be less usable outdoors. sigh.

 

Hmm...maybe the better question is to ask how bright should the screen appear in, say, a well-sunlit room or something like that. For me, it's not super bright; not exactly dim, but could use maybe some more brightness I think.