Misunderstanding?

I am looking to buy a dell xps L502x. However, the specs claim that the screen is a 'high definition display with true life.' I have read reviews saying that the 720p screen is fuzzy but that the 1080p is a huge improvement so I am looking for the 1080p screen. Can anyone tell me that the description given is the 720p or the 1080p?

 

High definition could still be the "720p" screen. "1080p" is often known as "Full High Definition."

 

Get the 1080p screen. It's one of the best 15" screens on the market that isn't one of the very expensive IPS ones. 720p is also a bit too small (not enough pixels) on a nearly-16" screen!

 

Yeah i would go for the 1080p screen. Unless you want touch screen then go with the multi touch option but the screen quality loss imo isnt worth it.

 

They should not even sell laptops with 720p or 900p screens. 1080p screens give you a lot of screen and things are not small as they claim.

 

For people with very poor vision, 1080p is not an option. My dad bought a Studio 1558 with a 1368x768 screen on purpose because his vision is really bad. Don't get me wrong, I love 1920x1200 on my M17x R2 but it's not for everyone. But also not everyone wants a full HD screen, alot of people want a cheap laptop that works, and 1368x768 works for them because there's not much loss from 1280x800 to 1368x768.

 

Why do so many people have trouble seeing things close up? Everyone in my house needs reading glasses yet they can see distance perfectly. I can read tiny text no problem close up but distance is blurry for me.

 

Because their vision is poor? Just cause you and me have great eyesight (which I don't) that doesn't mean 99% of the consumers out there have great eyesight. Again average Joe Schmoe doesn't care about screen quality, they just want a cheap laptop and they couldn't care if their laptop was 2048x1536 or 1024x768.

 

Try 1080p on a 14" screen. I would never use it, it hurts the eyes. And it's even a tad small imo on a 15", 900p is nice though. I could stand 1080p on a 15" however, and would take it over 768p anyday.

 

That description most likely means 720p unfortunately.

You shouldn't buy a Dell XPS 15 with the 1366x768 display unless you have eyesight-related issues that require larger text. Don't skip the 1920x1080 display upgrade either for budget-related reasons or to trade it out for another upgrade.

15.6" 1366x768 displays make multitasking and productivity difficult because they make things onscreen large. They also tend to exhibit low contrast and thus deliver terrible image quality.

On the other hand, the 1920x1080 B+RGLED display available in the XPS 15 is one of the best 15.6" displays available. Not only does it possess a high contrast ratio and an excellent multitasking-friendly resolution, it has a much higher color gamut than a typical display so colors appear very saturated.

The 1920x1080 display is the only upgrade that must be in your configuration (provided that you have no eyesight-related issues with it), not only because of how good the 1920x1080 display is, but because of how bad the 1366x768 display is. It's the only configuration option where the default selection is horrible. Other configuration options such as the CPU (i5-2450M default), GPU (GT 525M default), and RAM (4GB default) have perfectly acceptable default options, and/or no available upgrades that make a considerable difference.

Coupon code: 932N$0ZCCHWZB9 to remove $100 from the price of your configuration.

 

Agreed, you can save quite a bit of cash if you don't get an i7 quad processor. I believe the i5 is $100-200 cheaper than the i7 (at least in Canada). Most people will never get full use out of a quad core processor anyways. Even with my i3 2310 in my Vostro, I can easily keep two virtual machines running simultaneously (Vista 32 and XP 32) and my host system doesn't hiccup one bit.

The screen is definitely worth it. For those who do not have great eyesight, you can bump up the DPI within the operating system to enlarge everything. In fact with a 15" screen I think 125% DPI " at 1920*1080 will look similar to 100% DPI at 1366x768.