LCD Screen question?

When I view my lcd from left or right angles the blacks look washed out and inverted. This is very annoying when playing games or watching movies that have a lot of black in them. My 5 year old LCD monitor doesn't have that problem!

Aside from that I also have to keep tilting my screen up and down in order to get the best viewing angle so that it is not too dark or too bright. I have the screen with the glare glossy coating, could this be what is causing the problem? I know it has been giving me headaches/migraines lately.

I wanted to know if this is normal for laptops, because I'm seriously thinking about calling dell to return my Vostro for a replacement.

Please be aware that this is my first laptop and I have a strong urge to head over to a local computer store to compare their LCD's to mine. But unfortunately its almost 9pm and everything is closed so I'll have to wait until tomorrow.

One thing I do know is... that I have become very annoyed of all the glare during daytime.

 

pretty normal. the screens they are putting in these today are some of the cheapest they can get their hands one.. they almost all have horrible viewing angles..

 

One bad thing I see is that if I get the LCD without the glossy screen the resolution will be lower. I don't think it should be that bad... this is my first experience with a glossy screen and it was good at first, but its been a little more over a week already and it's come to the point that I can't stand it during daylight. it's simply annoying!

 

depends on you man.. i hate the flat matte screens myself..

 

I'm trying to get used to it.. but I simply don't think I can... I love the resolution though.

 

Even normal LCD monitors for desktops are getting bad at screen quality, compared to one's from a couple of years ago.

I suppose one reason you can get a very large LCD screen for next to nothing.

 

Jimmy do you own a Vostro or a laptop? If so which, and do the colors look inverted from side angles?

 

I have an old iBook, matte screen with rotten viewing angles, and yes the colors turn weird if viewed from an angle. It's not a TrueLife vs matte thing, it's a viewing angle thing.

 

This is a great example of how the screen looks from right and left angles when viewing a picture or movie with black background.

Is this normal???

 

yes that is normal when viewing from the sides or above or below.. again poor grade lcd's