Samsung LED on M1330?

I previously had the Chi screen which started getting a lot of dead pixels and got it replaced today. I saw the tech putting in the new screen and it was a Samsung, which i thought was weird cause I thought there was only Toshiba and Chi. Im pretty sure its a LED screen or else it probably wouldnt have fit since its thicker. When I check in the device manager it says SEC5441. Anyone know if Dell is now using Samsung screens?

 

Dunno mate, how good is the screen?

 

It's possible that the tech installed a CCFL screen instead of the LED.

 

It is a lot better than the Chi screen thats for sure.

 

You think a CCFL screen would fit in the LED bezzle?

 

Try checking the webcam in device manager imaging device properties details then drop down tab hardware id..
LED back-lit has this Hardware ID
USB\VID_05A9&PID_7670&REV_0100&MI_00
USB\VID_05A9&PID_7670&MI_00
If its any help.

 

Oh, nevermind then. Didn't even think about that. I thought he was replacing the entire "lid", not just the screen part.

 

Yeah thats what I have so im sure it is and LED screen, but I had just never heard of a Samsung LED.

 

thats good to know. I need to get my CMO Screen replaced.

 

I have a Chi Mei LED screen with graininess and the horizontal line issue (looks like faint horizontal lines across white areas, as if every other row of pixels is slightly lighter or darker than the adjacent rows). It also has poor color gamut (primary colors look washed out rather than pure).

In order to compare it with the CCFL screens, I brought it in to best buy where they have an m1330 with CCFL. Looking side by side, the CCFL was better in all ways except brightness and thickness... no graininess, no horizontal lines, moderately better color gamut. When both screens were adjusted to maximum brightness by pressing function up arrow several times, my LED screen was brighter, but when I did a single press of fn down arrow on my LED they were the same brightness. (one step down out of seven)

Because all screens LED and CCFL get dimmer over time, it's possible the CCFL unit at best buy had dimmed over time from being turned on all day while on display, so my sense is that it's not worth ordering the LED screens unless you really need the weight savings.

If I had it to do over again I'd order the CCFL.

 

Here's to hoping. I'm waiting on a replacement myself. Problem is, you won't know until you get it, as the replacement is cx-059, whatever that is (seems to be the same code for any replacement screen). The tech person i spoke to said she couldn't really request a specific screen; whatever was in stock is what they would send.

 

I tried asking for a replacement other than the CMO, but the tech rep told me the replacement would be the same screen (CMO)... he said if i wanted a specific display (ie toshiba) i would have to return the system and buy it again and talk to a sales rep. I ended up returning it..... now in search for another system...

 

Hmm. I don't really think they can determine what type screen you get as a replacement; the "repair kit" code appears to be cx059 for all replacements. I read in another thread here of someone who had a Toshiba panel with a dead pixel, asked for a replacement, and got a CMO.
Except for the bright pixels mine has developed, the CMO looks pretty darn good in my opinion, so I don't really care which brand I get, as long as it isn't flawed

 

My CMO screen is kind of grainy if you look really close, has light leakage, and a couple of dead pixels. I'm gonna try to get a screen replacement. PookiePrancer, what do you mean by "bright pixels" on your CMO?

 

Pixels that, to some extent or another, are brighter than surrounding pixles. They look like little stars around your screen. Got about ten of them, three really bright. Dead usually means they're black, althought the Dell tech said that's what I have. She said you need six for a replacement.