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    Screen looks washed out in the 1720

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by choy, Jul 20, 2007.

  1. choy

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    People... the screen on my 1720 ... 1440*900 truelife looks very washed out... the colors aren't vivid, i don't know much about the settings.. can anyone help... for instance the CRT monitor at work looks much better LOL
     
    choy, Jul 20, 2007
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    The brightness might be down, turn the battery mode to high performance.
     
    mcs6, Jul 20, 2007
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    Your LCD screen on that 1720 is never going to look as good as the colors on an actual CRT monitor. CRT monitors in and of themselves produce colors better than full size desktop LCD's and most laptop LCD's are even worse. I've never been impressed with the quality of the LCD's used by Dell as far as color reproduction goes. They look washed out and dull.
     
    burningrave101, Jul 20, 2007
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    by default yes, you need to go into the nvidia control panel to fix it. I also like digital intensity +8% on my lcd, makes it a lot better.
     
    DarkMortar, Jul 20, 2007
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    digital vibrance in nvidia control center for the win
     
    jkim, Jul 20, 2007
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    I bought a 15" LCD from Dell a few years back, and the color was much better then any other crt monitor I have ever owned. Maybe I got lucky with the monitor but the colors just popped out at me and looked so much more lively.
     
    Chuck6780, Jul 20, 2007
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  7. D_Avenger

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    Hey how did you get digital vibrance to work? The option is greyed out when I open it in the nvidia control panel. Did you download new drivers or something?
     
    D_Avenger, Jul 21, 2007
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  8. jkim

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    nvidia without digital vibrance!? atrocious. yea i downloaded drivers from laptopvideo2go. shouldn't it work with the drivers from dell? =\

    if you do get the laptopvideo drivers, make sure you use the "modded ini" file to install
     
    jkim, Jul 21, 2007
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    Alright will do. Thanx!
     
    D_Avenger, Jul 21, 2007
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  10. choy

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    ok kind lost here.... there are like a million drivers on that site.... which one is the one for me... i got the 8600M GT
     
    choy, Jul 21, 2007
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    You should have checked the Laptop2go.com forum site first, it'd show you the contents of the INI file with the support of the GPU models:
    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13792

    Also, please don't double post. A little bit of Patience goes a long way...
     
    Znender, Jul 21, 2007
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  12. choy

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    thanks... mate...
     
    choy, Jul 21, 2007
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  13. offbase

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    My 1705-E9400 has the same problem, which is not present in my D630, nor in my HP TX1000. I think it's got to do with Dell's 17" lcd on the Inspirons.
     
    offbase, Jul 21, 2007
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  14. choy

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    Hey I downloaded the latest one which was the 165.01 .. and still can't adjust the digital vibrance and the image sharpening... can some one please help?


    I downloaded this driver with the modded INF

    http://www.laptopvideo2go.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=13792
     
    choy, Jul 21, 2007
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  15. choy

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    bump..someone help
     
    choy, Jul 21, 2007
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  16. Lynus

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    I'm wondering the same thing here so as soon as you get yours fixed i'm def gonna try and work that with mine
     
    Lynus, Jul 21, 2007
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    D_Avenger, Jul 21, 2007
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    Do not download version 165.01. That version is from way back in April. For whatever reason it's showing up at the top of list and has a higher version number than the later ones. Very confusing.
     
    D_Avenger, Jul 21, 2007
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    Ok at least got the digital vibrance settings adjustable... so the next driver will probably have the image sharpening fixed.....
     
    choy, Jul 21, 2007
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    Has anyone tried using their s-video port after installing the drivers from laptopvideo2go? I'm now getting an error when I try to use it.
     
    D_Avenger, Jul 22, 2007
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