"TrueLife" or not for somebody with poor eye sight?

If somebody has poor eyesight (not very poor but needs a screen that is the best to read) is the TrueLife upgrade worth it?

I only have experience with the regular Dell screens and I think they are just fine. But I'm not sure if a TrueLife would help somebody read with a little poorer eye sight.

 

it depends. TrueLife adds a coating to the regular screens that cause a little glare, if directed in sunlight or you have a light source behind you. But overall, colors and words are better formed and produced. So I would think that yes, it can help alleviate sight problems. Hope this helps. Or you could go to a local Dell kiosk, and test out the notebooks, and see if they help or not.

 

Thanks or the input, I think I should head over to the local mall kiosk.

 

I think the poster might be refering to high resolution screens, true life is only the glossy coating, but most dell high res options are true life only so people tend to mix them together, I have bad eyesight, and I was very happy with the wsxga+ I had on my e1505, I used standard fonts as well, currently I'm running a m1210 its a 12.1 screen @ 1280 by 800, the same as the standard wxga on dells 14.1 and 15.4 screens, and I'm perfectly fine with that as well, your best bet is to go check out a variety of screens of different sizes and resolutions to find the best fit for you

 

Yes you should. Because a lot depends on your personal preference. I sometimes find it hard to read with all the reflections on the screen with TrueLife reflective coating, however it does make things look a bit more vibrant; so I guess it has both pros and cons.

 

If you are not using it in a place like outdoors where you get lots of glare, Truelife is the way to go

 

On a related note, I've been wondering about high-resolution screens. I have an older inspiron, which doesn't have the highest resolution screen but at least the print is a decent size. If one opts for a high resolution screen (say if I got a WXGA+ UltraSharp), is there a way to adjust the print size? I would think so, and almost feel foolish for asking the question, but I've seen people warn that the print will be small. Is there really no way to simply adjust the print size on such screens?

 

increase the dpi