XGA+ vs. UXGA screen on E1705

I just received an E1705 17" Inspiron with a XGA+ screen. I'm not completely satisfied with it. Even at max brightness, the color and brightness are not uniform. It only looks good in the small section right in front of you, otherwise it looks washed out. Would the UXGA TrueLife screen be a noticeable improvement? Can you run the UXGA at a lower resolution than 1920 x 1200 (such as 1440 x 900)?

Thanks,
Chris

 

If you aren't feeling satisfied I would certainly change the screen out if I were you. Not sure how Dell is on that type of return.

As for an improvement, all I can say is BIG TIME. I love my screen. You can run it in lower resolutions but it doesnt look right. If you want a nice picture and don't mind the 1920 x 1200 res then this screen is worth it.

 

In regards to resolution you want to be able to stick at Native...if you game.

I have the samething on my WXGA+ screen. The sweetspot is small and the colors in the corner look washed out. If you sit a little further back from the computer you will be able to see everything better.

Hope this helps.

 

I have a e1705 with XGA+ and I must agree with Chris. The screen is somewhat washed out. It seems as if the ideal viewing angle is narrow and the screen is too large for it. Hard to explain, but the sides of the screen are outside of the ideal viewing angle when looking at it straight on and fairly close. Also, it is dim. I have it set at maximum brightness and it is troublesome in a bright office. Although in the same office a UXGA has terrible glare.

Otherwise it is a solid high performance machine........

 

hi, I've read your post, I've got my 9400 with 1920x1200 and what I can say is that my screen looks like having fog on it, black colour isn't black, doesn't your looks like that. The best you can see one is while windows starting, and the moment it initiates graphic card, screen switches off for a second, and this is only one moment I've got black screen, also I've checked sony's and toshiba's and they looks stunning comparing to my one.

 

LuisCypher,

Please do not cross-post...this is the 3rd post about this question. Please be patient and wait for a reply.

I believe you will get a better response here in the Dell forum.

 

I just got my WUXGA+ truelife screen today, and I can say you will notice a HUGE difference between the screens. The WUXGA+ is so much better. THe colors are uniform and it is bright. You just have to get use to small text, but i like it better like this.

 

Last week I had recieved my 9400 with XGA. I loved the system but the screen didn't look right. I posted elsewhere that it just bugged me. I finally decided to get a new system with the WUXGA screen which I ordered and is already in boxing. I will be sending back the first 9400 later this week. (Hard to part with it till the new one is close to on the way.)

I am not getting the UXGA for the higher res, I actually prefer the 1440 but I want the UXGA for all the OTHER improvements it's suppose to have. Better colors, angles, etc. For all the good it has, I should be able to live with the tad too high res.

 

Sorry Luis... I'm not sure exactly what you are talking about. I haven't checked any of your other posts but I'll see if I can take a look and post a reply in those threads.

Like I said - I love my screen. It certainly was worth the upgrade fee.

 

I don't quite understand this statement. I know it's a fixed pixel display, but there aren't any other options that work other than max resolution?

(I'm a little surprised at Dell putting this much resolution in a 17" laptop. It's more pixels than my 20" Apple LCD.)

 

Well the reason it doesn't look as sharp is for the following reason:

If you take a laptop with a fixed pixel display, such as 1000x1000 for example and you set it at 750x750 resolution.

The pixels can't adjust to the resolution because it would cause the pixels to change resolution for every .75 of a pixel...if that makes sense. Thus a pixel can only be one color so your image isn't as sharp.

This is a really rough explanation.

Hope you get what I mean.

 

Lots of things visual are adjustable to give you what you want. Just don't move from native resolution.
I have WUXGA on a 15.4" screen, after 4 years with a UXGA 15" screen, both on Dell laptops. Fantastic on the eyes. As mentioned above, once set up properly, there are no problems with text size, etc - they are software issues, not hardware. The hardware just provides the screen density - the more pixels per inch, the better. One just needs to match the software settings to the hardware.

 

You can try this on your current screen. If you move any screen from its native resolution, it will come up a little fuzzy and looks a bit weird. This is why antskip was suggesting not to adjust your native resolution.

Like he said, majority of the software on your system can be adjusted so it will be larger if you don't like reading small text.

For me, I play alot of games that have a max setting of 1280 by 1024, so when i change my display, everything looks really weird and off color.

 

Crt monitors can work in a lot of resolutions however for lcds their native resolution is the only resolution where it appears sharp. Sure you can run it at a lower resolution but its fuzzy and doesnt look as great. If you have an lcd monitor you can try it out.

 

if you run an LCD out of its native resolution, it looks fuzzy and not crisp/clear

 

When you say it looks fuzzy out of the native resolution you must be talking about the desktop and fonts etc. Playing games in non native resolution seems fine still, I don't notice fuzzyness playing games in different resolutions. I am just not noticing it in games? Am I supposed to be trying to play all my games at 1920 x 1200 (when supported and with lower graphic settings for fps)?

I agree that windows, ie, word etc surely looks better at the native resolution but don't notice it in games.

 

You don't really see it in games. At least I haven't...but it is rare that I play out of native 1440x900 resolution. When I lowered it in Windows it looked really bad.

 

I here you in windows out of native res. but all is great in games! It would be impossible in many games to play in 1920 x 1200 without turning off "eye candy" which is more preferable then the screen res. (such as effects)...

 

USAFdude said some time ago that 10-15% outside of native res is ok. I run everything at 1680x1050. It looks fine to me. Counter-Strike Source and Call of Duty 2 are great with it.