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    XPS M170 Light Leakage on LCD

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by chesney09, Oct 26, 2005.

  1. chesney09

    chesney09 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone else notice the crap quaulity of the LCD on the M170? The light leakage along the bottom of the LCD when the screen is balck is terrible!!
    It look like a sunrise on a clear horizon.. The whole bottom has white light glowing up.

    I called DELL Tech support and, of course had to go through all the testing.. But they are sending a tech to change the LCD...

    Anyway to find out what kind of LCD is currently in the machine?
     
    chesney09, Oct 26, 2005
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  2. doobie04

    doobie04 Notebook Consultant

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    yeah check in the dell section, theres a bunch of posts about dell screens.

    my m170s screen was jacked up looking too, had to send it in and depot lost it. now im waiting for a freakin response from them.

    heres a link to my thread.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=28132
     
    doobie04, Oct 26, 2005
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  3. circa86

    circa86 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    i'm pretty sure Dell knows that there LCD's suck and they just don't care, because their service is so top notch. . . . . . . . .

    there is a reason they can offer those rediculous coupons
     
    circa86, Oct 26, 2005
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  4. nickspohn

    nickspohn Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Dell uses coupons because they over price everything, and some people dont use the coupons, and dell makes a huge profit from that. That in my eyes, is great marketing/selling.
    Yeah, who knows on the M170 Screens...
     
    nickspohn, Oct 26, 2005
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    conghelach Notebook Consultant

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    Light leakage is normal for all lcd laptop screens, the good news is the more light leakage you have, the brigther overall screen you have too, the other good news is that this light leakage will dissipate over the course of using the laptop for about four weeks. Mine was just as bad as you describe, now its not a problem at all, very minimal.
     
    conghelach, Nov 17, 2005
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  6. Packrat

    Packrat Notebook Consultant

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    talk about overpriced. A loaded M170 is $4700???
     
    Packrat, Nov 18, 2005
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