Best 15.4" matte WUXGA CCFL 30pin display?

Initially was looking for a 1920x1200 panel, but since my eyesight ain't perfect (yet), 1280x800 seems to be the best choice, also it is slightly easier to install. Which one do you recommend?

p.s. moderators, please correct topic title.

 

LTN154XB-L01, that's what I'm currently using. It's dual lamp but runs on a single just fine, and colors, as well as the viewing angles, are nothing compared to the stock POS you probably have I'm just like you, I've tried quite a handful of displays, but I stuck with this one.

 

triturbo, thanks for the suggestion, but I have some questions.

It is glossy, isn't it? Can some matte screen protector make it usable under direct sunlight, and if not, what are the alternatives?

Another thing - response time, i'm not sure if 16(ms, iirc) is really fast enough not to annoy my eyes. Both my current panel and external monitor have 8ms response time, and I've never worked (for a noticeable time, I mean) with anything slower since switching from CRT.

 

Yes, it is glossy, but I've put ViewGuard matte protector and everything's fine

If you play games it is a bit noticeable. Hope this helps

 

triturbo, it does help indeed. Since it ain't all that good with WXGA, I'll take a look at glossy and higher res panels as well. Do I get it right that all I need is to add 8 wires for second LVDS, and that's it? (mobo has it) Will any dual-ccfl dual-lvds panel work?

 

Well then, take a look at this link. First and second page contain most of the information you'll need, but you can read the rest as well Oh and the WUXGA LP154WU2-TLA2 is matte Also, you must get your schematics, since the pin-out is different! You might as well be lucky (which I doubt), so check your cable if there are missing wires prior ordering parts. As far as I tested - yes, all dual CCFL panels would work on single lamp. Good luck!

EDIT: I've checked your inverter pin-out and it seems that you might be luckier than us (5920G users). All you'll have to do is to swap pin 3 and pin 4 (on the inverter side) and try the MPV5K003 inverter Hope there is enough room and that it would work for you.

 

It is glossy, isn't it? Can some matte screen protector make it usable under direct sunlight, and if not, what are the alternatives?

 

triturbo, talking about LTN154CT04-D01, 5930G misses SMBData and SMBClock connections too. =/
p.s. don't mind the picture, I will delete it later.

 

Which one are you talking about?

LP154WU2-TLA2 is 30-pin dual CCFL, you are thinking about LTN154CT04-D01 - 50-pin RGB LED. The first one would run without problems, the second - no go even with custom cable.

What you mean with this - 5 possible storage expansions? I fail to realize the 2nd though. MiniPCIe (1), ? (2), ExpressCard (3), normal SATA (4), SlimLine SATA (5).

 

2nd would be USB3.0. It's the easiest option for cheap modern notebooks without any connectivity but with odd bay.

On my notebook, I've decided to leave expresscard (and thus usb3.0) alone since I may one day use it for egpu. I now intend to use mpcie-dualsata card and steal power from odd and/or usb power of docking port. About the latter - is it enough to simply solder a cable to usb +5v, another to gnd, and connect it to molex-sata power cable, or is there something else to be done? If I also maradeur esata-usb combo port, it would give up to 3x msata and 2x 2.5" sata given I'm able to fit them all inside.

For your notebook, if your ODD power connector proves to provide enough power, I'd definitely go with mpcie-dualsata adapter, that will give you 2x 2.5" and 1x msata, and you can forget about damn IDE. As I mentioned before, a 2.5" HDD, msata+msata-microsata adapter and all necessary cables fit inside a single optibay easily. There may be a drawback, though. Depending on your mpcie-sata card, it may be required to route sata from your initial hdd location to msata if you want to boot from it, thus moving a HDD inside a bit from the connector.

 

I was thinking a lot about various storage solutions (dual SATA mPCIe as well). There's even second unsoldered SATA port, so I'm even with you with the SATA ports I'm looking at different system now. Those ideas would come in handy, since it's pretty storage crippled as well.

 

Is LTN154CT02 good enough? Specs the same as LP154WU2-TLA2, any drawbacks?

 

Yes, it's Samsung Jokes aside, M4400 users who have tried both say that the LG is better, hence why I'm recommending it.

 

triturbo,
I have a stupid question. I use my old single-lamp stock panel at min brightness a lot, and almost never push it to max brightness. Do I get it right that if I combine a dual-lamp panel with the inverter you recommend and get both lamps running, display will get noticeably brighter on min brightness? If yes, is there a way to lower it somehow other than using single lamp out of two?

 

I don't really know how it would look like with two lamps at min brightness, nor I know how the control works, so I can't tell you. I think that single lamp is the way to go, and I see no reason why you wont like it.

 

I thought I would jump in here and say that I bought a LP154WU2-TLA2 on ebay last week. It should arrive any day now. I will mod the backlight to a single white LED strip and put it in my Lenovo Thinkpad T500. The stock LCD cable will work with it.

 

I wonder why would you do that? More light? What about at levels less than 80%, when it starts to flicker? Or is it some sort of sophisticated solution which bypasses the PWM control? CCFLs are not perfect, but far better in this regard.

 

My laptop already has an LED power board and I have no CCFL inverter. I'm just going to pull out the LED strip from my current screen and put it in the other. I can't notice any flicker except at minimum brightness, and even then I have to try hard to notice it. Not ever having to worry about the CCFL fading is an added bonus, as well as maybe the 1/2 watt power difference.

 

I see. Being a T series I hope they've put nice back-light control (no PWM). It's not obligatory to see it for your eyes to feel it, or more likely respond to it - red eyes, eye strain... In the end end it doesn't matter if you are OK with it If I were you I would push for the M4400's WUXGA RGB LED. I'm saying this, because the LP154WU2-TLA2 is of the wider gamut displays, and LTN154CT04-D01 is the best one out there in this regard. The cable would have to be custom (half DELL, half yours), and probably some other obstacles, but it might be doable Just sayin'