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    What's 2 screen differences?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by nyafACE, Feb 21, 2012.

  1. nyafACE

    nyafACE Notebook Consultant

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    I have Toshiba L305 glossy 15.4
    and I got HP DV4 14.1
    Both are WXGA and claim it's bright.

    One thing I noticed tho is that the DV4, I can see it clearly at an angle. with the L305, it was shadowy from angle(side).

    I tried to look up the spec and compare, not much deeep information.

    So what are the differences?
     
    nyafACE, Feb 21, 2012
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    One could be glossy and the matte.
     
    Nick, Feb 22, 2012
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  3. nyafACE

    nyafACE Notebook Consultant

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    No, both are bright. I know matte, they are dim.
    it's at an angle that's differ.

     
    nyafACE, Feb 22, 2012
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  4. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    Different manufacturers use different spec screens, just because they're both glossy is about the only thing similar to them. Some just have horrible attributes, the nature of the business.

    If you want to know brand just go into device manager, under monitor properties, details tab, hardware ID it well tell you ID. Google ID and find out.
     
    HTWingNut, Feb 23, 2012
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  5. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    You could have 5 different cakes in front of you that look similar but taste very different, much like you can have 5 displays of the same size yet display different qualities of image.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Feb 23, 2012
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    Melody How's It Made Addict

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    Most likely just different panels. The difference is probably in the lack of information that you don't have access to (aka the panel number itself).
     
    Melody, Feb 23, 2012
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