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    8740w: WUXGA DreamColor-2 screen availability?

    Discussion in 'HP Business Class Notebooks' started by Kyle, Sep 11, 2010.

  1. Kyle

    Kyle JVC SZ2000 Dual-Driver Headphones

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    On HP's website, I only see a WUXGA WVA screen --- is that dreamcolor-2 (IPS)?
    Is there a non-IPS WUXGA screen also available?
     
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    the standard (biggest) screen is WUXGA WVA, anti-glare, with white (instead of RGB) LEDs, yes, non-IPS, it is TN

    so, if it does not say Dreamcolor or IPS it is the standard WUXGA screen
     
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    Under the configurator dropdown, you should be seeing either "17.0-inch diagonal LED-backlit Dreamcolor® WUXGA WVA anti-glare (1920x1200)" or "17.0-inch diagonal LED-backlit Dreamcolor® WUXGA WVA anti-glare (1920x1200) with camera" for a Dreamcolor-2 IPS screen.
     
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    Ah thanks; I was confused whether Dreamcolor was different from DreamColor-2
     
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    There is no Dreamcolor 1 screen for the 8740w, only the Dreamcolor 2, so Dreamcolor on the 8740w refers to a Dreamcolor 2 screen. Dreamcolor on a 8730w would refer to a Dreamcolor 1 screen.
     
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