DV9500/9700 LCDs

Would just like to comment, I've received my DV9700t and it's everything I expected. Really like it.


However I'll say that I'm not too impressed by the LCD. The colors ARE bright and vivid, but the blacks are rather poor. I'd call them more greys than blacks, and it's so sensitive to viewing angle that just a slight shift causes either the top or bottom of the lcd to shift from gray to black or black to gray. There seems to be a lot of backlight bleeding too.

Other than that, no complaints!

 

Curious, which one of these screens did you get?

- 17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900)

- 17.0" WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1680 x 1050)

- 17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition Ultra HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900)

Thx,

Pimbley

 

I'm using - 17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition Ultra HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900)

And I am very satisfied with it, much brighter than what I used to have in my NC6000

 

The regular one: 17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900)


It`s already too bright for my tastes lol. It's very vivid and colorful, but the grayish color leaks at the bottom and top of the monitor quite sucks. I`m guessing this is something we`ll have to live with till backlit LCDs become the norm

 

If you're coming from a decent desktop LCD, any notebook LCD, even the best ones, will look washed out and have narrower viewing angles in comparison. The reason for that is the vast majority of notebook LCDs are TN based, while good desktop LCDs use SPVA, SMVA, and IPS.

 

Notebook LCDs also differ in their response times as compared to desktop LCDs. Also they do not have a large bulk of electronics to support them. This is what adds additional features to their desktop counterparts. Its a trade off for a sleeker look and reduced weight. Ability to run off a battery also adds some of the negative nuances .

 

It's not that an old of a monitor, but I use a Dell FPW2005. Side-to-side a comparision can't be made. Much better looking blacks on my Dell.


Watching some HD movies on my LCD TV, I could see the same thing. While on my TV the "box" over and under the movie area was perfectly black, on the notebook you can see it's an uneven dark grey tone, bleh


Then again, we're talking about a 1200$ notebook so I'm sure the monitor isn't responsible for much of that price.

 

One interesting thing is that most notebook LCDs have a contrast ratio between 200:1 to 600:1. In comparison, the best LCD TVs today are boasting a dynamic contrast ratio of 100000:1 if I'm not mistaken. I can't wait for OLED notebook screens.

 

You know, i just had the same intial reaction too with the 9700t i got yesterday. Very nicely designed machines but the LCD situation similar to the one you've described has put me back on the fence about this laptop. Don't get me wrong, everything else is gravy but it's the sensitivity to viewing angles that preturbs me. Does the ultra-bright screen provide deeper blacks or does it just have an extra lamp? Do you guys think its contrast ratio is higher?

 

x2 i wanna know.

 

I received my 9700 on Monday and had the opposite reaction of some others here. I actually thought the screen looked great. I already have a decent LCD for my desktop and a side by side comparison showed that the 9700 looked very good. I did however have a problem at first with the screen being really dark. It wasn't until I went into the power setting for battery power and turned the brightness up that I saw all of its glory. Overall, I'm very satisfied so far with my 9700.
I have the high resolution 1680x1050 display on mine. I was afraid the icons and font would be too small, but it's actually just right for my eyes anyway. I will say that the viewing angles are kind of bad.

 

I have Ultra BrightView LCD, and I have to say I'm not too impressed with the LCD. The blacks look grayish, and there are two white patches running across the screen:
http://i29.tinypic.com/vzadya.jpg

Does anyone else have the same problem with the LCD?

 

That is certainly not present in my standard display maybe someone with the ultra bright can help us out.
i am having some sleepness nights concerning this screen, I wish I knew whether the dell 1530 owners are happy with their black levels, although i think they have more to worry about than just the richness of their blacks...

 

Regardless of how poor I think the blacks are, I'll say that for the price I really love the DV9700t. I'd buy it again without hesitating and I don't think I'd update the screen either. Maybe the higher resolution but I'm not sure about 1680 x 1050 on a 17 inch when I'm used to a 1680x1050 on a 20.5 inch , and looking to upgrade that one to a 1680x1050 x 22 inch instead

 

it could be just the 9700s because i dont see it on my 9500.......

either that, or youre used to a really good LCD

 

Easy way to see it:


Use your laptop in a dark room. Goto screen savers and preview the basic Vista screen saver (where it turns your screen all black and slowly moves a logo around). You should see some evident light leak coming from the bottom of the screen.