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    Envy 14 BrightView Display vs 13" MacBook Pro display

    Discussion in 'HP' started by blang, Feb 27, 2011.

  1. blang

    blang Notebook Enthusiast

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    Has anyone here ever compared the Envy 14 BrightView display to the 13" MacBook Pro display? I was wondering if the MacBook Pro's display is closer in quality to the Radiance or the BrightView.

    Also where I can find the specs of the Envy's BrightView display?
     
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    h3nG Notebook Consultant

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    MBP is closer to Radiance. BV is disgusting by comparison spec wise. google notebookcheck.net review.
     
    h3nG, Feb 27, 2011
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    kaichan918 Notebook Consultant

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    how does the mbp fare against the radiance? in terms of brightness, color saturation, and contrast ratios, and viewing angles.?
     
    kaichan918, Feb 27, 2011
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    ncc1701k Notebook Consultant

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    Im looking at a 2009 unibody macbook pro and radiance screen right now. Brightness is a wash, so is viewing angles. Radiance has better color gamut, which makes thing look a bit oversaturated at first (menu screen for SC2 looked wayyy to blue), but can be easily fixed but tweaking some settings.
    Contrast ratio favors the envy at 1000:1 while macbook pros are about 600-800:1, but normal eyes can't really tell that minute differece, I would say it's a wash too.

    But envy's resolution is 1600x900, which has 11% more pixel count than the standard 1440x900 on the mac (unless you pay $100 more on the already expensive $2200 model to get the 1680x1050). If you're comparing it to the 13in model, then the 1280x800 pixel count is pretty much a joke.
     
    ncc1701k, Feb 28, 2011
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