New & Improved 1080p Screen on DV6T Replacement.

So I just recieved my replacement DV6T from HP that they sent to me due to some build quality issues with keyboard, bezel and Blu-Ray drive alignment and looseness.

Many of you may be happy to know that the very first thing I noticed was was that the display seemed slightly different. So, I lined up the screens next to each other and noticed that the reds are now red (instead of orange)and the whites are now actually white!

Low and behold HP definitely put a different a different screen in the newer DV6T build. They also fixed the optical drive as its lined up perfectly and its firmly in the bay and not jiggling around anymore. The bezel is fixed and the keyboard is completely flat.

The only bad news is, its seems like they used a different keyboard to achieve this. The typing experience is definitely worse, more mushy with less spring and travel int he keys.

That leads me to my next question... how hard is it to get to the keyboard of the DV6T to swap it out? Im going to throw the original keyboard into the newer machine and this baby should be perfect!

Just thought Id share for all those interested...

 

Any pictures to show the difference of the screen?

 

Do u think the problem was with the blue ray drive itself or in the laptop mechanics?

 

Can you give use the model name of the new DV6t's screen? You can find it with HWiNFO in the monitor section.
For reference, the "older" DV6t-7000 uses the LGD0349.

The improved quality control sounds great as well.

 

I tried taking some pics, but it was hard to tell based on the lighting of my room,,, I need more natural daylight I think. I will try again tomorrow morning. I promise on my life though the difference is heads and tails.

Not sure... there was no porblem witht he blu-ray drive on the original unit as far as functionality goes, it just felt like they didnt install it properly ... if that makes any sense. Now its firmly in there.

 

Run HWINFO64 on each system, and report what is listed under Monitor. That will identify for sure if it is in fact a different panel.

 

The newer laptop has a screen model number listed as a LGD037F

Is that a newer revision?

 

What panel is listed on the old system?

 

The old panel is LGD0349... just as someone else mentioned above.

 

I'm not certain, but it probably is a new panel. The new Envy 15 uses the LGD037E and possibly another panel as well (maybe your LGD037F?).

edit: as edit1754 said in the following post, you'll want to check the blues on your new screen. You can refer to this thread. Some users reported not having the blue issue, and I'd guess they have a different panel than the others. Maybe it's the difference between the F and E in the model name?

 

I'm pretty sure this is the case, but could you make sure that the new screen has the same super-wide viewing angles as the old screen had? Tilt the screen all the way forward and all the way back, while displaying a high-contrast image. Do the colors invert at all on either the old or new display?

Also, take a look at the blue, and compare its blue with the blue of other displays. The new HP Envy display reportedly cannot display a deep blue.

Finally, is there any difference between the intensity of the matte finish between the two displays? If so, which display appears to have the more "aggressive" (less reflective but more grainy) matte finish?

 

After doing some eye-balling on the viewing angles, they seem to be about the same. The old "orange" panel seems to have slightly better horizontal viewing from the sides, but not by much, and not that you'll notice unless at an extreme angle.

The blues look fine on this display... everything seems to be balanced much better.

The matte finishes seem exactly the same as well.

As a side note, I also recently bought a Thinkpad W530 with the FHD display since it has a docking station and the display is the AUO v.4 TN screen everyone has been raving about.

Its definitely a much brighter display than both HPs in my possession, however the colors are extremely over-saturated. I tried several IC profiles a board member gave me but it just made it worse. When looking at it alone, it seems vibrant, but side by side with the HPs and my IPS 24" External monitor shows colors are WAY to saturated. I might have to try out a hardware color calibrator to see if that does the trick, but I have a feeling the Thinkpad may be going back. Kind of sad since its a really nice well-built machine and I love the keyboard on it.

 

I just got the laptop in and I have the LG..37F and to reaffirm what HIKINGS said, the viewing angles and colors are superb. I hate to be the apple fanboy, but the screen reminds me of the new ipad in terms of colors and clarity. The matte finish is excellent. No graininess that I can see.

EDIT: (to edit1754) I would have never bought the upgraded screen if it wasn't for your opinions. I'm not sure it's worth 150 bucks, but it is several orders of magnitude better than any other laptop screen I have owned. So thanks!

 

You're seeing over-saturated colors because the colors aren't being mapped properly. The default color space for Windows is sRGB (~80% of AdobeRGB), and the AUO B156HW1 v4's gamut covers close to 100% of AdobeRGB. Applications that are color space aware (eg Firefox, Photoshop) should properly show colors. Otherwise, applications with stretch out their sRGB-intended colors onto AdobeRGB and make things look over-saturated.
With proper color mapping, the AUO should display colors very well.

 

Thanks SInC! So now my question is, how do I color map the display properly so the colors are displayed accurately across all applications and throughout Windows?

Will this require a hardware color calibrator sensor like a Spyder? Im a bit of a newbie when it comes to color calibration, mappings, and ICC profiles. Any and all help to get the screen displaying accurately is truly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

 

I actually don't know too much about this either since I don't have a high-gamut display to play with, haha. From what I understand though, not every application can be configured to work with proper color mapping, but most of the programs you use frequently should be able to. For example, Firefox does support ICC profiles, and configuring Firefox may be a good place to start.