Which screen to select on 9700?

17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900)
Bring images and movies to life with HP's BrightView technology! BrightView technology improves the contrast and clarity of your notebook display screen. This 17-inch high-definition widescreen display with 1440x900 resolution and an aspect ratio (16:10) allows you to easily manage multiple windows simultaneously. View spreadsheets, charts, and email all at the same time! High-Definition content (e.g. WMV HD files) is required to view high-definition images. Most current DVDs do not provide high-definition images.

17.0" WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1680 x 1050)
Bring images and movies to life with HP's BrightView technology! BrightView technology improves the contrast and clarity of your notebook display screen. The 17-inch WSXGA+ BrightView display with high-definition means brighter, more vivid and color-rich images like you've never seen before in a notebook computer. The superb resolution of WSXGA+ (1680x1050 pixels) delivers movies, photos, gaming, and multi-tasking at a whole new level. High-Definition content (e.g. WMV HD files) is required to view high-definition images. Most current DVDs do not provide high-definition images.

17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition Ultra HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900)
Bigger, brighter, better!! HP's Ultra BrightView is a composite of all available LCD technologies currently offered by HP consumer notebooks. Ultra BrightView displays include an improved color gamut rated at 72% - more colors can be displayed as a result of the improved technology!

So which one? It needs to be brighter than this junky DELL LATITUDE D800 i'm on!

 

Also if i get GeForce Go 7150M vid car i can't upgrade after?

 

what are you going to be using it for?

 

nope, donte think u can upgrade your video card... at least as far as i could tell from talking mine apart.

 

people will say the original is bright enough and to choose the wider resolution, but i got the ultra bright screen and I LOVE IT!

 

It will be used for pics/movies/games/surfing/shopping

I'm feeling either the higher res or the ultra bright is that extra $$$$ worth ??

Dedicated vid card is a must right away then.

 

I'd go with this one.

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

 

x2 it seems!

 

well... you see which one i have and i must say...i love it as well.

and watching a blue ray movie is unreal.

dedicated video card is a must!!!

and these 8600m gs's cant run call of duty 4 at high anything. picture looks spectacular if your not moving or shooting though. lol, but what good is that.

alhough i did get a decent setting running at 1680x1200.

if i wasnt such a res freak, i would go with the ultra as well

 

17.0" WXGA+ High-Definition Ultra HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1440 x 900) for 1000%!!!!

 

"17.0" WSXGA+ High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1680 x 1050)", no doubt about it.

The higher resolution makes a lot bigger difference than brightness. Also, the brighter display will just cause more eye strain. Don't bother with it.

 

I would go with the higher resolution as well. The screen already looks amazing on that laptop, so why not have a better resolution as well. I owned a 9500t with the 1440x900 resolution and the icons were too big for me. I ended up returning it before the 2 weeks was up and got my money back. The laptop is great, but until they come out with the ultra-brightview with a higher resolution I would definitely say to go with the 1680x1050.

 

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

Definitely!! The brightness on mine is perfect

 

I've had both the base 1440x900 and the high res 1680x1050 from the DV9000 series just since Dec. I actually had 2 different DV9700s with 1440x900 but both had to be sent back because of other issues. The last one I ordered was a 1680x1050 res and I am absolutely loving it.

I struggled with this decision too. It's a hard one to make if you can't find a 17" laptop in town that you can see the 1680x1050 res on. You can find plenty at 1440x900. Personally, I am very glad I went with the higher res.

As you will see many people say here, it is a personal choice and after having laptops and desktop monitors with lower res screens, the extra space on the higher res is amazing and I won't ever go back.

 

ill second that rtrdogs. besides... they say mine is a 260 nits screen..... how good is that?

i have a 24" Gateway hd 1920x1200 monitor for my personal computer and the screen is super bright!! i have to turn down the brightness because it starts to hurt my eyes, but then i look at it for almost 14 hours a day...so that might have something to do with it...

 

Watch out for the 1680 x 1050 resolution. It may make text and icons too small for you to see comfortably.

 

I think that depends on the person. I would actually prefer 1920x1200 on the dv9700t.

 

only 335.00 bucks for that upgraded screen....

 

If it helps, here are some 1680x1050 screens someone else asked me to take in another thread:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=215269&page=5

 

Right on!!

 

I ended up getting a dv9720 for $700 at CC but i'm having 2nd thoughts as the graphics are crap...I can't get pics and video or even IE not looking soft or a tad fuzzy..maybe it was the awfully high res i was using on my lattitude but this onboard 7150 vid card or a slow refresh rate of the LCD dunno! Other than that i like it and i got vista running about as fast as my xp pro lattitude.