My Lenovo T400 has been shipped and it comes with an LG :)

ya don't run vista with 1gb. period.

 

parts list came through- i'm getting the LG led screen. looks like most people are. good choice by lenovo. i hope it is as good as you guys say it is. booya!

 

I did adjust the red gamma a bit, that's all.

 

Ah - looks like I got an LG!

 

OMG!!! My laptop just shipped from Hong Kong and ....

42T0497 0000000 14.1 INCH LCD DISPLAY:FLAT PANEL DISPLAY NO

I am so freakin' relieved right now!!

 

where did you check the serial/part number?

 

Got my T400 and it is a LG. Backlighting is better and more even than the Dell XPS m1530 I had bought but returned. The lcd is much brighter than my old T43 and my wife's t60. So far so good.

 

the LG screen is indeed awesome. So clear and bright. I can set it at 1/2 the brightness and still feel relatively comfortable.

 

42T0497 0000000 14.1 INCH LCD DISPLAY:FLAT PANEL DISPLAY

Yes!

 

Congradulations!

 

People who have recently posted, have you received your laptop to confirm LG or are you going by the serial number/part number that shipped with your laptop? Hopefully Lenovo hasn't gotten smart on us and now labels every screen with this part number whether LG or Samsung!

 

lol, that would be funny, but I dont think lenevo even knows about this problem.... or maybie they do, but dont really care

 

LOL. it's fun to read all these comments from people who are/were uber-happy, like me, to get their LG screen. i almost screamed in the middle of my therapeutics class when I checked on the status of my screen.

 

Is "LP141WP2-TLB1 ", LG or samsung?

 

LP = LG

LTN = Samsung

 

I dont really understand this,

here is what came up, do I have an lg screen or samsung?

 

ok, and why is LG better than samsung? (thanks for the quick answer rxblitzrx)

 

pcharouz: joo gotta get your serial number and machine type (4 digit number) and go to parts look up page... i can't remember the website, but it might be somewhere in this thread, or another one. then you can see which FRU part was used to build your laptop.... that number will ID if LG or Crapsung.

 

Samsung doesn't reproduce colors as well as LG. You get this really washed out effect that looks like a$$. It's also got this blueish hue to it that makes 'white' not look 'white'. It's the same issue that they had with the T61 panels. LED backlighting only fixes brightness issues. The basic LCD is stlil the same.

 

where do I get the machine type?

 

cheers rxblitzrx, repped up

 

all i get when i look up my parts is this: 14.1 INCH LCD DISPLAY:FLAT PANEL DISPLAY as the display.

and i have a feeling my display is samsung cause its pretty ****ty looking compared to my old dell. the black isnt very black, when the computer first turns on its very whitish.

the part # is 42T0487 though and i think that means its LG. if so, LG looks like crap IMHO.

 

"where do i get the machine type?"

it's like 7144 CTO .... i know the letters CTO follow it. don't know where to get it though. check your email receipt.

 

if you already have your laptop in hand, download Everest and run it to find the manufacturer of your LCD. it will say "LTNxxxx" or "LPxxxxx" LTN = Samsung LP = LG

 

i just googled the part number listed above and the first results were threads here at notebookreview stating that the part i have is LG.

 

For those asking - The link to find out what part # you're getting (by entering in both your "type" and "serial number") is listed on the second page of this thread.

 

The T400 of my friend came with LTN141BT04002 - comfirmed by PC wizzard.
LED backlit with integrated camera. Well it is obviously bright enogh and luckily it is matt finished - I hate so much theese bright view, crystal bright, true - life s...ts, that I adore Lenovo for not following the vogue!!!! 10x for that! However, there is truth in the bluish white story I read above, on one hand, on the other, even worse - the display came with dead pixel on it. Blue dot in the middle of the screen constantly lid, which is very very annoying on darker screens. I never expected such crappy defect from a quality with the name Lenovo. My friend would not bother as much as me for that dot to claim replacement but she's also pretty dissapointed. In my view Lenovo if they read these posts should reconsider their suppliers - they stain the brand. My 3 year old gateway is still perfect in trerms of display. If I ever save for a new one it will be for X300 - maybe they pay more care and attention to the expensive models. I read they use different suppliers for these models. Lenovo, ban dead pixels since you are the best - you just can't afford it!

But I will not risk it with Samsung again.,

 

Just checked with PC Wizard and the result is...LG. Beautiful and bright.

 

congradulations!

 

Mine too. The very first software I installed PC Wizard

Very happy. Seems most people are getting LG these days. Good sign!

 

Good to hear that people are getting LG's left and right. I'm seriously considering repolarizing my screen to go glossy. Higher contrast and greater viewing angles!! Very tempted.

 

Does someone has a pic of the LG glossy screen on the t400 vs a matte one?
I'd love to see the difference!

 

lg is not glossy

 

Well at least a pic of someone who repolarized it to glossy?

 

I too would like to see a side by side shot if that's possible.

 

well, if I ever get it done, i'll let you see a picture of it. just think regular awesome LG with higher contrast and greater viewing angles at the expense of reflective surface. =)

 

I apologize if this has been posted already (long thread, skimmed it!), but you don't get the serial number until it's actually been shipped?

On my confirmation it has a part #, but it doesn't match up with the ones I saw listed in the beginning of this thread.

 

Correct. Once it ships you can enter its info into the parts lookup page and see the part number.

 

Thanks!

*is anxious*

 

I got a 42T0497, and Everest says its a LG the wierd thing is that I got the serial number a weeks after my laptop got here...

 

Please excuse my ignorance in the matter, but what is the difference between a Samsung and a LG panel? I'm looking into purchasing a T400 so I'm trying to get as much info as possible.

From the thread title and subsequent posts it can be inferred that users favor the LG panel. Is there any reason for this, or is this plainly a subjective matter?

 

Supposedly I got LG display.
When it gets here tomorrow I'll get to see what all the hype is about.

 

Sorry about the thread necromancy, but I'm having trouble looking up my T400. I have the type (2764) and serial number (L3B0551), but get the following message when I try to do a lookup:

Will it just take a little while for the system to catch up, or something?

 

I never encountered that. I'd assume the system just isn't up to date yet.

 

Finally worked for me, but it looks like I've got a Samsung . Oh well, we'll see how it looks when it arrives.

 

I doubt it will look bad. I honestly don't see anything too special about my LG.

 

I got the Samsung display with mine and had read a lot of these threads before it ever arrived. I was expecting the worst but it wasn't bad at all. It seemed a little washed out so I had it replaced with the LG panel and I would be hard pressed to tell you that I see any difference. Samsung may have improved their quality or they may be hit and miss. Who knows? Like the previous poster said, the LG isn't spectacular either. Both of the panels I got were comparably good but neither one I would say is awesome.