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    The old VPC-F1390X FHD 1080p Premium Display

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Jopty, Dec 24, 2011.

  1. Jopty

    Jopty Notebook Geek

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    I've recently stumbled upon the old Sony Vaio- F series (VPC-F1390x to be exact), What are your thoughts on the screen of this laptop? It is 1080p Full HD Premium display. What is the quality of the picture, gamut, contrast, viewing angles? Was it a LED backlit TN display or CCFL backlit? If comparing it to a new S series 15'6 Sony laptop - who knows if the picture quality can be comparable? I am not photo editor and gonna use my laptop for usual everyday activity but seeing every day into dull low contrast bad angles display will be absolutely annoying for me!

    Thanks!
    Appreciate every opinion!
     
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  2. avmaxfan

    avmaxfan Notebook Evangelist

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    That's the US model number so I assume you live in the USA. Unfortunately the USA F series premium displays were not as good as the Asia/Europe Premium screens that were 100% Adobe RGB gamut screens.

    So the F1390X screen is just about above average. It used LED backlight and unsurprisingly used a TN panel.

    The new SE screen is IPS and superior to F1390X in every area - viewing angles, contrast, brightness, color accuracy and other areas.
     
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  3. Jopty

    Jopty Notebook Geek

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    Yep. I am in LA. Found refurbished F1390x on eBay. Priced $699 with no taxes plus free shipping. New S series Sony with 15'6 1080p starts from $1000. Suddenly today I've run into fact that there is no more 7200rpm HDD available for CTO model. If so and after XMas 7200HDDs won't be in stock I completely miss the holidays sales as I failed to order S laptop in Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Frustating!

    HP Envy 15'6 isn't my laptop concedering its style besides there is a huge pile of quality complaints from a little bunch of people who already have it. So I've tried Sammy NP700Z5A this afternoon but the display is a real trash as I was browsing it in MS and had S serie laptop from Sony near Sammy and "could feel the difference".... So this 1390x if it had good display would be my salvation since I don't really need 2gen quad core and all this stuff - I need sleek design, good and above display and 3-4 years of flawless work .....
     
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    Jopty Notebook Geek

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    Phew! Funny. I mean different screens in one and the same laptop.... "100% Adobe RGB gamut" what is that? Does it mean some kind of certificate or quality control or what?
     
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    100% Adobe RGB coverage means the display covered the AdobeRGB color gamut completely according to Sony.

    So as I said, the screen was strictly above average. Nothing like the SE or the current F2.
     
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