On Wed, 16 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I saw your post on "BLU Users' Group" saying you have the Inspiron 5000 with
> the 15" SXGA LCD screen. I just purchased the same and I have complained to
> Dell that the screen appears soft focus, and I'm having trouble viewing the
> screen with equally full saturation of colors and contrast which varies
> drastically from top to bottom of the screen. There is no optimum viewing
> angle to see the full screen. I must tilt it to see the bottom...then the
> top fades away.
I can't call myself an expert, but I can give you my opinion:
On mind I find the screen is VERY crisp if I run it at the full 1400x1100
resolution (or whatever it is... I forget off the top of my head). Text
mode does tend to be a little "fuzzy" for lack of a better term, unless I
run it at a very high resolution (160x64 characters). It seems to
be clearest at very high resolution.
I have noticed what you call a "full saturation of colors and contrast"
problem, but every laptop I've ever used suffered from this. You must
remember that this is a laptop, with an LCD screen, not a high-quality
CRT. It WILL NOT give you the same quality image as a good CRT monitor,
and isn't intended to.
I find that if I adjust the angle of the display so that the plane of the
display is parallel to the plane of my face, the effect is minimized. I
think the effect is exaggerated as compared to other laptop LCD displays,
because of the very large size of the screen.
> I have had a Dell technician swap the LCD and the Video Card and next
> will be the mother board. Dell is starting to say my expectations are
> too high of the monitor. Well... isn't this supposed to be the
> absolute best laptop monitor currently available? Their sales
> literature taunts the "amazing clarity"... "crisp resolution"... and
> "Outstanding for presentations to a small audience".
Surprised as I am by it, I'm inclined to agree with the Dell technician.
If you compare the display to other laptop displays, I think Dell's claims
stand up. Lower resolutions do seem a bit fuzzy, but if you stick to the
higher resolutions (which after all, is the whole point of having a screen
that large) it's very crisp. As long as you situate yourself and the
laptop well, the color and contrast problems are minimal.
> I'm disappointed! Are you or anyone else, aware of these problems being
> standard with this monitor or do I really have a lemon that can be fixed?
And I thought *I* was demanding! :)
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Derek Martin
System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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