Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 09:47:33 +1000 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] BRAND NEW Libretto U100 announced!!!! =)
At 12:23 PM 21/04/2005 -0700, you wrote:
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2005 12:22:05 -0700 (PDT) From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] BRAND NEW Libretto U100 announced!!!! =)
> Great, just when I spent all my PC budget on a Dell Inspiron 9300 (yes, the
> 17" monster laptop - provides a real contrast to my 50CT!) ... ah well ...
Most of the Dell notebooks made today have a 150-250 cd/meter sq. brightness
level. The Sony FS-series which I have here has a 400 cd/m2 screen, and is
noticably brighter than most notebooks sitting next to it.
Something to keep in mind if you're using it outdoors. It's not to say the
Dell screens can't be read outdoors - they can, the latest Inspiron 6000 I had
to play with with the 16xx by whatever resolution panel was daylight readable,
but not that easy to read if direct sunlight hit it at certain angles. Still
kind of dark, but brighter than the Librettos with contrast enhancement film
applied (like my L110). The Sony FS is a step above that, although still dim,
it's definitely easy enough to read w/o much strain in bright, direct sunlight,
and my pick above them all. So bright, I even have to turn it down a notch
indoors!
Actually this one has the new Dell TrueLife 1920x1200 widescreens (the one by LG, not the Samsung version which Dell also use) so it is somewhat brighter than the previous Dell screens. It also has a glossy surface (like my Libretto with the anti-glare film applied) so I can easily use it even when sitting next to a window (about as close to "in bright sunlight" I tend to get with my laptop - and it does get pretty bright!) as long as I don't aim it so the glare goes straight into my eyes.
Having said that, yes I do agree, the Sony screens are unarguably better than the Dell screens - brighter and more "even" (this Dell screen exhibits some pixel-level unevenness due to the antireflective layer inside the screen itself - apparently the Samsungs don't have this). If I had to pick one thing on this laptop that I think Dell could have done better, it wouldn't be size, it'd be the screen - if Dell had used the same screens as Sony (assuming they go up to 17" at 1920x1200) it'd be perfect.
Even so, the screen is comfortably readable in all situations I've used it in (and for most of that at half-brightness), is heaps better than even my new desktop flat panel, has plenty of desktop space (more pixels than my desktop multimonitor setup!) and, with a 2GHz Pentium-M processor, 1GB of 533MHz DDR2 dual-channel (2 modules) RAM, a PCI-Express GeForce 6800 graphics accelerator and around 4 hours battery life (maybe 2 if I thrash the graphics accelerator), it blows my old laptop, my "old" new desktop and, for that matter, a fair few of my friends' new gaming desktops out of the water! (How does a solid 30fps in Half-Life 2 with everything turned on, everything turned up, running at native 1920x1200 with 4x anisotropic filtering and 2x anti-aliasing hit you? ;-) ) Got it for a bargain too ... Dell had an insane offer on at the time that included free upgrade of the graphics card and 33% cash off.
Don't know what the cd/m2 of the Libretto U100 will be, but it'll probably be
in the 150 cd/m2 range given the 32 white led backlighting of the panel (from
what I gather from the technical presentation website linked earlier).
I dunno ... I've found that white LED backlights tend to be reasonably bright but the colours look weird but then again I haven't seen a white LED backlit screen made in the last year or so so I don't know if the technology has improved ... can anyone comment on colour reproduction (rather than straight-out brightness)?
Still, brighter than any prior Libretto screen, I'm sure, and with the built-in contrast enhancement film, it's bound to be a nice screen to look at.
> Hard to tell from the picture but does anyone else think the new Libretto > looks more like a 100/110CT than the newer L-series?
I'd agree here. But with the big battery pack sticking out the rear, it's also more similar to the JVC Interlink XP series as well.
Ah OK I missed the battery pack ... still, I actually found having a protruding pack at the back handy in the Interlink and my old Portege - it gives you something to grab onto when you're holding the laptop in front of you with the screen open (otherwise you've got to put your hand across the laptop and grab the side which isn't as comfortable as balancing it along your arm and grabbing on to the back) ... perhaps that's only relevant for larger laptops (like the Portege) ...
- Raymond
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