Display quality ibook vs. powerbook
Looking for opinions on the display quality of the current generation iBook and Powerbook. Realizing LCD size, aspect ratio, screen resolution and video components are different, does the Powerbook give an appreciably better picture for everyday use and playing DVDs, or is the difference negligible for those uses? Stated another way, if someone wanted to get a laptop for watching DVDs, will the Powerbook give a better picture? -Sam -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Display quality ibook vs. powerbook
-Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 16:29 To: G-Books Subject: Display quality ibook vs. powerbook Looking for opinions on the display quality of the current generation iBook and Powerbook. Realizing LCD size, aspect ratio, screen resolution and video components are different, does the Powerbook give an appreciably better picture for everyday use and playing DVDs, or is the difference negligible for those uses? Stated another way, if someone wanted to get a laptop for watching DVDs, will the Powerbook give a better picture? -Sam --- Well the 15 17 inch PowerBooks are widescreen so they would better for playing movies but other than that I don't think the is any real difference in the displays. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Display quality ibook vs. powerbook
I use both an iBook G4 and a 15 aluminium PBG4 regularly. The PowerBook's display is vastly better than the iBook's. Viewing angle is much wider (very useful when watching DVDs while lying down, as it's hard to get exactly the right vertical angle), there's much more colour definition, and the screen didn't require as much calibration to get it to look remotely acceptable. I personally was very unimpressed by the iBook's display quality, it seems that Apple has simply used the cheapest displays it could find. Even my comparatively ancient PowerBook G3s have better displays. That said, why not go to an Apple dealer and compare the screens side by side? It may well be that iBook screens have improved over the past year, or that you're willing to put up with inferior quality if it comes at a much lower price. Cheers, Ben On 20 Oct 2004, at 06:28, Sam wrote: Looking for opinions on the display quality of the current generation iBook and Powerbook. Realizing LCD size, aspect ratio, screen resolution and video components are different, does the Powerbook give an appreciably better picture for everyday use and playing DVDs, or is the difference negligible for those uses? Stated another way, if someone wanted to get a laptop for watching DVDs, will the Powerbook give a better picture? -Sam -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
Re: Display quality ibook vs. powerbook
Thanks for the response - this helps. RE: a dealer, I had suggested a dealer visit for the person, but they'd rather take an opinion due to driving distance. on 10/19/04 6:11 PM, Ben Dyer wrote: I use both an iBook G4 and a 15 aluminium PBG4 regularly. The PowerBook's display is vastly better than the iBook's. Viewing angle is much wider (very useful when watching DVDs while lying down, as it's hard to get exactly the right vertical angle), there's much more colour definition, and the screen didn't require as much calibration to get it to look remotely acceptable. I personally was very unimpressed by the iBook's display quality, it seems that Apple has simply used the cheapest displays it could find. Even my comparatively ancient PowerBook G3s have better displays. That said, why not go to an Apple dealer and compare the screens side by side? It may well be that iBook screens have improved over the past year, or that you're willing to put up with inferior quality if it comes at a much lower price. Cheers, Ben On 20 Oct 2004, at 06:28, Sam wrote: Looking for opinions on the display quality of the current generation iBook and Powerbook. Realizing LCD size, aspect ratio, screen resolution and video components are different, does the Powerbook give an appreciably better picture for everyday use and playing DVDs, or is the difference negligible for those uses? Stated another way, if someone wanted to get a laptop for watching DVDs, will the Powerbook give a better picture? -Sam -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---
