D830 Owner's Lounge

Yeah, the leakage is a bit pronounced. Here's a photo. Not that I increased the ISO and the exposure time so you can see the actual frame of the LCD. So the dark gray at the top should be black. You can see the gradation to light gray at the bottom from here.

 

Yeah, I can't disagree, there is indeed a fair amount of light leakage in my screen as well. I want to shrug it off with "yeah, but it's not really noticeable"... but no, it really is somewhat noticeable XD

 

Is light leakage a problem with WSXGA+ too?

I wonder how badly it would disturb me

 

I modded my NVS140 driver inf to support 960x600 (half of WUXGA resolution) but while this should give me an ideal environment to play games it still has the typical resampling smoothness..., is there any way to get rid of this? In other words, how do I get nearest neighbor filtering instead of bilinear filtering.

 

Latitude D830, Intel Core 2 Duo T7300
15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA
2.0GB
120GB Hard Drive 9.5MM 7200RPM
Windows XP Home, SP2
8X DVD+/-RW
6-Cell
3-year accidental and limited warrenty
$1428


...pumped

 

WXGA display here. This is my first laptop and I love this thing! I'm only annoyed by the massive 1" or so of light leakage at the bottom, and the very washed out look. By the way, my screen manufacuter is LPLC500. Does anybody have any suggestions for fixing the washed out look? I assume the light leakage could only be fixed with a new screen. What really annoys me is my dad got a 630 and his black screen is BLACK, no leak whatsoever, and no washed out appearance.

 

Does anyone own a D830 with a screen they like?

I'm thinking of purchasing one, but am put off by all these negative comments about the display (see above). I think that a little light leakage I can tolerate but 1" sounds unacceptable. And, the description of a "very washed out look" just won't do.

After living with a (very old) Inspiron with a somewhat washed out screen I'd like a decent display. I like the price and specs of the D830 but if Dell can't put a decent display on it I'll go somewhere else. I want a business model for a better quality build. I'd rather not look at a consumer line like Sony or HP, but I might have to for a better screen. It's a real problem because I was really thinking of going with the 830. But, while (patiently) waiting for a review I come upon these screen issues.

So, I repeat, does anyone own a D830 with a nice display. Are these "washed out" and leaky screens just isolated incidents or should I look elsewhere (ie, start all over again from scratch)?

Thanks for your honest input.

 

I've heard that the washed out look can be helped if not elimnated through color calibration, but I have yet to be directed towards a good program. As far as light leakage, I can only find posts relating it to the display manufacturer. These two issues (which are admittedly linked I'm sure) I love this thing. My vision isn't very good, even with contacts, and the screen is the perfect comprimise between portability and easy viewing for me.

 

Try this: Monitor Calibration Wizard. I haven't tried using it to eliminate the light leakage, but it has helped with my saturation issues.

 

How many different WUXGA 15" manufacturers are there anyway? IOW, is there another laptop on the market without those issues (they are very rare after all, AFAIK, only Lenovo has a bunch of 15" WUXGA in their line up)? Or is this just standard production variance of the display in querstion?