E6400 LCD quality

Hi,

I have just bought a Latitude E6400 with base spec LCD screen and base spec graphics card. The screen is very bad for eyestrain with harsh whites at all levels of brightness and contrast, except those at which it is too dark to read. I wondered if anyone else had this same machine and could comment? I called Dell and they said it is just because I bought the base spec, and to improve the problem I would have to return the machine and buy a better one.

I have turned off all the animation effects on vista and am just using it for text with no 3D stuff at all. This does not help with the screen quality.

I am upgrading from an Inspriron 630m with the same resolution LCD screen, which was never any problem despite long hours of use daily for over 2 years.

If this is the normal level of quality with this screen, has anyone tried buying an aftermarket screen of better quality and upgrading? I am considering doing this.

Thanks,

JSP

 

Personally, I would suggest that you return it, wait a month or so, and buy a new one with an LED screen. Dell has said that they will make LED screens standard on most Latitudes by the end of the year. My Samsung LED display is by far the best laptop screen that I have ever used.

 

I have an E6400 with standard non-LED 1280x800 screen and it is good. The brightness is good. One strange thing though is that when I got my laptop one month ago the brightness on the maximum level was noticeably higher.

I have seen a lot of non-LED LCDs with much worse performance than mine so I am happy. I think you might have got a bad sample.

Örjan

 

My sister's E6400 has ccfl WXGA screen. It's colors are very nice, contrast is also good. The LED screen is brighter but the contrast is very poor.

 

My E6400's display is the LG WXGA+ and is dazzling at full brightness (which means I can use it in the sunshine. Indoors I use it at about half brightness, where the contrast is much better.

What is the monitor code of your display (Device manager > Monitors > Plug and Play Monitor > Properties > Details > Hardware IDs)?

John

 

Hi,

The monitor id is MONITOR\LPL012B.

I have noticed that there is a company near me where they can upgrade laptop screens. I wondered about asking them to fit a screen like the ones that they have on the Toshiba Satellite laptops. I would be interested to know if anyone has made such a switch before. I saw my last laptop have it's screen replaced and it seemed a very simple proceedure.

Thanks,

JSP

 

That's LG-Philips which are normally good.

I would ask Dell for a replacement.

John

 

My monitor id is SEC5441. I guess this is a Samsung panel. So maybe the Samsung CCFL panels are good and the LG Philips CCFL panels are bad on E6400.

Örjan

 

Hi,

Thanks for your advice. It turned out that I couldn't change to a different screen so I am returning the machine. I think I will probably wait a while and try again. The audio was also bad, but possibly that will be fixed in later models.

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