Help - which screen? IPS or not? Comparable with MBP?

I do apologize for stating wrong nits measurements - I got that figure from a review page Dell Precision M6700 review | Laptops | Reviews | PC Pro . they claim to have measured 250-ish nits (= cd/m^2) of course, if you measured otherwise, I take back what I said. Just curious how the reviewers on that site measured 250 nits then.

 

Well I think my MBP is around 300 so hopefully it will be fine. The ATi option has disappeared in the UK too so it looks like I'll be going NVidia anyway.

 

The bottom line is that the IPS panel will have better color than any MBP. You will see all of the colors on the screen that you see in everyday life. It is hard to describe until you actually see it. Its like the difference between listening to music on a clock radio and going to a nice stereo. You are getting more information to your eyes.

Just wait until you watch a movie on it.

 

Okay now a colleague has just got an M4700 with the normal 1920x1200 screen, i.e. non IPS and I have to say I am not very impressed. It doesn't look very bright and has what I can only describe as a "grainy" look to it that is not present on my MBP or another colleague's Lenovo W520.

This has put me in a quandry! The screen on the Lenovo is *much* nicer than that of the Dell, I'll have to see if I can find somewhere I can see the IPS screen to see how much that improves things. I am off to the US for a week next week anyway so perhaps I'll have more luck there in viewing one.

I am assuming btw that the M6700 standard screen will be the same as the M4700 but 2 inches bigger.

 

The IPS probably will be the same because that how matte screen works. If you order the covet or touchscreen version you will get the bright glossy feeling and no graininess. W520 if it is the 1080p is matte as well and tend to oversaturated windows desktop because it is wide gamut. Precision normal 1080p screens are matte with sRGB gamut iirc. It come down to if you want a nice looking screen or a screen for work.

 

Not sure I agree with the assessment, the Lenovo screen and my MBP screen would both be better for work than the Dell. I don't think this is a "the screens are just different" type situation. I have a matt LED backlit screen on my MBP and there is no graininess. It is by any reasonable standard a much nicer looking screen that that on the Dell. Not sure why.

 

Usually the more graininess, the more glare it reduce, I guess dell like to use heavier models. The w520 should be similar to the Dell though.

 

So are you saying all Precision IPS screens have corner tints? My M6600 IPS screen has it really bad. I've got dell to swap the screen twice and they're no better. I can't believe a panel aimed at photographers and graphics professionals has such a major issue. Why??

 

Yes, basically I'm saying that all M4600 and M6600 with IPS screens have corner tints. I haven't heard of anyone not being affected. I had my panel changed twice too - no change. It's not necessarily a bad display per se - but just something to be aware of.
About the M4700 and M6700 - I believe those use identical IPS displays compared to their previous models. And M4700 as well as M6700 users do have mentioned seeing corner tints. So I guess it's a "feature".

But as of now, Dell won't let you configure a M4600, M4700 or M6600 with the IPS display anyways. I once chatted up a rep about availability and he said that they received a bad batch of IPS-displays and thus have no IPS-displays available.

 

That's strange, someone on another thread on this forum has an M6600 with an IPS screen and says he has no corner tint. I got my 4th panel today, still the same tint....

Don't understand how these panels made it into production - don't people care about corner tints?? I do!