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    Alienware m15 with OLED screens are now online!

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by Amantay, Apr 1, 2019.

  1. Amantay

    Amantay Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just waiting to see when HIDevolution will get them!
     
    Amantay, Apr 1, 2019
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    Any thoughts on how the OLED will compare in terms of brightness? I don't particularly care about refresh rate. UHD is fine but not necessary.

    We have been getting some Lenovo laptops at work with both 4k and FHD screens and the 4k version is noticeably brighter.

    Per this from Dell, both the FHD and UHD screens are 300 nits.
    https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/alienware-m15-laptop_setup-guide_en-us.pdf
    But they don't distinguish between the 60, 144, 240hz panel types.

    Per this PR release, the UHD should get up to 400-500 nits. But maybe those panels aren't shipping yet.
    https://www.anandtech.com/show/13767/dell-alienware-m15-gets-geforce-rtx-4k-dispaly-ces-2019

    This batch of 250-300 nit screens that the industry has kind of settled on kind of sucks imho.
     
    austinpike, Apr 1, 2019
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    Amantay Notebook Enthusiast

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    According to Anandtech and if m15 is based on this panel, following are the specs:

    Panel 15.6" OLED
    Native Resolution 3840 × 2160
    Maximum Refresh Rate ?
    Response Time unknown
    Brightness 0.0005 to 600 cd/m²
    Contrast 120,000:1
    Viewing Angles ?
    HDR DisplayHDR True Black, HDR10
    Pixel Pitch 0.0899 mm²
    Pixel Density 282 ppi
    Display Colors ?
    Color Gamut Support DCI-P3: 100%
    Aspect Ratio 16:9
    Mass Production Start Mid-February-2019
     
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    Amantay Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know whether OLED panels might have backpanel light bleed? I am not sure if I need to get 100$ option for best available panel from HID.
     
    Amantay, Apr 1, 2019
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    They do not
     
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    Aradhakr84 Notebook Guru

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    You don’t have to waste 100 dollars for best available panel option from HID. OLED panels will not have backlight bleed.
     
    Aradhakr84, Apr 2, 2019
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    Awesome! Thank you!
     
    Amantay, Apr 2, 2019
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    So, still no Nebula Red + OLED option?? C'mon Dell, do you want my money or not?
     
    Kuro Kensei, Apr 2, 2019
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    #Oledinred !
     
    vince207gti, Apr 4, 2019
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