Best Display: DELL XPS 15 L502X or L521x

Which display is better?....the one on the new model L521x?, its has better image Quality? Worse?


Remember the L502x has a AUOB156HW01 V7 Display but i dont know the specs for the new laptop and I cant find a display review for the L521x

Thanks

 

The L512X uses AUO B156HW02 V1 (AUO21ED).

Short answer: The L502X FHD display is much better.

 

Interesting....thats really bad, but do you think that it can be swaped? cuz the benefit to upgrade from the L502x model vs The L521x its not much and the display its a great deal breaker...

 

Don't know, haven't looked into it. The L512X lid, plus the gorilla glass, may make it difficult.

But then again, I don't want to muck around with a $2000 purchase. There is something very wrong about thinking of modding before buying. Why buy if it's not fully satisfactory?

 

its because i have the L502x and now the slim design its very attractive but ultimatelly the L521x its expensive and it has a little upgrade benefits to me....so for me the display its the decisive part of a computer (in some way)....so i think i wont buy the new dell xps 15 L521x until it gets better or only if i can swap the display to keep it better.....

thats why....hopefully in 1 year will be good to change the machine

 

It's almost sure that you cannot change or swap display of L521x by yourself, because Gorilla Glass is glued to display.

L502x display has better specs than L521x.
For example gamut of L502x is 95%, instead L521X is around 60%.

 

call me john doe, but what does that matter in day to day usage for non photoshoppers?

 

You can see the difference in color saturation. Especially in the reds.

 

Maybe the same difference to use in day to day a 300$/300€ notebook instead of 1500$/1500€ notebook

 

It does not matter in any way to "john doe."

(But I wonder why they put great IPS screens in smartphones. Just pressing numbers and making calls!)

 

My L502x with B+RGLED 1080p screen is yet to arrive. (They shipped me one with the wrong screen.)

For those who've experienced the RGBLED of the XPS 16, are the following two comparison videos between the L501/2x and XPS 16 displays accurate:

L502x B+RGLED vs XPS 16 RGBLED (Here the colors on the L502x appear significantly brighter)

L501x B+RGLED vs XPS 16 WLED (Here the colors on the L501x appear too greenish)

Could you verify if the XPS 16 in the first video indeed has RGBLED screen, and that the L502x doesn't have the "Splendid Color" setting turned on?

 

why on this review they say that its a really good display

http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptop/dell-xps-15-2012-review.aspx

....only 60% of gamma its crap but who knows?

Will be good to see a real comparison or data about the L521x display....

but...which laptop comes with a good display and a normal,descent graphic card?....

 

Why on this review they don't say nothing about:
Throttling issue.
Wi-Fi problem

and why they compare it with old generation (Sandy Bridge) of Envy15 and Sony Vaio?

Answer is not a very serious review.

 

By itself, it can be considered a good display.

When people who have seen both say that the L502X FHD screen is better, it does not mean that the L512X is "bad," "subpar," "unusable," "terrible," or whatever.

Also, color gamut (not "gamma") coverage is only one factor.

 

yes you are right that can not be so bad and that review doesnt show hard facts about the components...and yes the correct word is "color gammut"

but so far the best models that match and combines display and power are This:

1.-Asus N56VZ-S4016V---->the display should be good and it depends on what they wrote

2.-Ultrabook Asus Zenbook UX32VD---->With this you lose half processing power(from the L502x) its a dual core ivy bridge, you get a little improvements on the graphic card (better than L502x) and the display is extremelly good

3.-keep my L502x and put an SSD Vector 4 and wait for 1 year to search new models

 

Actually, "gamut."

The L502X with i7 Sandy Bridge quad-core and AUO B156HW01 V7 FHD screen is an awesome machine. (I have a Crucial M4 SSD in the primary bay and the stock 1GB HDD in the optical bay.)

 

Yeah with that it gets a lot better

everything its overpriced but maybe this is the ultimate solution:

custom gaming laptops - Welcome to Sager Notebooks

 

^^^ Different class of notebooks altogether. Can be very noisy and hot. And heavy (as desktop replacement).

 

And Ugly....

 

Sorry to hear about the wrong screen . Saw your other thread, Dell do seem to be picking on you . JK, hang in there 'till you get what you paid for, and maybe even more for compensation.

As for the comparison videos the first XPS 16 screen is definitely not an RGBLED. Without looking closely at the display's specs it is hard to tell the difference between the XPS 16's WLED and the XPS 16's RGBLED, but there is one way (other than the RGBLED looking better of course). With the RGBLED, the actual viewing space of the screen goes all the way from one of the little, metal hinge contraptions on the bottom left to the same one on the bottom right. In other words, there is no gap between the screen's viewing space and the metal contraptions on either side of the screen. So here's an XPS 16's RGBLED screen hinge area: Link and here's an analogous comparison of what the WLED's screen hinge area would like: Link. Notice the presence of the gap between the screen and the metal contraption thingy in the WLED and the absence of it in the RGBLED? The first video showed that gap, so that ain't an RGBLED. Most likely a WLED. I also tested Avatar on my system to confirm that the presence of the gap wasn't due to the movie and it wasn't . Not that the WLED is a bad screen but a well calibrated RGBLED beats it. The B+RGBLED on the L502X is supposedly comparable in quality to the XPS 16's RGBLED, so you'd be getting a pretty good screen either way.

As for the "Splendid Color" setting, I don't have any basis of comparison/reference for that one, so sorry can't help. However I thought only the L521X had that "Splendid Color" setting and that it produced over-saturated colors anyway? You'll probably know soon enough.

 

LOL and THANK YOU VERY MUCH for the extremely important input! That was detective-quality observation!

I thought the "Splendid Color" setting was available for most Windows 7 systems Anyway the setting can be found in the XPS 15z, in the "Windows 7 Mobility Center" when you press "Winkey + x". My L502x doesn't have that option so maybe the video did show the B+RGLED's default colors compared to the WLED. Honestly I wouldn't get an XPS 16 over an L502x (but I still feel that silent pang that my laptop screen could have been better LOL). I'm only getting the L502x because the Ivy Bridge turned out to be not so much better than the Sandy Bridge.

Again, thanks and thanks!

 

Lol, you're welcome. I over-scrutinize sometimes. Maybe the "Splendid Setting" is quite new as I never had it. If I currently had to choose between the XPS 16 and the L502x, I'd of course take the latter too. I'd probably even take L502x currently over the L521x like you did, especially as they'd probably be going for cheap. Also it seems the L521x has some annoying issues to iron out.

Intel is grinding out their processors so fast that there is barely enough time to make any worthwhile improvements for the discerning consumer. Even my first gen. Clarksfield processor still matches up decently with the new stuff.

Ignore the "silent pang" because the difference between the XPS 16's RGBLED and the L502x's B+RGLED are probably negligible at worst. As for L521x vs L502x, I'd still probably give the L502x the benefit of the doubt screen-wise. It definitely takes the cake sound-wise though. So all in all, good choice. Just get the screen installed .

 

I've seen both, and I vote for the L502X FHD screen.

In terms of "hard, cold" specs, you can compare them based on part numbers: AUO B156HW01 V.7 (L502X) vs B156HW02 V.1 (L521X).