**9300** DISPLAY Questions..........

WXGA+ (1440x900) vs WUXGA (1920x1200) Questions:

1.) Aside of resolution what do you gain with WUXGA?

2.) Don't movie playbacks run at 800x600?

3.) Are both screens GLOSSY?

4.) What is the TRULIFE Advantage?

5.) WUXGA fonts are really small! How on Earth do you get it to a more readable size?.........Even 120DPI setting and Desktop Font set to "Very Large" doesn't seem to dent it to much....


Please make your case for the screen you chose......

 

Not true. I would like to see a discussion on it.

 

All you want to do is argue, i mean debate how you think glossy screens suck. Whats the point? You don't like them, don't buy one.

 

Here's one thing to think about. You will only see a light source reflection in a glossy screen if the angles are correct. A non-glare screen will subtly reflect a light source in the form of overall washing out of the image. This becomes very obvious if you ever work outside on a sunny day. A non-glare screen becomes hard to use, while the glossy screen will reflect the sun right back at you only at a very specific angle. Brightly lit rooms have the same effect to a lesser degree.

 

I don't have the WUXGA screen yet, xps2 on order, but I've been using a Xerox 17' LCD with the glossy finish, and my current Dell with a 1400x1050 15' screen.

1. Resolution and the True Life glossy finish. Besides getting more information on the screen at once, higher resolution helps the lcd look less blurry when it displays non-native resolutions. If your int0 playing games, the WUXGA gets you the most flexibility for high resolution gaming. If the game can do widescreen natively, your set. If not, you can still run 1600x1200 without letting the image stretch to fill the screen, and just give up a small amout of viewable area on the screen, without any image distortion.

2. Native DVD I believe is 854x480, (480p) but you can using post processing to upscale the image to a higher resolution for a better picture.

3. From what I have read, only the True Life screen is glossy. The other has a standard anti-glare coating on it.

4. Better picture quality. The anti glare coating reduces the amount of light that passes through it, reducing the brightness of each pixel, and in general making the picture look a bit more grainy, in my experience anyway. The Xerox lcd I have with a glossy sureface just looks better, the colors are brighter, and the individual pixels seem to blend together better, creating a smoother look to the image. Also, if you have ever tried to use a anti glare screen outside in bright sunlight, it washes out. A glossy surface is more readable, as long as the sun isn't over your shoulder bouncing the light reflection right back at you.

5. I haven't actually seen WUXGA in person, so I don't have any first hand experience to go on, but on my work laptop, with a 15' 1400x1050 lcd, I don't have any problem with the regular windows font size(not using large fonts). Yes the test is small complared to what is on a desktop monitor, but I normally sit alot closer to my laptop than I would a desktop monitor, and I really like all the extra information you can get on one screen. Between the extra two inches, and the option of going to large fonts, I can't imagine that the WUXGA screen would be a problem. Of couse anyone with a problem reading small text up close might want to go with a lower resolution display.

 

I just received it and it looks absolutely amazing.

Not as glossy as the Sony ones and Toshiba I saw at the store. It is kind of in between those and a regular laptop with anti glare.

DVD movie looked great as I put one in right off the bat.

Very impressed. Oh, and the type is perfect for me. I am an architect so usually have things set small, but this is perfect.

 

Some of these comments are really helpful. I am trying to decide if I want TrueLife, and I thought it would be worse outdoors -- but some of the responses here indicate it is actually better. The comparison against the Sony and other screens you can see in stores helps a lot too. Anything more about that would help.

Could any of you who have a TrueLife screen answer a couple of questions?

1. If you sit with it in a room/office with desk lamps and/or ceiling or flourescent lights, do you get any light reflections? I mean, if one is doing a lot of business work (not games) for 8 hours, a glare is a real pain. But if it is smoother, sharper, brighter, and WITHOUT the glare, that would be fantastic.

2. If you take it outside on a bright day, can you -- or how well can you -- see and read the screen? I am returning my 9200, and when I try to use it outdoors (non-glare screen), it is useless -- just a dim and dark to the eye.

Feedback is much appreciated, as I am already returning the 9200....