Any comments on the quality of the WUXGA screen on the Studio 15?

I'm thinking about getting a Studio 15 and would be looking at the WUXGA screen. The WXGA+ screen is too low a resolution for a 15" screen. I really want a WSXGA+ screen, but it seems like those aren't that common anymore.

Anyway, does anyone have this screen and can comment on its quality? I don't do photo editing, but I don't want a screen that's washed out or dull. Also, how is the battery life with the CFL backlight versus the LED you can get on the lower res screens?

Thanks for any comments!

 

The WUXGA screen should be 200nit like all standard CCFL lighting screens. Compared to 300 or maybe 400nit for the LED screens. They are either made by LG or samsung. The LG is generally regarded as the better screen. Luckily I got a good samsung screen. (I own a HP8510p)

 

I'm not really up on display terminology. I looked up a nit and it is a unit of brightness. Is a higher nit value always better? It doesn't seem like a single number would encompass things like contrast and color reproduction.

The reason I'm asking is that my current laptop, which is about five years old, doesn't have a very good display. It's high-res, which I like, but black is more of a dark grey and white isn't bright enough and looks more like an off-white. I want to make sure that I don't need an LED screen to get a good display.

Finally, do you think it's possible to still get 2.5+ hours of battery life with a CCFL backlight?

 

I did replace original WXGA 15.4" (1280x720) LCD panel in my Inspiron 6000 with WUXGA (1920x1200) and cannot be happier. The laptop is 3 years old and previous panel was started getting a bit too dim to my tastes. So I got WUXGA which turned to be very sharp and absolutely stunning. If you find text on the screen a bit small, switch the DPI from 90 to something higher (it is in Display properties). But how much workspace I got in what looks like smallish 15.4" screen! Go fot it

 

How much did it cost you for the new screen and where were you able to purchase it? Did you install it yourself?

 

eBay for £99 delivered (I'm in the UK) from here.

eBay.com also lists a few.

I installed myself. Took about half an hour but I took my time. All you have to do is undo 6 screws (hidden under rubber stoppers), remove the bezel and undo another set of screws holding the panel. Then unplug the cord running to the base. It may sound like a bit of a project but in fact very intuitive once you remove the bezel and have a look at the spare panel.

 

I just wanted to bump this one more time and ask another question. I noticed the Latitude E6500 has a WUXGA option as well. The E6500 screen is listed as 350nit, 400:1 contrast ratio, and 75% color gamut. That sounds like a pretty darn good screen to me. Unfortunately they don't publish the display specs for the consumer laptops. Do you think this is the same screen as the Studio 15?

 

I would go for the 1440x900 LED backlit option - 1920x1200 is to larger resolution for a small display in my opinion, although you can always increase text size to compensate.