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    Is W520 FHD considered IPS panel

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by hantanbl, Apr 16, 2011.

  1. hantanbl

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    need advice from those who know. Is W520 Full HD screen IPS panel? A friend asked and I am not able to advise.
     
    hantanbl, Apr 16, 2011
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    No. It's TN. Lenovo would be marketing it heavily if it were.
     
    Colonel O'Neill, Apr 16, 2011
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    No, it's an RGB-LED TN panel that's identical to the one used in the W510. It does, however, have better-than-average viewing angles and color reproduction for a TN panel.
     
    MidnightSun, Apr 16, 2011
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    Is it really RGBLED? I thought it was WLED. I have yet to heard of a 15.6'' RGB-LED TN display.
     
    anodize, Apr 17, 2011
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    I though they are call RG-ph, not sure how difference they are from the regular RGB-led screen.
     
    k2001, Apr 17, 2011
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    it's B+RGLED. Same FHD panel as in the Dell XPS 15, except in a matte flavor.

    Yes, B+RGLED is a type of WLED, but it produces such a significantly wider color gamut than a typical WLED that it it is fully deserving of the separate name B+RGLED. It is an understatement to say that "B+RGLED" is just a type of WLED. The typical WLED uses a yellow phosphor which is replaced by separate red and green phosphors in "B+RG" LEDs.
     
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    15.6" RGB-LED TN displays have existed for quite some time now. Dell offered them on the 15.6" Studio and Studio XPS laptops, and Lenovo offered it on its W510 and T510 machines.

    Yep--colloquially, it's referred to as an "RGB-LED" display, but technically, it is not "full" RGB-LED (although, it is still much better than traditional standard displays in terms of color reproduction).
     
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    Let me be clear. The only 15.6'' RGBLED TN screen Dell offered was a 1200p RGBLED screen that was optional with Dell's M4400. B+RG is NOT RGBLED. It is just WLED with a higher color gamut. There is RGBLED, then there's WLED, then CCFL. No such thing as B+RG.

    The FHD screen on the W520 is Def. WLED. LG/AUO/Samsung currently does not manufacture 1080p RGBLED TN screens. The only FHD RGBLED screen available on the market is IPS, but none for TN atm.
     
    anodize, Apr 17, 2011
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