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    R500 hi-res screen

    Discussion in 'LG' started by milkbox, Feb 21, 2008.

  1. milkbox

    milkbox Newbie

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    Hi everyone. I'm looking to get myself an R500 and I was wondering how the WSGXA+ screen is. I'm worried that it's going to be too small or maybe grainy as I've never seen an LG laptop screen in that high a resolution before. Are the fonts really tiny? And if I were to switch the resolution to the non-native 1440x900 would it get really blurry?

    If anyone could shed a light on this, I'd be grateful. I wouldn't want to spend a lot and then end up hating the screen. (No LG resellers in this area, so the most I could do is check out other laptops with the same resolution, but I won't really see for myself how the R500 is.) Thanks in advance!
     
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  2. nicktycoon

    nicktycoon Newbie

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    Hi Milkbox,
    The resolution at 1650 x 1050 is a bit small but not grainy at all. I still recommand the laptop for it overall quality...just impressive. I have mine with a intel t7500 and 2g Ram + Turbo memory and Vista....well it just work perfect, it's fast and responsive. Wireless capabilities are excellent. It is also very good to dissipate the heat.

    The only thing I don't like it the glossy screen (when I use my laptop outside) but still the screen is so good...

    LG use to built IBM Laptop...well I am sure they have copied one thing or two. Quality is impressive.
    Nicolas
     
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  3. YG007

    YG007 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I second what nicktycoon said. The LCD screen is great! Not grainy either. At first 1680x1050 seemed a little small, but after a few days, it seemed fine and using any other laptop with a smaller res seems huge now. lol Even if you were to go to a 1440x900, the nvidia card does nice scaling and isn't really blurry at all. ...better than most other laptops I've seen when doing scaling.
     
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  4. milkbox

    milkbox Newbie

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    Thanks! The specs are great, it was only the screen resolution that I was feeling iffy about. I was this.close to getting a Dell M1530 or an Asus F3 until I remembered to check out LG. My dad has one it's built like a tank.

    I guess I'll go get my R500 now... ;)
     
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  5. YG007

    YG007 Notebook Enthusiast

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    ... Yeah, I was in the same boat as you before. I was considering either this, or the Dell XPS M1530. I was so close to getting the M1530, but this computer had a better resolution LCD, and at the time, no one was sure if the XPS had GDDR3 video memory or not, so I went with the LG. Really happy with the choice.

    Oh, and the 8600m GT on the LG can overclock a lot! (Well, at least mine did.. and OC at your own risk! lol)
     
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  6. milkbox

    milkbox Newbie

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    Not to mention that I won't need to get into the LG screen lottery. The screen is already LG.
     
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