Screen brightness in T61p vs. T43p

[StevenD]

I think I'm about to order a T61p, but I'm concerned about screen brightness. My T43p is adequate. It's not really readable if in a conveyance open to the outside, even if not in the sun, but 99% of the time I'm in the office anyway. But I wouldn't want the screen any darker.

I noticed in the tabook that my screen (1200 x 1600) should have 200 nits, but the tabook lists the T61p's 1920 x 1200 screen as 175 nits. Is it darker? But GarryF posted pictures of his new T61p adjacent to a T43p, seeming to show that the T61p was brighter.

Then, there was a posting from someone with a 14.1" widescreen T61 where he said the screen was way too bright, and the tabook listed his screen as 185 nits.

Does anyone know how to sort this out?

[SHoTTa35]

Your T43 is probably not 200nits anymore. The light output degrades over the years so it's probably about the same. As for the T61p i thought it was a 200nit screen?

Brightness can be adjusted but you're probably used to an IPS screen also so you will notice a difference, maybe since you use it inside most of the time the difference wont be so bad.

[StevenD]

Thanks for the info. I went here:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pcinstitu ... tabook.pdf
and looked up T61p, and I think it said 175 nits.

[GarryF]

Steven, I used the T43P alongside the Dell 2405 for over a year and always considered the T43P quite dull and lifeless , personally I'm finding the T61P more pleasing after using a week, viewing angle isn't so good but everything else for me is better.