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T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 7:23 pm
by ThinkRob
I'll post a full review at some point, but for now I just wanted to share what I suppose many of us are curious about: the make/model of the T420's HD+ panel.

The answer: AUO B140RW02 V1.

The verdict: Not great, but not horrible.

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:01 pm
by Colonel O'Neill
Good to know. Waiting on that full review! :mrgreen:

Did you get the NVS 4200M? Curious how well it games.

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 11:41 pm
by dhave
Yeah, I'd very much like to read a full review or, if you need more time for that, at some of your initial impressions (screen quality, overall responsiveness, etc.). Thanks.

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:49 am
by ThinkRob
Colonel O'Neill wrote:Did you get the NVS 4200M? Curious how well it games.
Just Intel integrated. I don't game.

Overall impression so far is quite positive. Mechanically it's excellent, and performance wise it's a nice improvement over the T410 (I got the T420i w/ a Core i3.)

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:20 am
by dhave
So, how about the display quality? Are these new displays really a step down from past years?

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 11:35 am
by ThinkRob
dhave wrote:So, how about the display quality? Are these new displays really a step down from past years?
No. Not in terms of quality, sharpness, contrast ratio, or viewing angle -- at least not unless you're comparing to FlexView panels.

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 12:21 pm
by dhave
ThinkRob wrote: No. Not in terms of quality, sharpness, contrast ratio, or viewing angle -- at least not unless you're comparing to FlexView panels.
Thanks. Looking forward to your full review.

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:44 am
by ThinkRob
dhave wrote: Thanks. Looking forward to your full review.
Here you go: http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=95459

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:10 pm
by jdrou
Colonel O'Neill wrote: Did you get the NVS 4200M? Curious how well it games.
Notebookcheck has benchmarks on it now. Not many actual game benchmarks yet though:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-NVS ... 343.0.html

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:38 pm
by Colonel O'Neill
Yeah I noticed it recently too.

Not as good as I'd like it to be. *cough*overclock*cough*

O.o
It runs on DDR3?
And the test machine is an i3 Latitude...

Re: T420 HD+ panel info

Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 5:50 pm
by jdrou
Colonel O'Neill wrote: Not as good as I'd like it to be.
Same here. I was hoping it would at least equal my 2-generation-old Precision M4400 with Quadro 770M.
I was looking quite seriously at the 14" Latitude 6420 with quad-core CPU (not available on T420 apparently). I'll probably end up getting a W520 now.