So, does the W700 have a better screen?

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ulrich.von.lich · #1 Post by **ulrich.von.lich** » Sat Sep 06, 2008 6:23 pm

Is it an IPS/S-IPS/S-PVA etc... or only a brighter TN?

Anyone knows it?

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Tony

awolfe63 · #2 Post by **awolfe63** » Sun Sep 07, 2008 1:41 pm

Just a better TN.

ulrich.von.lich · #3 Post by **ulrich.von.lich** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 3:53 am

So how is a TN panel supposed to help photographers since it can't even represent colors accurately? Or has the TN technology evolved over the years? I can only say my T43's LCD is not reliable at all when it comes to colors and I have to edit all my photos on my DELL S-PVA monitor. I do wish to have something more portable...

But I see many photographers are still using MacBook Pros, which are equipped with TN panels too I believe. But their screens look much better than the BOE-Hydis one on my T43 and the TMD one on a T60p I used.

Wish I could see one of them in person..

Puppy · #4 Post by **Puppy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 4:48 am

It is just marketing trick

#5 Post by **erik** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:06 am

Puppy wrote:It is just marketing trick

what did you think of the W700 that you used? or, haven't you used one?

Puppy · #6 Post by **Puppy** » Wed Sep 10, 2008 9:47 am

Lenovo has confirmed in their blog that the panel is not IPS and is 6 bit only. It is enough information to realize that's a cheap trick. There were also few videos which revealed typical TN panel when the display lid was slowly closed.

There is no non-TN 17" notebook display manufacturer. You might introduce super-hyper-extra-wide-gamut backlight but the TN panel technology in front of it will degrage it at all to an ordinary crap. A non-TN panel with CCFL backlight is still far better than any TN panel with superior LED backlight. That's the story.

LED backlight is currently more expensive than CCFL (notebook displays have typically only one lamp) so there must be something else to save on. Yes, it is the panel matrice. You simply use even worse TN panel matrice than it was few years ago with CCFL to keep the price but you can start a marketing fluff about "superior LED backlight". That's the case of X300 display which has been found even worse that almost ten years old 600X one in side by side comparison. I'd expect that W700 display might reach typical office TN LCD monitor quality.

So, does the W700 have a better screen?

So, does the W700 have a better screen?

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