How does an older not-that-bright Flexview screen look?

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Re: How does an older not-that-bright Flexview screen look?

#31 Post by archer6 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:31 pm

sjthinkpader wrote:<snip> I got the replacement X41t yesterday and measured it's BOE-Hydis Flexview display just now. Procedure is same as before with a Topcon BM-8 meter <snip>
I Googled Topcon BM-8 and did not have much luck finding a store that sells these and the price. Is this something that is reasonably priced, or a industrial grade expensive piece of test equipment? If affordable, I would enjoy having one of these to check my many ThinkPads, thereby eliminating my guesswork.... :)

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Re: How does an older not-that-bright Flexview screen look?

#32 Post by ssd_thinkpad » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:35 pm

archer6 wrote:If affordable, I would enjoy having one of these to check my many ThinkPads, thereby eliminating my guesswork.... :)
Wow, I'd be very happy if you could then post your experiences here! With your amounts of thinkpads, these data would be very valuable for thinkpads.com
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Re: How does an older not-that-bright Flexview screen look?

#33 Post by archer6 » Mon Mar 23, 2009 12:47 pm

ssd_thinkpad wrote: Wow, I'd be very happy if you could then post your experiences here! With your amounts of thinkpads, these data would be very valuable for thinkpads.com
Rest assured that if I procure one of these meters I will be happy to fill requests for our members who would like data from the various models I own. I owe a lot to this forum, for all the nice people have done to assist me in my ThinkPad knowledge over the years, thus I am more than eager to give back as my time permits.

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Re: How does an older not-that-bright Flexview screen look?

#34 Post by sjthinkpader » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:42 pm

Binh wrote:...

A very good contrast ratio, but the brightness is a bit low for an ultraportable tablet.
Yes, it will be bad outside under the sun.

It would be nice to test a T60p BOA-Hydis LCD but I only have a 14 inch SXGA+ T60.

The key attribute of these Flexview no matter bad the brightness is, the contrast ratio shines.
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Re: How does an older not-that-bright Flexview screen look?

#35 Post by sjthinkpader » Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:47 pm

archer6 wrote:...
I Googled Topcon BM-8 and did not have much luck finding a store that sells these and the price. Is this something that is reasonably priced, or a industrial grade expensive piece of test equipment? If affordable, I would enjoy having one of these to check my many ThinkPads, thereby eliminating my guesswork.... :)

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If you are in the San Jose area I can come over to your place and test them. I saw a similar Minolta luminance meter on eBay.
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Re: How does an older not-that-bright Flexview screen look?

#36 Post by Binh » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:53 am

sjthinkpader wrote: It would be nice to test a T60p BOA-Hydis LCD but I only have a 14 inch SXGA+ T60.
Please, post the test results of this 14" SXGA+ screen for comparison with FlexView. We all know who is the winner, but it is interesting to see by which margin the win is. Thanks !
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Re: How does an older not-that-bright Flexview screen look?

#37 Post by archer6 » Tue Mar 24, 2009 1:22 pm

sjthinkpader wrote:<snip> If you are in the San Jose area I can come over to your place and test them.<snip>
I'm in Southern CA, but thanks anyway... :)
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Re: How does an older not-that-bright Flexview screen look?

#38 Post by ssd_thinkpad » Sun Apr 12, 2009 5:16 am

If someone has more information about contrast ratio about the new thinkpad models, that would be very great ! For me contrast ratio is much more important than brightness. I'd even think to pay for these informations :)
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