New WUXGA W500... is the screen really this bad?

[iThinkiAmBen]

Hey everyone... wow, been almost three years since I was last on here!

Anyway, I picked up a W500 with the WUXGA screen, T9600, 4GB, blah blah blah. The screen is SO DIM. With these teeny little pixels, brightness would really help.

According to the laptop, I am on the highest brightness level... my friend's T400 is easily 3x as bright. Anyone have any idea what's going on?
Thanks!

[AMATX]

Search the W500 and maybe the entire board; seems I vaguely recall some screen issues encountered when the W500 hit the public.

[thitiv]

Check the Tabook. You will notice in the specifications that WUXGA screen in T/W500's are significantly less bright than their WSXGA, etc. counterpart. I just traded my T500 + WUXGA in for a new W510 with Full HD 1080p screen. It's much, much brighter and the 95% color gamut is awesome!!

[iThinkiAmBen]

Well, I guess I should've done my homework, huh? I checked it against my dad's work W500 and you are indeed right.

A friend of mine who can see better than me is going to trade me a T400 with a 1440x900 screen and a T9400 plus a Phenom II X4 rig for it. I guess that;s a good deal; it sucks though because I LOVE this computer. 14" Thinkpads seem too small for me for some reason.