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Dell Inspiron 6000d screen

Mar 24, 2005 7:09AM PST

..Hi..

..I read in a few places about people complaining about the dell 6000d screen.

I dont have much knowledge about the screens. But there seems to be some difference between screens of Sony/Toshiba and Dell/Emachines ..the sony toshiba screens look very sharp digital ..while dell or emachines screens look like the usual laptop screens i have seen before.

Can anybody tell me what should I expect with Dell Inspiron 6000d WUXGA screen ?

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...answer and another question
Mar 24, 2005 7:33AM PST

..ok i got the answer

These screens have a clear, glossy surface instead of the more common matte finish and go by brand names such as TruBrite (Toshiba), BrightView (HP), Ultrabright (Gateway), and Xbrite (Sony). This technology is sometimes paired with wide-angle capability, which enables a group of people to clearly view the screen

And Dell calls its glossy screen as "crystal clear"

And I also read in another forum that its useless to upgrade to "Ultrasharp WUXGA"

so does anybody recommend the screen of just Dell inspiron 6000d WXGA with the 128 mb graphics card ?

is it very bad..or is it ok ?

thanks

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WXGA Screen

I have read that the Dell 9300 screens have problems and well, a WXGA resolution is great for word processing, though i'd reccommend a WSXGA screen. If you enjoy gaming and photo editing, upgrade toa WUXGA.

128 mb of dedicated video ememory is great for basic computing. If you plan to do gaming with your machine and desire better performance, i'd reccommend getting 256mb of video memory.

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WXGA
Mar 25, 2005 1:01PM PST

Hi,
Mine is i600d- WXGA, and it looks pretty sharp. I have read in reviews that while WUXGA is sharper the screen font becomes too small, causing problems read pages.

I would suggest WXGA, if all you want is a normal (sharp and bright enough) notebook with pretty good readability and graphics.