Is a wash. You won't have me selecting on these specs. So I'd see them side by side and my bet is the price will decide in the end.
Hello,
I would like to know if there is a difference between these two panels LG the second is the successor of the other but it seems to me that there are some small variations:
LP173WF4-SPF3
Color Depth 262K 72% (CIE1931)
Treatment Antiglare, Hard coating (3H)
Brightness 377 cd / m2
sRGB 88%
Contrast 1050: 1
dE Color Checker 5.2 -> 3.1
http://www.panelook.com/LP173WF4-SPF3_LG%20Display_17.3_LCM_overview_27611.html
http://laptopmedia.com/screen/lg-lp173wf4-spf3/
LP173WF4-SPF5
Color Depth 262K 71% (CIE1931)
Antiglare Treatment
http://www.panelook.com/LP173WF4-SPF5_LG%20Display_17.3_LCM_overview_29880.html
But for brightness 375 cd / m2, 420 cd / m2, 404 cd / m2, contrast 1070: 1, 1000: 1, 1140: 1, sRGB 89%, 90%, and dE Color Checker 4.6 -> 3.1 , 5.2 -> 3.3, 5.8 -> 3.1 for this same reference data are different ...:
http://laptopmedia.com/screen/lg-lp173wf4-spf5-asus-rog-strix-gl703vm/
http://laptopmedia.com/screen/lg-lp173wf4-spf5-acer-aspire-7/
http://laptopmedia.com/screen/lg-lp173wf4-spf5/

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