As I understand your PC belongs to dv1000 series.
According to Reviews in PC World and other respectable magazines this series is perfect except:
1. Not sturdy enough (press top of pc and you will see your finger prints on screen)
2. Noticable glare for BrightView screen.
3. Unusually narrow vertical angle of viewing- !!!
On 1/9/2005 I was in Best Buy and Circuit City - both have dv1040 (brother of yours) and I checked it - 1,2,3 are ALL TRUE.
I have a question about my HP Pavilion dv1067ea; maybe someone can assure me that all is Ok... The dv1067ea has a WXGA 14'' display (widescreen) 1280x768.
While the display is extremely sharp and clear (with bright colors) when I watch it perfectly perpendicularly, if I only slightly change the vertical view angle the image rapidly becomes unsharp (lighter and lighter as angles grow). I used some notebooks in the past, and I know that LCD displays suffer from these drawbacks; but it seems to me that this effect is much more marked in my dv1067ea than in other portable PCs...
I think (but I would be very grateful to anyone who could confirm such thesis) the effect is due to the fact that the screen is only 18 cm (about 7'') high; so, compared to other screens with a 768 vertical resolution, its pixels are shorter, and the "view-angle" effect is more evident. I have found several reviews of the HP Pavilion dv1067ea, and all judge it a great notebook... none of them mention any problem about the screen; so, does the problem really exist, or is it implicit in the dv1067ea's WXGA small screen?
Thank you very much in advance!!
Marcello

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