Which LCD display in Dell laptop?

harieta

I'm about to order a Dell studio 17 inch laptop.
And that's where my problem starts. The options for display are as follows:

17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ CCFL (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ [Included in Price]
17.0" Widescreen WXGA+ WLED (1440x900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ [add £50.00 or £1/month1]
17.0" Widescreen WUXGA+ CCFL (1920x1200) TFT Display with TrueLife™ [add £110.00 or £3/month1]

Previously I used a 15.4 inch laptop.
Could someone advise on which of these three is the best?

fwor

The first two are (obviously) the same resolution, but the second has an LED backlight which is brighter, and doesn't have the warm-up time that Cold Cathode backlights suffer from. IIRC, the LEDs are also more power efficient.

Obviously the third is better resolution, but whether you need it on a 17" widescreen display is down to personal choice. The only real way to decide is to go into a nearby PC World or whatever, take a look at an example of each and see whether you can justify the cost of the better resolution.

penrhyn

Don't like any of them myself, which computer whizz thought it was a good idea to start fitting high gloss screens that reflect everything in the room?
I will admit they do give a greater contrast to the display but I think the downside out way the upside.
Of the three the most expensive has the highest resolution, so produces more detail, nice is you eyesight is really good.

Probably best to ignore me I'm in Luddite mode tonight.

Indeed go have a look see!

harieta

If you were to choose between the second option and the third which would you go for?
Higher resolution or "better technology"?

Marty_J

A high resolution screen is nice for photography, film editing, music recording; basically anything where you have a lot going on at once. You can also watch HD content on it at full 1080p resolution. Whether you'll make full use of it really depends on what you do with your ocmputer.

Having said this, LED screens do look very good, so as suggested above, get yourself to a store where you can compare LCD and LED screens.

Millionaire

I would suggest you go check out the High Res displays before buying. You may not like it as all items can be tiny. I dont personally like that high res displays on laptops.

I would go for option 1 or 2 personally, most likely the LED screen.

prowla

I recently got a high res Dell laptop, and in some ways it is good (ie. it is high res!), and in others not so good (some things are hard to read, and Windows doesn't scale everything in proportion).