dell laptop screen is very reflective

Headshot · 26-02-2007 03:36PM #1

as the title says my laptop screen is very reflective

i think its to due with the high resolution 1920 by 1200 because if i get a anti glare screen it wont be as good as the one i have now

is there anything i can do or buy to reduce the glare

tonyboy247 · 27-02-2007 06:57AM

Cant think of a lapto yet that does not have a brightness control.manual or sofware driven....try turning it down...that normally does the trick...your res has got bugger all to do with it...failing that a good brand of sun glasses will surfice...ok is time for cho suie no.

petes · 27-02-2007 08:55AM

Is your screen a Truelife one from Dell?

Saruman · 27-02-2007 09:03AM

I would say it is a Truelife... Funny thing is, people pay more for these screens and then cry because they are too shiny

Headshot · 27-02-2007 11:57AM

this is my monitor Seiko Epson 17.2 looked it up on Belarc Advisor

BostonB · 27-02-2007 08:45PM

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

as the title says my laptop screen is very reflective

i think its to due with the high resolution 1920 by 1200 because if i get a anti glare screen it wont be as good as the one i have now

is there anything i can do or buy to reduce the glare

Have to say I don't like glossy screens either, even though the laptop I have now has one. Best solution is don't sit with a light or bright area behind you.

Saruman · 27-02-2007 08:52PM

I had a customer who had one of these he took around for presentations. It was an Acer but same type of screen. He never used it because it was so shiny. I actually think they are a bad idea and im not sure of the technical reason why they are so shiny. I know they have a much higher definition and black is more black etc but im sure this can be done without the need for a mirror

BostonB · 27-02-2007 09:03PM

Saruman wrote:

I had a customer who had one of these he took around for presentations. It was an Acer but same type of screen. He never used it because it was so shiny. I actually think they are a bad idea and im not sure of the technical reason why they are so shiny. I know they have a much higher definition and black is more black etc but im sure this can be done without the need for a mirror

Its mainly for DVD playback, movies, photos and games. Which look better. But for everything else a matt screen is more useful.

DS · 28-02-2007 02:08AM

I'm gonna be buying a laptop soon and this is my dilemma. The better contrast with the Truelife for video playback is a big thing for me but I can't stand all the reflection in bright light, so I dunno what to do really.

Headshot · 28-02-2007 01:48PM

lads is it a bit strange i cant play dvds on my laptop

the dvds are very very choppy

heres my specs

Duo Pro T2600 2.16 GHz, 2 MB L2 - - 8X DVD+/-RW - - - - 100GB (5,400 rpm) SATA Hard Drive - -- 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024) - -NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

i tried alot of stuff to solve the problem but no look

i tried lowering the res but no luck

what could be up ?

every program i try to run the dvds on its the same problem

i did everything windows helper told me to do but no luck

Ghost Train · 28-02-2007 02:59PM

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

lads is it a bit strange i cant play dvds on my laptop

the dvds are very very choppy

heres my specs

Duo Pro T2600 2.16 GHz, 2 MB L2 - - 8X DVD+/-RW - - - - 100GB (5,400 rpm) SATA Hard Drive - -- 2048MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x1024) - -NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS

i tried alot of stuff to solve the problem but no look

i tried lowering the res but no luck

what could be up ?

every program i try to run the dvds on its the same problem

i did everything windows helper told me to do but no luck

might be the way you have the graphics output configed. if your outputting to an external display this could lead to bad video output depending how you have things set up, if you only have the laptop screen being used then it's a bit stranger

Headshot · 28-02-2007 03:44PM

eolhc wrote:

might be the way you have the graphics output configed. if your outputting to an external display this could lead to bad video output depending how you have things set up, if you only have the laptop screen being used then it's a bit stranger

its only for my laptop screen

Ghost Train · 28-02-2007 04:07PM

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

its only for my laptop screen

have you tried any different driver versions

Headshot · 28-02-2007 05:25PM

eolhc wrote:

have you tried any different driver versions

no

would that make a big difference?

Ghost Train · 28-02-2007 06:08PM

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

no

would that make a big difference?

would definitely be worth trying. Try the latest from the nvidia site, if they don't improve things, an earlier version might then be worth trying, or seeing what dell offer on their support pages

Headshot · 28-02-2007 07:44PM

eolhc wrote:

would definitely be worth trying. Try the latest from the nvidia site, if they don't improve things, an earlier version might then be worth trying, or seeing what dell offer on their support pages

thanks eolhc for the help

ill download the update and see what happens

BostonB · 01-03-2007 08:29PM

Try the VLC player and see if thats better.

dell laptop screen is very reflective

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