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With most laptops, the image quality is worse than on a real desktop monitor.
It's most notable when just reading black text on a white background.
Also, when I look at a laptop display I have to look at it from exactly the right angle or it looks worse. This is less true on a desktop monitor or even a cheap Android phone.
Is this just true of all laptop screens because they are thinner?
Also these examples were never Apple. Is this kind of thing true on Apple displays?
Display quality corresponds pretty closely to price. There are many laptops with outstanding displays, and there are equally as many crappy desktop monitors. Onboard vs. discrete graphics also plays a big part. Have you tried tweaking your display settings?
This corresponds to price. Dirt cheap laptop = crappy screen. Good laptop = good screen. The 15.6" screen on my Precision is just as good as my 34" Ultrasharp, both in terms of viewing angle, color reproduction and sharpness. The laptop screen can get brighter too, not that I need it to. The screen on my Lenovo…same. The screen on my Alienware laptop, also excellent. Buy a $200 laptop, you get a cheap laptop with a sh*t panel. Buy a $1000 laptop, you get a better panel.
Also, almost all laptop screens are LCD, unless they’re OLED. LED is the backlight style - whether it uses LEDs or a fluorescent bulb. Some screens are LED backlit, some are edge lit, and better ones do Mini-LED.
Case rested. A $300 laptop cuts corners to get that cheap. Usually has less RAM, maybe a lower end processor and the biggest cost savings comes from: a low end display.
Case rested. A $300 laptop cuts corners to get that cheap. Usually has less RAM, maybe a lower end processor and the biggest cost savings comes from: a low end display.
This. You bought a bargain basement laptop and...expected a quality screen?
I have never understood why people expect to get the luxury of a Bentley for the cost of a Civic. Computer hardware is absolutely one of those things where you get what you pay for.
We have a 7-year-old HP laptop, don't know the price.
Also a totally new laptop, about $300.
Both screens are about the same.
$300 junker has a cheap screen? You don't say.
I just totally don't understand how a $300 laptop doesn't have the same screen quality as my $400 monitor
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