1420 - Grainy Screen

[gashbaugh]

Hi All,

Well I received my new 1420 yesterday, and was pretty excited to do so. However, after turning it on I was pretty disappointed with the screen. It is very grainy, and makes my eyes unhappy.

It is using an AUO (AU Optronics) Screen. It says AUO1644 on it. I got the regular 1280 X 800 glossy screen option.

My Inspiron 6400 uses a SEC0000 (Samsung) Screen. It is much nicer and without the grain I see on the AUO screen.

If you want to know what kind of screen you have, go to device manager, right click on Monitors, click on the details tab, and then select Hardware Ids from the drop down list.

What type of screen do you have if you have a 1420?

I'm going to send it back. I might try purchasing one of the matte screens instead.

[matsuya]

I have a 1420 in production with the glossy 1440x900. For those who have the anti-glare, is there less graininess? If so, I might have to cancel my order.

[gashbaugh]

When you get it, please post who your screen is by and your thoughts, I'd be interested to know. Cheers.

[brianj320]

mine says CMO1426. dont know what that means really. i dont have any issues with mine, at least that i can see or tell.

[matsuya]

mine says CMO1426. dont know what that means really. i dont have any issues with mine, at least that i can see or tell.

Do you have the anti-glare screen?

[gashbaugh]

CMO is Chi Mei Optoelectronics. I saw someone else who purchased the matte anti-glare had this screen.

[bosco999]

I have had my 1420 for a little over a week and let me say it is a pleasure to use, in device manager under monitors it says I have a PNP Generic Monitor, I opted for the 1280/800 antiglare, but for being a generic screen it is truelly amazing, crystal clear, no graininess whatsover or light leakeage, the screen is bright and the colors are vivid. It is very fast, I do alot of net surfing, listening to music, downloading light gaming, and dvd burning and it stays strong without slowing down a bit, the dvd drive is so quite that you wouldn't even know its in use, no noise from the headphones either, even on full volume. I have had my share of notebooks in the last 7yrs, compaq, averatec, gateway, acer and even a mac, and let me tell you this is by far the best one, no problems with the screen, keyboard, hardrive, touchpad, or the dvd/cd drive. I did ofcourse had to configure the settins to my liking, do some uninstalling of bloatware and install my own programs, and vista was running slow on starup and shutdown, but after I played around with the settings everything is now to my satisfaction. I couldn't decide at first which notebook to go with, but I'm glad I chose this one, don't regret it at all.

[gashbaugh]

bosco999:

Everyone's notebook says Generic which you pointed out. You have to right click on that, go to properties, then click on the details tab. Then select Hardware Ids from the drop down list. That will tell you who made your screen. =)

[bosco999]

Ahhhhh, thanks , its CMO1426 (whatever that means)

[stormchas4]

I think the graininess we are seeing is from the glossy coating not the panel itself.....just my opinion though.