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View Poll Results: is your 1520 screen grainy
yes 109 43.08%
no 60 23.72%
don't know 69 27.27%
dont care..love it anyway 36 14.23%
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Old 07-15-2007, 05:58 PM   #1
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Default Grainy screen poll for 1520

yes
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don't care,,love it anyway
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Old 07-15-2007, 06:03 PM   #2
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Do you have color bleed, shadows, or color shift on your text? I did, Not so grainy with matte.
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Old 07-15-2007, 06:14 PM   #3
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my screen seems fine so far
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Mine is fine.
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Old 07-17-2007, 12:51 PM   #5
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I'm still waiting for mine (1520 w/1440X900).

Could those who vote also post what screen they have? Maybe we'll see some interesting patterns emerge here.
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Old 07-17-2007, 08:23 PM   #6
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I think for ppl that selected WXGA+ and WSXGA+ you will find that there is graininess. I got my 1520 today with 1440 X 900 today and by graininess - The whites look grey (To me atleast). Rest of the colors look absolutely great!
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Mine is very grainy....looks horrible on whites and dvd's. I know in the past with the 1405,1505, and 1705 people had this problem. Seemed to be confined to the samsung panel which is the one i received. They were getting them replaced hoping to get an LG panel. did you guys get the samsung? You can check by going onto Dell and looking at your tag number for the brand.
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My screen part number is UVW648 - Does this indicate Samsung or LG?
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how big of a problem is this?? The screen is very important to me and i want it to be clear as i will be watching dvd's. Can you go into more detail about how grainy things really are.
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1 RW985 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY, 15.4WSXGA+, VIDEO ELEC. STDS. ASSOC., TLF, SAMSUNG is what mine says under my service tag at dell.com



It's pretty bad to me atleast.
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