Anyone actually own a T500 WXGA w/LED?

superhob · 11-12-2008, 07:11 PM

I've looked around and can't seem to find any reviews of the LED WXGA option on the T500. If you own one could you please comment on the quality of the screen, particulary about the contrast and brightness. If you have pictures of the LED WXGA that would be even better. Thanks in advance.

Dumpduck · 11-12-2008, 07:39 PM

One did state his first impressions on the LED WXGA screen in the T500, try to do a search.

superhob · 11-12-2008, 07:52 PM

Thanks, I looked for and found that review but I was hoping for other opinions. That review was a mixed bag and I want to see if others feel the same way.

Dumpduck · 11-13-2008, 08:17 AM

That's the only one I've seen unfortunately.

rkellen · 11-13-2008, 10:40 AM

Just received my T500 last thursday. 15.4" WSXGA+ TFT w/CCFL Backlight is causing my eyes to burn within 30 minutes. Adjusting brightness does not help, just makes it harder to see the screen. Colors are washed out. There is no angle where all parts of the screen are equally at their clearest (rather least washed out.

The big question I have is why did all the other Thinkpads I had in the past (last one in '02) not bother my eyes at all. And I can sit in front of my flat panel LCT TFT (Gateway FDP 1810) for 10-12 hours if I had to???

ideoteque85 · 11-13-2008, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rkellen

Just received my T500 last thursday. 15.4" WSXGA+ TFT w/CCFL Backlight is causing my eyes to burn within 30 minutes. Adjusting brightness does not help, just makes it harder to see the screen. Colors are washed out. There is no angle where all parts of the screen are equally at their clearest (rather least washed out.

The big question I have is why did all the other Thinkpads I had in the past (last one in '02) not bother my eyes at all. And I can sit in front of my flat panel LCT TFT (Gateway FDP 1810) for 10-12 hours if I had to???

Wait, I am not too clear on why the screen burns your eye. Is it because of the brightness? Contrast? Font size? Or all the above?

It sounds like it might just be a bad screen as you mentioned that there is no sweet spot for it. Try to determine what type of screen you have using PC Wizard and check if there is known problems with the screen.

rkellen · 11-15-2008, 01:06 PM

I installed PC Wizard and took a look, but I don't know what to look for. How do I find out if there are "known problems with the screen" ?

To clarify, I am not sure why my eyes burn either. Text is sharp and clear, so no text or vision problems I believe. Font size is fine, I like the higher resolution (1680x1050). Adjusting brightness down just makes a faded screen darker, and brighter does not make the colors look less faded (reds are pinkish for example).

I think, as you (ideoteque85) indicate, the problem is more with contrast and sweetspot plus faded looking colors (washed out look), whites are blaring/glaring- all of those. Spent quite a lot of time on the phone with Lenovo and they concluded that it is a bad "LCD," bad screen and want me to send it in. Cripes!

yuio · 11-15-2008, 01:23 PM

I have a T500 with WXGA/LED.

My opinion...
constrast is ok, not amazing but not horrible. (100%)
light bleed is pretty bad. about 1.5inch of it at the bottom, but that part of the screen is still readable. (at 100% brightness)
the LED is BRIGHT! It is so bright that you can hardly see the Thinklight when it is at full brightness. if you hold it out in front of you can use it like a flashlight if you have a white background. so yah this screen is really really bright. (100%)

akadoublej · 11-15-2008, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by yuio

I have a T500 with WXGA/LED.

My opinion...
constrast is ok, not amazing but not horrible. (100%)
light bleed is pretty bad. about 1.5inch of it at the bottom, but that part of the screen is still readable. (at 100% brightness)
the LED is BRIGHT! It is so bright that you can hardly see the Thinklight when it is at full brightness. if you hold it out in front of you can use it like a flashlight if you have a white background. so yah this screen is really really bright. (100%)

If you bought another T500 would you buy it with the LED screen or the CCFL screen?

ideoteque85 · 11-16-2008, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by rkellen

I installed PC Wizard and took a look, but I don't know what to look for. How do I find out if there are "known problems with the screen" ?

To clarify, I am not sure why my eyes burn either. Text is sharp and clear, so no text or vision problems I believe. Font size is fine, I like the higher resolution (1680x1050). Adjusting brightness down just makes a faded screen darker, and brighter does not make the colors look less faded (reds are pinkish for example).

I think, as you (ideoteque85) indicate, the problem is more with contrast and sweetspot plus faded looking colors (washed out look), whites are blaring/glaring- all of those. Spent quite a lot of time on the phone with Lenovo and they concluded that it is a bad "LCD," bad screen and want me to send it in. Cripes!

What I meant was to look at the manufacturer and Product ID to run a search in the forum to see if other people have complained about it. Well good luck in getting the screen changed. I've always had good experience dealing with Lenovo for my T42 so it should be fine.

Also I've just received my ASUS N80Vn with a WXGA LED screen. I love the screen. It's extremely bright. I don't think I'll ever go back to a CCFL lit screen.