Help desperately needed to find 17" laptop with *good* matte screen.

[Kensass]

Hi there.
My dad wants to give me a notebook, which im super exited about.

However i'm quite sensitive to bad monitors, and displays in general.

I've spent the last 2-3 days trying to find a 17 inch with a non TN panel, and with a matte screen.
I found some that does have matte screen, but they had terrible panels. Like for example the MSI gaming series GT780*.

I really need help for this , since im quite stressed out. My dad is terrible sick, and dying, and i have to find a notebook within a few days, or it may not happen at all.

So i hope i can get some assistance from here to make a little shortcut to find a good laptop.
Other wishes is a reasonable good videocard, a fast cpu, and maybe room for an ssd. So a gaming or multimedia notebook would be what im looking for

I'm buying it in Denmark.

Thanks.

 

[WR2]

Hello Kensass;

Not that much out there in 17" IPS LCD equipped consumer notebooks.

How about the 15" HP Envy 15?
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/28/hp-envy-15-review-early-2012/

 

[Kensass]

Hello Kensass;

Not that much out there in 17" IPS LCD equipped consumer notebooks.

How about the 15" HP Envy 15?
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/28/hp-envy-15-review-early-2012/

Thanks for the suggestion.
I did look at the Envy 17 alot yesterday. Does the Envy 15 have better panels?
I tried to find out about the Envy 17, and i think i found 1 or 2 models with a matte screen, but i never found out what panel it has.

Is there a website somewhere that tests or have a database with panels in notebooks?

 

[WR2]

Envy 17" is using TN panels.
Envy 15" has an option for an ISP panel. But it is glossy as the review I linked pointed out.

"Is there a website somewhere that tests or have a database with panels in notebooks?"
Not that I've ever seen. Things change around so fast it would be too much work keeping it up to date.

 

[WR2]

I think Dell Precision M6600 has a 17" matte IPS LCD option.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/240219/dell_precision_m6600_mobile_workstation_businesslike_and_capable.html

 

[WR2]

Sony VAIO SE: IPS 15" notebook
It has a glossy screen. But I'm starting to think the smart move is getting a glossy screen IPS notebook and adding an after-market anti-glare matte film.

 

[Kensass]

Sony VAIO SE: IPS 15" notebook
It has a glossy screen.

It says matte in the link you provided:

Display 15.5" WLED Matte 16:9 1080p (1920x1080)
(Unknown: MS_0025)

I'm still reading up on the Dell m6600.

 

[WR2]

Yes it does - I missed that.

 

[WR2]

Here is another Sony VAIO SE Review

In your postition - I'd be tempted to get the Sony VAIO SE and a IPS 24" external monitor, which would still cost less than the Dell M6600 Workstation notebook.

 

[Kensass]

The Dell m6600 does look extremely nice, and is everything i ever wanted including a feature i really like , and thats the easy access to the internal parts, like the cooling parts for cleaning. However the price is just over what i think i can ask my dad to pay, without me feeling like im taking too much advantage of the situation.. Good suggestion though.

 

[WR2]

I has that same thought about the price too.

 

[Kensass]

To complicate it further , it seems that Sony Vaio SE is not sold in Denmark. There is an S and an E line of products, but no SE.

 

[WR2]

It would seem to me there must be merchants willing to special order one for you?

 

[Kensass]

It looks like i can configure a laptop myself at sony's site. And there is 3 screens to choose between :
41,6cm LCD 1600x900
41,6 cm (16,4") VAIO Display (1600x900 pixel) (16:9) + indbygget digitalt Exmor HD-kamera (1,3 megapixel)
Eksklusiv for Sony online


41,6cm LCD 1920x1080 Plus [+ 480.0 DKK ]
41,6 cm (16,4") VAIO Display Plus Full HD (1920x1080 pixel) (16:9) + indbygget digitalt Exmor HD-kamera (1,3 megapixel)


41,6cm LCD 1920x1080 Premium
41,6 cm (16,4") VAIO Display Premium Full HD (1920x1080 pixel) (16:9) +indbygget digitalt Exmor HD-kamera (1,3 megapixel)
Gratis skærmopgradering - Tilbuddet slutter d. 16. april 2012 så længe lager haves

Anyone know the differences between their Premium and their plus panels?

 

[WR2]

I have to think Premium would be the IPS panel.
Got time to ring Sony up and ask?

 

[WR2]

That's not the Sony SE though......right?
I see that 16,4" panel and SE is 15.5"

 

[WR2]

Im on the Sony Store website now and Im looking at VPCSE290X CTO 15.5"

 

[Kensass]

its the VPCF24C5E.

 

[Kensass]

I'm a lot surprised about the price, i configured it like i wanted it, and its 8300 danish kroner, in comperison the dell m6600 was 21000 danish kroner.

 

[Kensass]

I'm a lot surprised about the price, i configured it like i wanted it, and its 8300 danish kroner, in comparison with the dell m6600 was 21000 danish kroner.

 

[WR2]

F2 won't have the IP display.
You need a SE model.

 

[WR2]

VPC - F2 - 4C5E
VPC - SE - 290X

 

[Kensass]

OK, that i don't undestand.

I can choose between 3 displays, and they write that the premium and plus models have wide viewing angles and No reflection. The premium model has also deeper color suturration, and rgb, whatever that is. Do you not believe this is the ips panels? Atleast the Premium one?

There a free upgrade to the premium, which expires 16. april.

 

[WR2]

Does sound like IPS to me.

But call Sony - I promise you - they know more than I do.

 

[WR2]

A 2nd thought is.... if the F2 did have IPS why did it not show up on all the google searches I did?


VPC - F2 - 4C5E
Vaio Personal Computer - Model F2 - version # 4C5E