Reflective Truelife Screen
This is the original TrueLife shiny screen, as supplied. The reflections visible in the screen are from another monitor a few feet away and from my office window which is 20+ feet from where the laptop is.
This is the original TrueLife shiny screen, as supplied. The reflections visible in the screen are from another monitor a few feet away and from my office window which is 20+ feet from where the laptop is.
Hi. I’m about to place an order for Inspiron 1520 but still can’t have a clear idea about the LCD to pick. I definitely want an ANTI-GLARE screen (with no reflection). The four options are:
1) 15.4″ Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display [Included in Price]
2) 15.4″ Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™ [add £11.75]
3) 15.4″ Widescreen WXGA (1440×900) TFT Display with TrueLife™ [add £47.00 or £1/month1]
4) 15.4″ UltraSharp™ Widescreen WSXGA (1680×1050) TFT Display with TrueLife™ [add £105.75 or £3/month1].
In the last 5 days I spoke 10 times to Dell sales and Tech support. After getting 10 different answers, I got in touch with an LCD expert in Dell/Ireland that explained well the difference and convinced me to go for the WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™.
If we are debating on GLOSSY vs ANTI-GLARE, the issue should not be Truelife vs NonTrue Life. The issue should be Truelife with high resolution VS Truelife with low resolution.
If you want an anti-glare LCD screen you should go for option 2 (according to Dell). This matched with some review I found on the internet.
Anyone agrees with me?
I just cancelled my order with Dell. Re-ordered without True-Life. Dell now offers True-life at no added cost (wonder why!)..
Dell SB: Vostro 1500 Laptop Core 2 Duo T5470– NO TRUE-LIFE..
Thanks so much for this site. Helped alot.
johns you should be carefull, truelife is the no-way if what you are looking is anti-glare.
thank you
after i reading Johns’s message above .
I decided the to buy Dell inspiron 1520
WXGA (1280 x 800) Display with TrueLife™.
Hopes tht is Smart choice hehe
thank you
i got 1521 with option 2 and it’s fine i want to buy one for my girlfriend but i dont se that option anymore only glossy or antiglare so whish one is the one i had selected or at least the same quality of picture and no reflexion??
This help me also to understand the names they use…
Notebooks
Manufacturer’s Marketing Name for No Anti-Glare and Manufacturer’s descriptive Words for No Anti-Glare
Acer
CrystalBrite
Glossy, glare
Apple
(None)
Glossy
Asus
Color Shine
Glare
Dell
TrueLife
Glossy
Fujitsu
Crystal View
Glossy
Gateway
Ultrabright
(None)
HP
BrightView
(None)
Lenovo
VibrantView
Glossy, smooth,
mirror-like
Sony
XBrite
(None)
Toshiba
TruBrite
(None)
Thanks for posting up these photos and comments - they’ve been very helpful. Oh and by the way, it IS easy to change a screen in a laptop ~ I changed the screen inverter in mine, although I had to borrow a set of those little precision screwdrivers from my brother :-))
Regards
Susie