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So the guy at Best Buy says,

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Geraldo8022

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in response to my stating a good looking screen is a top priority with me, that pretty much any with an LED screen will be like another. I mentioned Toshiba TrueBrite and Brightview from HP. He seemed to indicate they were no better than any other LED laptop screen. Do you agree? I don't know what trademarked name Sony or Dell uses or if they are significant.
He also stated that for the best picture quality one should buy a laptop with discrete video, and we were specifically looking at a laptop with an i3 at that time. Is that true?
I am going to buy a 17 inch laptop in the next 4-6 weeks. Need a simple one. I can always change memory or drives, but not screen. I thought this looked good "on paper":

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16834200072
 
LED backlight doesn't really mean anything; heck every laptop these days have it. Treat all laptop LCDs as mediocre at best, becoming worse as you go cheaper...unless it's a Envy 14 Radiance, Alienware RGB or XPS B+RGLED.These are the exceptions I can think of now
 
I wouldn't goto best buy to get advice on what laptop to buy... that's for sure. You'll likely find a better deal online.

I got my sister a nice 17'' hp i5-430, 4gb ddr3, 500gb back in may for $700+tax at Sams.
 
Beast Buy.

The best thing you can do sometimes is go talk and find out who are the gamers.

They might not be the brightest bulbs, but if you start talking about CoD, they might be more likely give you the honest answer about what laptop screens would play that the best 9as in, what friends may have what and what worked better).

You go up and start with a blind tech question, 9 out of 10 will give you script, plugs or other BS.
 
I have two Thinkpads - one with CFL and one with LED. Both are matte screens. The LED is much nicer - the backlighting is more even. Power consumption is less, and lamp life is greater. If given a choice, I will select the LED one.
 
I recently obtained an 11.6-inch CULV notebook from Gateway. The screen reminds me of something from the '90s. And it's LED-backlit.

Was using it at my ex-girlfriend's flat recently, and her 4-year old depleted CCFL-lit MacBook screen still offered a superior, more accurate image.

Unless, power conservation is a top priority, look at the screen first, care about CCFL v LED later. Of course, as Stranger observes, most notebook LCDs are LED-lit these days. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for non-Apple IPS desktop monitors.

You might want to glance at AnandTech's recent review of the MacBook Air for the range of specs in notebook LCDs (contrast, black level, etc).
 
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