02-01-2013 03:09 PM - last edited 3 weeks ago by ROGBot
02-01-2013 03:37 PM
02-01-2013 04:21 PM
02-01-2013 05:32 PM
02-01-2013 05:42 PM
Statix72 wrote:
I agree there is no 17" gaming laptop that has the perfect featureset because even when you do find it, you'll pay through the nose for it (Eurocom, high-end Alienware, Origin etc). The screen, listen all I can say is that I have a 1.5 year old Dell XPS 17 sitting next to it. There is no comparison. I think as technology marches on you just expect incrementally better things, such as screen clarity, color saturation, etc. The resolutions in these are identical. The Dell, you see the colors, clarity, crispness. The Asus you can actually see the itty bitty little black boxes that make up the overall screen image. The colors are good yes but the brightness/contrast is too high to where whites wash everything out. And no, turning the brightness down doesn't fix the problem, the darks are then to dark and you lose shadow detail. The screen is ok at best. Just not what I wished for/expected.
With this said there are more pro's than con's it's the little things Asus doesn't get right. Imagine if they did, one hell of a laptop for the money.
02-01-2013 06:48 PM
Statix72 wrote:
I agree there is no 17" gaming laptop that has the perfect featureset because even when you do find it, you'll pay through the nose for it (Eurocom, high-end Alienware, Origin etc). The screen, listen all I can say is that I have a 1.5 year old Dell XPS 17 sitting next to it. There is no comparison. I think as technology marches on you just expect incrementally better things, such as screen clarity, color saturation, etc. The resolutions in these are identical. The Dell, you see the colors, clarity, crispness. The Asus you can actually see the itty bitty little black boxes that make up the overall screen image. The colors are good yes but the brightness/contrast is too high to where whites wash everything out. And no, turning the brightness down doesn't fix the problem, the darks are then to dark and you lose shadow detail. The screen is ok at best. Just not what I wished for/expected.
With this said there are more pro's than con's it's the little things Asus doesn't get right. Imagine if they did, one hell of a laptop for the money.
02-02-2013 02:33 PM
GottiBoi55 wrote:
Well, for me the screen is not bad!
I have the "DVE HD Basics" calibration Blu-ray disc.
I ran the disc, and all I needed to do is below
Go to the nVidia control panel.
Go to adjust video color settings section.
1. turn down the contrast to 43
2. Go to the advanced tab set dynamic range to Full (0-255)
3. uncheck the box next to dynamic contrast enhancement
4. uncheck the box next to color enhancement
5. click apply
The color saturation, and hue was fine when using the filters for checking the calibration for both, didn't need any adjustment there.
The desktop colors are not bad, that's after you uninstall the splendid utility crap! (so didn't adjust anything there!)
This greatly improves the picture IMHO.
02-02-2013 09:12 PM
Paulovrv wrote:
This is a nice TIP!
02-02-2013 09:30 PM
GottiBoi55 wrote:
Did you try the settings?