XPS m1530 light bleeding

Question

Hi everyone, I received my XPS 1530 last week and I am very amazed with this laptop, everything is fine except for the screen. Seems like I have some sort of backlight bleeding coming from the bottom. When on a dark wallpaper for example it is very noticeable, the top of the screen will be perfect but it turn gray at the bottom. It is verry annoying. I read a bit about that problem and seems to be a problem with the XPS serie. Also read that it could diminishes after a while. I tried with differents strip of color in MS PAINT and it affect mostly dark color like RED, black and blue... The red looks pink at the bottom..... =( I don't know if I should call Dell for a replacement or just live with it. For a $1300 laptop, I expected something perfect. I live in Canada and I only took the 1 year return to depot warranty so I would have to ship laptop to Dell and wait a few weeks before getting it back... and not even sure if problem will be fixed.... Anways, thanks for advice.

fido666 · Answer

Are you sure it's not just the viewing angle? Have you tried moving the panel forward and back to see if it changes? In the driver details for the monitor in Device Manager what model does it list?

bidoup · Answer

Yes it change when I play with the angle of the screen but cant seems to find a perfect angle... I took some photos yesterday...

http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc02505qx5.jpg
http://img209.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc02506cx5.jpg
http://img245.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc02507yc9.jpg

I will check which model I have when I get home tonight

Message Edited by bidoup on 01-11-2008 11:19 AM

Message Edited by bidoup on 01-11-2008 11:20 AM

Kazlowe · Answer

I just got my 1530 this week and I have the same exact screen issue.  There's a bar of ligh bleed all along the bottom.  On top of that, it's the SEC3550 with sparkle/grain.  I can get used to to the grain I think, because the picture is vibrant when I'm playing games, but the light bleed is horrid.   Going to see about getting it replaced, but I'm wondering if they have a QC process for the replacements.  They obviously don't for the originals.

wacritchlow · Answer

Check out this forum: http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=206527 There are 34 pages of complaints about the SEC3350 screen (1680x1050). I talked to someone in XPS chat today that said that the Samsung screens were being discontinued in favor of the LG screens, which are apparently much higher quality.

Charlie McAchoo · Answer

Shouldnt it be bleeding light!

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