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innovis · 11-25-2005, 02:01 PM

So I managed to pick one up, and the screen looks really grainy. Its supposed to have a truebright screen... did anyone else get one and notice this? Should I expect this from a laptop? When I say grainy, I mean I can see patterns in the background of settings Windows, backgrounds look jagged, DVDs don't look vivid or clear...

I have tried adjusting the gamma etc on the screen and the brightness, to no avail.

shakran · 11-25-2005, 02:17 PM

check your resolution. If an LCD isn't in its "native" resolution it can look really crappy.

catback · 11-25-2005, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shakran

check your resolution. If an LCD isn't in its "native" resolution it can look really crappy.

like shakran said, lcd in low res looks like shit

cyrnel · 11-25-2005, 04:49 PM

Is this one of the Aspire 3613 LCi's? I picked one up at Staples this morning for my niece. Got home before realizing it's the 1024x768 display. The next model up has a 1280x800 display.

As the guys said, try 1024x768 & see if it isn't better.

MikeSty · 11-25-2005, 08:14 PM

Is this the $400 one that the guy got into a fight for?

innovis · 11-25-2005, 08:19 PM

Nay, the 800$ one. It is at 1280x800 native... Acer AS5002WLCi

cyrnel · 11-25-2005, 08:22 PM

The staples LCi was $450. A good basic machine but fighting for it? I was almost fighting to get _out_ of the place. Crowded stores. Argh.

11-25-2005, 02:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
innovis Crazy	Black Friday Circuit City Acer Laptop So I managed to pick one up, and the screen looks really grainy. Its supposed to have a truebright screen... did anyone else get one and notice this? Should I expect this from a laptop? When I say grainy, I mean I can see patterns in the background of settings Windows, backgrounds look jagged, DVDs don't look vivid or clear... I have tried adjusting the gamma etc on the screen and the brightness, to no avail.

11-25-2005, 04:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	Is this one of the Aspire 3613 LCi's? I picked one up at Staples this morning for my niece. Got home before realizing it's the 1024x768 display. The next model up has a 1280x800 display. As the guys said, try 1024x768 & see if it isn't better. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

11-25-2005, 08:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
cyrnel Adequate Location: In my angry-dome.	The staples LCi was $450. A good basic machine but fighting for it? I was almost fighting to get _out_ of the place. Crowded stores. Argh. __________________ There are a vast number of people who are uninformed and heavily propagandized, but fundamentally decent. The propaganda that inundates them is effective when unchallenged, but much of it goes only skin deep. If they can be brought to raise questions and apply their decent instincts and basic intelligence, many people quickly escape the confines of the doctrinal system and are willing to do something to help others who are really suffering and oppressed." -Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media, p. 195

11-25-2005, 02:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	check your resolution. If an LCD isn't in its "native" resolution it can look really crappy.

11-25-2005, 08:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
MikeSty The Computer Kid :D Location: 127.0.0.1	Is this the $400 one that the guy got into a fight for?

11-25-2005, 08:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
innovis Crazy	Nay, the 800$ one. It is at 1280x800 native... Acer AS5002WLCi