[ubuntu-uk] Laptop screen much clearer with hardy?

[Jason Liquorish]

peter wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 11:53 +0100, Jason Liquorish wrote:
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>> peter wrote:
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>>> On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 17:48 +0100, Matthew Wild wrote:
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>>>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:10 PM, peter <peter at petebox.com> wrote:
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>>>>> So i just upgraded to hardy, and one thing I was not expecting is that
>>>>>  the LCD screen on my chepo lenovo 3000 c200 laptop is now much clearer.
>>>>>  Its easier to read and viewable from a much wider range of a angels. I
>>>>>  just wonder if anyone has any ideas why this might be. I am of course
>>>>>  not complaining! I just don't understand how this could be so.
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>>>> I wonder if the previous version wasn't setting your display
>>>> brightness correctly...
>>>>
>>>> Matthew
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>>> Thats what I thought at first but adjusting the brightness up or down
>>> makes no difference. I guess there must be a contrast type thing that
>>> has been altered?
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>>> Peter
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>> Well I have upgraded my Lenovo to Hardy and given it a test run. I 
>> cannot say I noticed anything amazingly different, maybe a little 
>> clearer but it still does not beat the glossy display on my HP.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jason Liquorish
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> Like I say it was mostly improved viewing angle that we noticed. Of
> course I expect the display on your HP is nicer, but "lenny" was only
> £300 or so ;-)
>
> Peter
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> PS hmm thinks to self I might find a gutsy CD and run it in live mode
> just to compare and convince myself I am not mad!!
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Just took another look, viewing angle seems a bit better. I was thinking 
about using a Gutsy live CD also to compare, just to reassure you I do 
not think you are going mad. I think my Lenovo was about £320 when I got 
it just under a year ago, very nice machines for the price.

-- 
Jason Liquorish