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Kaze22 · 31st Jan 2006, 20:03

Ok I've used numerous laptops with numerous screens, X-Black like Toshiba's CSVII (Asia Only) is basically an Ultra Bright Dual Lamp display emitting 250-280 Nit of Luminance coated with an Transrelective screen to create higher contrast ratio and better Color Saturation.
The result is well phenonminal, once you go there you just can't go back.
A common comparison most regular simgle Lamp LCD's for Laptops have luminance range of 180-200 nit these Dual Lamp High Contrast Displays give you an average of 80 nit boost. Which is the key in achieving something close to true black on an laptop LCD.
Most laptop LCD, cannot show true black but rather variations of grey, this becomes evident when watching any DVD that contains many dark night scenes, as you begin to loos texture due to contrast limitations, the X-Black, or CSVII eliminate this problem with it's high powered Dual Lamp Function at optimal brightness these displays will look something close to a minature Plasma Screen TV.
The Draw Back is the high power consumption, a X-Black or CSVII Display eats up about 30% more battery than most conventional displays with the displays on Max Bright they will not even run long enough to show a complete movie on DVD.
But be careful many companies now are lying about there technology a lot of Laptop manufacturers are simply replacing the traditional Matte Finished LCDs with an Transreflective Coating and calling it X-Bright or whatever, the truth is only an Dual Lamp LCD Coated with Trans Coating can be truely considered an X anything. Other wise all you have is a annoying reflective finish.
My personal suggestion when buying a laptop ask them the Nit count of the display anthing below 200 is not a true XBright.

Personal Experience
The following brands stack up like this from the best to worst
1) Sony XBrite or X-Black - Displays TrueColor at a wopping 250-280 nit with perfect reflective coating. The dual lamps do it's job the Sony Laptops that carry the Xbrite logo are the real deal almost like minature plasma screen TVs.

2) Toshiba CSV I or TrueBrite (Clear Super View) - Displays TrueColor at 220 nit with a good reflective coating. It's also dual lamp lit but the craftmenship is poor Toshiba what do expect. You can see color hot spots near the bottom of the display, but still a true high contrast LCD.
P.S CSV II is 260 nit with superior color and contrast no hot spots but is only available in Asia

3) Samsung ClearView - Looks about the same as the Toshiba's but without the hot spots so thats makes it better than the Toshiba's right. Well yes but Samsung Laptops look gay.

4) HP Bright Display, comes in single lamp at 180 and dual lamp at 220, I've never seen the dual lamp but there single lamp is quite good.

5) Acer's Crystalbrite aka Crystalcrap - Displays poor low contrast and colors at 180-188 nit and it's only single lamp lit. The coating is glossy but its fake, the cheap skatess at Acer just slapped on a coating on top of their regular LCD displays and decided to call it a high contrast display. At maximum brightness it doesn't even reach half the beauty of the Sony Xbrites. Beaware this poor excuse for a Bright LCD is even on the Ferrari Edition laptops

Remember due to companies lying about there product no company actually puts there LCD's nit count on the box it's sort of like a hidden attribute they will only tell you if you ask and you can only tell if you compare. I've taken the guess work out for you guys. Remember this any company who has the ballz to place the Nit Count right on there Laptops Specs is selling you the real deal.

31st Jan 2006, 20:03	#14
Kaze22 Supermodder Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Earth Posts: 419	Ok I've used numerous laptops with numerous screens, X-Black like Toshiba's CSVII (Asia Only) is basically an Ultra Bright Dual Lamp display emitting 250-280 Nit of Luminance coated with an Transrelective screen to create higher contrast ratio and better Color Saturation. The result is well phenonminal, once you go there you just can't go back. A common comparison most regular simgle Lamp LCD's for Laptops have luminance range of 180-200 nit these Dual Lamp High Contrast Displays give you an average of 80 nit boost. Which is the key in achieving something close to true black on an laptop LCD. Most laptop LCD, cannot show true black but rather variations of grey, this becomes evident when watching any DVD that contains many dark night scenes, as you begin to loos texture due to contrast limitations, the X-Black, or CSVII eliminate this problem with it's high powered Dual Lamp Function at optimal brightness these displays will look something close to a minature Plasma Screen TV. The Draw Back is the high power consumption, a X-Black or CSVII Display eats up about 30% more battery than most conventional displays with the displays on Max Bright they will not even run long enough to show a complete movie on DVD. But be careful many companies now are lying about there technology a lot of Laptop manufacturers are simply replacing the traditional Matte Finished LCDs with an Transreflective Coating and calling it X-Bright or whatever, the truth is only an Dual Lamp LCD Coated with Trans Coating can be truely considered an X anything. Other wise all you have is a annoying reflective finish. My personal suggestion when buying a laptop ask them the Nit count of the display anthing below 200 is not a true XBright. Personal Experience The following brands stack up like this from the best to worst 1) Sony XBrite or X-Black - Displays TrueColor at a wopping 250-280 nit with perfect reflective coating. The dual lamps do it's job the Sony Laptops that carry the Xbrite logo are the real deal almost like minature plasma screen TVs. 2) Toshiba CSV I or TrueBrite (Clear Super View) - Displays TrueColor at 220 nit with a good reflective coating. It's also dual lamp lit but the craftmenship is poor Toshiba what do expect. You can see color hot spots near the bottom of the display, but still a true high contrast LCD. P.S CSV II is 260 nit with superior color and contrast no hot spots but is only available in Asia 3) Samsung ClearView - Looks about the same as the Toshiba's but without the hot spots so thats makes it better than the Toshiba's right. Well yes but Samsung Laptops look gay. 4) HP Bright Display, comes in single lamp at 180 and dual lamp at 220, I've never seen the dual lamp but there single lamp is quite good. 5) Acer's Crystalbrite aka Crystalcrap - Displays poor low contrast and colors at 180-188 nit and it's only single lamp lit. The coating is glossy but its fake, the cheap skatess at Acer just slapped on a coating on top of their regular LCD displays and decided to call it a high contrast display. At maximum brightness it doesn't even reach half the beauty of the Sony Xbrites. Beaware this poor excuse for a Bright LCD is even on the Ferrari Edition laptops Remember due to companies lying about there product no company actually puts there LCD's nit count on the box it's sort of like a hidden attribute they will only tell you if you ask and you can only tell if you compare. I've taken the guess work out for you guys. Remember this any company who has the ballz to place the Nit Count right on there Laptops Specs is selling you the real deal. Last edited by Kaze22; 31st Jan 2006 at 20:21.