X41T much brighter screen than X41

[dfumento]

I placed my X41T next to an X41 and it has a much, much brighter and nicer screen. It is a pity they don't put this LCD on all the 'X' series notebooks.

[dr_st]

I placed my X41T next to an X41 and it has a much, much brighter and nicer screen. It is a pity they don't put this LCD on all the 'X' series notebooks.

Indeed.

[mac_ru2]

Do you take a hit on battery life for the higher brightness in the display? Some makers just add more back light to get a brighter display, others tweak the transmissive and reflective properties of the panel itself. I was just wondering which path Lenovo took.

mac

[dr_st]

Do you take a hit on battery life for the higher brightness in the display? Some makers just add more back light to get a brighter display, others tweak the transmissive and reflective properties of the panel itself. I was just wondering which path Lenovo took.

It's a different panel altogether. X41 has a standard TN screen. X41T has an FFS (IPS) screen, which is brighter and doesn't have viewing angle distortions. I bet it consumes more battery as well.

[vkyr]

Of course it needs more battery, since it also has to run the underlayed digitizer and can be driven usually, according to the panel maker specs, with a higher luminance. - However, the final brightness/luminance of the panels themself depends here more on the single CCFL backlights and how much they are dimmed by the notebook manufactor (the max. voltage given).

[dfumento]

My X41T gets 4 hours on maximum brightness and WiFi with the 8-cell battery doing web browsing and emailng. How much time does the standard X41 get with the same maximum birghtness and WiFi?