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How bright is the MacBook screen?

tomthedude

tomthedude

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On most of the pictures and videos I have seen of the MacBook, the screen doesn't look too bright. Can anyone say how bright it is when you are actually using one?
-Tom-
 
The biggest problem with the MacBook's screen is the limited viewing angles. It is bright enough to use outdoors in sunlight though.
 
Side-by-side with an Acer TravelMate 2420 (a fairly low-end Windows PC) the MacBool is VERY bright, very crisp, and the overall "distribution" of light across the screen is very even.
 
tomthedude said:
Oh so you mean you can only see it best when the screen is tilted at a certain angle?
-Tom-
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Viewing angle vertically is about normal, side-to-side isn't great but it's very bright and certainly nice to use.

The LED screens in the MBA and MBP are certainly much better but I would expect that for the extra cash.
 
Yup, the MacBook's screen has a very narrow vertical sweet spot. I find myself adjusting the screen angle frequently... I tend to slouch. I find the brightness is very sufficient. I normally run it at one or two blocks as indicated in the bezel popup.
 
Bright initially but after a year mine has degraded to half of its initial brilliance.

I expect the backlight to fully burn out the day after my Applecare expires.
 
Mine's dimmed somewhat since I got it in July 2006, but it's still brighter than my iBook (which has gotten only light use since then).
 
I've found it to be very bright - in some cases, too much. . I usually have to tint the screen somewhat.
 
The newer macbook's screen are realy bad! i have one and i just have to learn how to live with it. it`s terrible fot watching movies cos its view angle sucks, and the black portion of the screen looks awful!
i had my lcd calibrated with Spyder Express and it helped a lot in matter of colors and color accuracy, but it still has verry low contrast ratio. depending on the degrade colors u see, it cant reproduce all tones, instead it show big chunks of colors.....
apple has done a veeery bad choice this time....
 
I've had a new MB for a month. I had to turn the brightness down considerably
compared to my old ibook. It is VERY bright at max setting.

But new MB's are rumored to be out in June, probably with the new LED
backlit screens.
 
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