Toshiba Portege R700: A Truly Ultraportable 13.3"
by Vivek Gowri on September 7, 2010 6:01 PM EST- Posted in
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Toshiba Portege R700—LCD Analysis
Let’s start with the good news: hooray for matte LCDs! Unfortunately, that’s about all the good news there is.
I’m guessing that Toshiba is using the same panels for the entire R700/705 lineup, and it’s pretty mediocre. Contrast ratio is not good at 176:1, worse than most of the other consumer notebooks (225:1 is about average.) White levels are average, black levels are subpar, and neither the colour accuracy or the colour gamut are anything to boast about.
So yes, it’s another consumer-level notebook with a poor LCD. What’s new, right? And I’d agree with that and not be as harsh if this were the $799 R705 or the $999 R700-S1310. Our $1599 R700 test unit? I don’t think so. In a notebook this expensive, a screen this poor is unacceptable. There's simply nothing else to say.
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Jon_Irenicus - Friday, September 10, 2010 - link
I found the info and comparisons with other laptop lcds very informative. Was wondering if the same lcd review treatment could be done on an hp envy 14 with the radiance display option, and the 8740w elitebook with the dreamcolor display option seen herehttp://forum.notebookreview.com/notebook-news-revi...
In the charts posted here the vaunted rgbled display from dell blew all others away in most tests, that display is put side by side in in alienware vs the elitebooks 10 bit ips panel and it trounces it in viewing angles.
Be interesting to see how it fares on these charts with the other monitors, so far there are other panels people are not seeing in the lineup, hopefully hp can send a review unit.
TareX - Saturday, September 11, 2010 - link
So how does this compare to the 1215n? That's really what I care about.... which is better for games, and for flash HD in the browser?I4U - Saturday, October 9, 2010 - link
I'm using a cheaper version (13n) than this one you tested and the toshiba takes the place of a Thinkpad T61. I'm really delighted with the display! The color setup is excellent, the screen is really bright at maximum and the matte treatment is excellent.I don't know if the Thinkpad is really horrific, I don't know if lcd displays have made so much progress since the last 2 years, but it's for me a real pleasure to use this screen.
About the flex of the lid: the Thinkpad which is considered as really sturdy, especially for the lid has also a flex and I'm amazed Toshiba has been able to make a so sturdy device in 3lbs.
Another point: the 3G module included in the 13n version is the excellent ericsson f3607gw: 3G+, GSM, GPS and WoW (wake on wireless): with the tpm intel platform and a core i5-5xx, you get the best trusted platform available (antitheft technology).
Thank you for your wealthy analysis!