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There are 2 missed aspects: PWM pulsation, and crystalline effect. They have great impact on the user experience, and they can be more important then ppi or color reproduction, especially in the case of long-time working. Unfortunately, there are very few or no info about them in most web reviews.

wheres the old XPS L502x?

Wow, Great info. Very infomative
http://techhowdy.com

Where does the IGZO 3200 x 1800 screen on the Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus fit into this?  Stats are pretty similar to same screen in Dell Precision M4800 even if the computer is not the equal.

Very interesting that U904 ranks so poorly, even though when you compare it to all the immediate neighbours in the table, it seems to win easily in most parameters.

FWIW, as an answer to Jeff Belin's first comment, Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus screen is not Sharp IGZO, afaik. Sharp's panels have no trouble rendering great colours (look up the yellow issues with Samsung's panels), and are brighter while still keeping a great contrast ratio.

I would also like Notebookcheck to pay attention to PWM brightness control.

Perhaps the best display ever put on a laptop:

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-Zenbook-Prime-UX31A-Ultrabook.80135.0.html

Where are Clevo High Gamut displays ? they are pretty great....

http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Eurocom-X3-Clevo-P157SM-Notebook.95124.0.html

jza, yes.  I can't stand PWM monitors at all, horrible headache starts after 5 minutes. They should check it from now. Checking PWM and PWM's frequency takes maximum 30 sec. I just cant understand why they dont pay attention for it.

I'm a bit surprised not to see the Surface Pro 3 listed here (hell yes, it's a laptop).  I'm no fanboy, but I was blown away by the job Microsoft did on this thing - it's truly one of the best displays I've ever seen anywhere - and it's considerably cheaper than most of the competitors you list here, too.  It also gets bonus points in my book for its modern and useful 3:2 aspect ratio that doesn't force you to work through the 16:9 HD "mailslot".  (Only two of the laptops here are even 16:10, which is still pretty lame.)

As for PWM, I agree stats would be good.  PWM is a deal-killer for me - like LED taillights (yuck!), PWM for backlights is horrid and incredibly visually stressing.  I'm really not sure it's possible to crank the frequency up enough to keep it from sucking, since the blinking is the fundamental problem, and a great many people are obviously sensitive to it at frequencies that are "supposed to be" way beyond perceptible.

Interestingly the Samsung 156HL01-102 is listed twice as IPS and once as TN. It has different measured values too. Could this be a mistake?

The LP173WF3-which used in the elitebook 87x0w 16:9 models and Zbook 17 is the best. no grain effect (AG coating is not so strong, very comfortable), no annoying light bleeding, no color shift, no ghost. the PERFECT panel can used for laptop display indeed. It is shame that LG display is making blurry, eye-blowing craps instead this nowadays. also PWM pulsation is not seen in my 8760w.

Excellent information. The minimum feature for me, at the very least, is a matte screen.

I love the tests on this site but the way they rank screens remains a mystery to me. They rank them by Adobe RGB coverage while almost all content you ever see is sRGB. Adobe RGB makes sense for photography ... but not when nearly all screens barely brake the 50% level. It would also be wrong to estimate the sRGB coverage from the Adobe RGB percentage because 65% Adobe may represent about 100% sRGB or just about 50% sRGB ... total non-sense in my opinion. Then I take offense with great screen rankings when the screen has too many pixels. Sorry, but Windows simply does NOT work with 4K. If you are not limited to the use of a very small number of programs - like for example exclusively Adobe software you simply cannot work with the sceen without setting it to a different resolution - and that means the screen quality has to be graded at THAT resolution. Also all mirror displays should get at least a 20% setback in that category. Oh yes, the Zenbook 500 is of course missing at the top (as is the ZBook 15 with DreamColor display). One other strange thing - notebookcheck.net systematically gets to different and normally worse measurment results than ANY other review site I ever came across. Over and over again NBC measures less gamut than anybody else. As I'm looking for a display with about 99+% sRGB all this is very annoying.

what about ASUS Republic of Gamers G501, and the ZenBook Pro UX501?

Note to editor: Most of the new entries  in March update points to German reviews (.com) instead of translated ones at English site (.net)

Nice table but how do you sort it by viewing angle and srgb reproduction?

Where are Asus NX500 which has 100% NTSC, ROG G501 and UX501 which both have 100% sRGB factory calibrated stated on paper? Hope to see it tested and listed in the table soon. Thank you.

why toshiba p50t whuch has a better value is under v15 nitro?

Hey, the alienware 15 got about 93% sRGB on this chart, but in the review it has 81?

So whats the correct number?

//hank

Quote from: jim3 on March 14, 2015, 16:33:10
..... of course missing at the top (as is the ZBook 15 with DreamColor display)......

As far as I can research - The Zbook 15 no longer comes with DreamColor.
It is now (2015) only available on the 17" version.

Amazing review of some of the best <a href="http://www.laptopscreenshop.co.uk">laptop LCD screens</a out there. It's nice to see someone actually look at the specifics for a change as resolution isn't everything

Now im hapy i have cheap old pc whit ips and max audio, 500-1000 euro whit tn and low gpu and no ssd is  :(

Just tested Dell E5550 vs Zbook 15u g2 for a extended period of time - just out of the box, with no calibration. E5550 had a rather red hue to it and low detail levels in dark colored areas. Letters were smooth but not as sharp as the HP (windows cleartype on both). Slightly brighter than the HP, but only slightly. The Zbook had just a hint of a yellow/green hue from what I consider neutral, but better details in dark areas of pictures and a little more crispness and detail. Personally I would prefer the HP...

There is an typo error for Dell Latitude E5550, aRGB ahould be 63% and not 84%.

Quote from: H.Y. Tan on October 16, 2015, 22:03:26
There is an typo error for Dell Latitude E5550, aRGB ahould be 63% and not 84%.

corrected, thanks

Am surprised Asus NX500 that tested by notebookcheck.net with sRGB 90% and aRGB 83% did not make it to top 25 best notebook display. I think it should be included since few of the top 25 can't even display more than sRGB 70% but yet has 90% display score, higher score than NX500 (which can display more colours but only 87% score). If it is because NX500 overall display score rated 87%, then maybe make the list into top 30, since NX500 is capable of displaying sRGB and aRGB near what HP zbook 17 G2 can do, and most of the top 25 cannot display more than 72% aRGB.

Ref:
http://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-Zenbook-NX500JK-DR018H-Ultrabook-Review.130796.0.html

What about chromebooks?  The Toshiba chromebook 2 is exceptional and it's display is one of the best i've seen.

The ASUS Zenbook 305 that has a link to Amazon for $715 is not the same one reviewed. The resolution is only 1080 x 760 not the 2800 x 1600 (my numbers arent correct but couldn't flip back to look.)
I purchased and was not impressed with the display, very dull even after tweaking color and brightness. You should remove the link as it is not the version tested

Is that "Samsung SDC4C48" from Dell Latitude Samsung  LTN156HL02-001?

Why does all links go to the german versions of the reviews?  :)

there are at least 4 oled laptops announced at CES 2016: Alienware 13, HP 360, Lenovo X1 Yoga, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab SPro 12. All Windows. Alienware has the USB Type C Thunderport to make it a gaming option (not sure about the others) once connected to the new external graphics boxes. Move over LCD, your days are numbered.

How about the Microsoft Surface Book and Pro4???
No mention but, according your own review, the display is even better than Apple MacBook 13: http://www.notebookcheck.net/Microsoft-Surface-Book-Core-i5-Nvidia-GPU-Notebook-Review.153126.0.html

Hi, it seams that HP Probook screen is a TN and an IPS panel. Check it out: http://www.panelook.com/B173HW01%20V0_AUO_17.3_LCM_overview_734.html

The display in Lenovo Miix 700 holds a 2nd place with a 92% when in their own review the Microsoft Surface pro 4 has up 25% better display rate. The same Surface device that is not listed here...

C'MON Notebookcheck.... biased reviews generates bad reputation....

According to the footnote: "All results stem from measurements in delivery state."
Since when does anyone who's interested in a quality display not calibrate it before using? Factory state displays are almost never calibrated correctly, unless you buy an Eizo or similar professional monitor.

Wherrle is razer reviews with their amazing 100 adobe rgb screen that brings 4k?

The Dell XPS 15 (late 2015 edition) has the widest gamut and best color accuracy out of the box right now. How is it possible that's not even on the list???

I don't think we can trust this list with such an obvious mistake.

The prices you have listed are for completely different models than the one reviewed.

For example, the Acer Aspire V15 Nitro.  You review the 4k display, but the prices you have listed are all for the 1080p display variants.  Massive difference in price between the models.

dude the new MacBook Pro 15 inch and 13 inch should be much lower on this list.

shopping for a 15' laptop that will display well outside should not be so difficult, but it always is. Anti-glare is not necessarily antiglare. maybe less glare. I look for matte finish and max nits. Try figuring out with Dell or Lenovo on what screen is matte and how to order them. impossible.

Acer Aspire V15 Nitro BE VN7-592G-79DV
the color performance better than rank 2 and 3, why list in rank 4? what's the rule to work this BEST display rank?

Please change the date field to be sortable. Even changing the text to something like yyyymm would help.

Where is Dell XPS 15????

It's beauty, but where is my favorite book, the Gigabyte Aero 15 its 92% good display? Please complete this list!  :)

This whole article is wrong. Surface pro 4 i7 has one of the best screens on the market, the same alienware 13 r3, the same dell xps 15 9560 4k and the same hp specter x360 i7 7500 UHD but they are not this list.  >:(

Many of the links to purchase bring up different models than the ones reviewed. I was mostly looking for 4k computers. 

I realise that the 2014 Macbook Pro is not on this list but it has got undoubtedly the worst monitor I have ever seen on a laptop. Uniformity is appalling and the factory calibration has a white point set to D65 yet the entire screen has a yellow/green/cyan tint to it.... I have had the screen replaced 3 times in as many months. I hope Apple have improved this unacceptable situation.

Guys, I love Notebokkcheck and I check the website multiple times a day and use it for my purchasing decisions etc. But the article name is wrong !!!!

This is a list of "Notebooks with Best Displays", not "Best Notebook Displays".

In this list, not even the name of reviewed notebook panel is given.  For example, what is the display model for second entry ?There are 24 columns in a line:  lots of information on the laptop model, even its CPU, RAM, GPU, HDD are given, measurements of the panel is given, but what is the name of this panel ????

To learn this, we have to click on the laptop model, go to the review and read the specs to see

Display15.6 inch 16:9, 3840x2160 pixel 282 PPI, LEN40BD, B156ZAN02.1, IPS, glossy: no

So, please rename the article accordingly; you are not listing the best displays for laptops, just laptops with best displays.

Also, I PROMISE IT WILL NOT HURT TO ADD THE MANUFACTURER AND MODEL OF THE PANEL TO THESE 24 COLUMNS, RIGHT AFTER MODEL.

@H.Y.Tan @charles

Notebookcheck is correct to leave out the Zenbook UX501 and ROG G501. These displays are PenTile RG/BW. This is a deceptive marketing practice in which the displays are produced with only RG or only BW in every other denoted pixel, instead of RGB in every pixel, so that the companies can more cheaply list high resolutions in product specifications. They make you deal with Windows scaling just the same, but they don't deliver the full sharpness in return. They also have more visual artifacts than "lower resolution" true-resolution displays such as 2880x1620. For this reason alone, the models/panels should be disqualified from the running.

But more than that, they don't necessarily meet the manufacturer-stated 100% sRGB. The ASUS UX501 has a panel lottery between a Samsung and an LG. The LG has 90% sRGB, which isn't wildly off, but the Samsung has a measly 73%, which is substantially lower. The Samsung panel, if not also the LG, exhibits the infamous "mustard yellow" issue too.

Hi,

Could you not include ipad in notebook displays please?

Thanks,
Kedar

HI.How about Dell Inspiron 7577 4k ? a lot of people talk about 98 percent ARGB colour. Is it true?

There really ought to be a reading guide for this, explaining how the different criteria are weighted - not to mention that having an "ultimate list" across radically different device categories is a bit silly. Shouldn't this list really be interactive (in a functional way, that is) so that readers can select size, resolution and other obvious/easily filtered criteria to their liking? Sorting by size (for example) ruins the whole point of having a ranked list, after all. If I come into this article while looking fo a specific class of device (as I would wager most users are), say a ~13" 2-in-1, what use is this list to me? Near zero.

Also, the ranking seems a bit weird. The Surface book 2 is #15, while the MBP is #9, yet the SB2 "wins" in PPI, white point accuracy, contrast (by almost 2x!), loses (clearly) in brightness, and ties it in pretty much every other metric. Similarly, the Razer Blade (#7) has better response times than the MBP, identical contrast, but loses in pretty much every metric beyond that.

This doesn't make sense.

After looking over the above machines, I feel like I have just been hosed down with a lot of hype by the "bigger" companies.

I have had two SAGER machines, with 4 SSD X 250 meg, Raid 5, 64 meg of memory (the fastest made...I could get out the spec sheet but what the hell), a 17:3" LCD monitor, etc., etc. and more good stuff, and the whole thing was custom built to my specifications and in consultation with them.  They have the best tech support I have ever seen (and i was a sys prog on mainframes with IBM) and warranty, but they are not listed above.
Makes me think a fix was thrown into the pot.

The Lenovo Carbon X1 2018 model seems to be missing; the one reviewed with the 500 nits panel scored 100% sRGB, 89% aRGB, 3.8 max delta RGB and no PWM. But yes, it is a shiny one.

So there isn't any laptop with a better contrast than 1912 ?
There's no way I can watch any movie on such a bad display... black will look gray.
I'm used to VA and OLED displays.

I have noticed that no gaming laptops get much beyond 300 nits, whereas Apple laptops are over 500 nits. Come on PCs!

Wonder how many nits the MSI GS75VR will be, coming out soon.

Missing the HP Spectre x360 15"

Amazing display, 1200:1 contrast (for me no display with a contrast lower than 1000:1 is a good display, since as soon as you calibrate them you loose even more contrast, you need the starting contrast to be very high so you can calibrate them to perfection and still have great contrast).

The sRGB color space is almost 100%, it doesn't cover HDR but I am always wowed by it!

A lot of great items, but this list should not include the Fujitsu LifeBook U758. The Fujitsu LifeBook U758 uses an RG/BW panel.

Refer to your article here. https://www.notebookcheck.net/Faux-K-Make-Sure-Your-Next-4K-Laptop-is-Actually-4K.289242.0.html

Alienware 13 R3 2k OLED display is the best panel on a laptop ever!

Nothing more to say.

@The Crow 2560x1440 != 2K. That aside it is an excellent display.

Fujitsu LifeBook U758 - https://www.notebookcheck.net/Faux-K-Make-Sure-Your-Next-4K-Laptop-is-Actually-4K.289242.0.html

Shouldn't this disqualify it?

I recommend updating your database to record the display refresh rate. As of now, I will only want to buy a laptop with refresh rate of at least 120 Hz. I can infer this from the response time, but still.

Great list, but could be improved. Please add display technology column to the table to quickly see the display type. For example - currently it is not possible to see if there's any OLED panels on the list. You need to check one by one... Also, with the advent of mini LED type backlight, additional column for denoting backlight type would be useful as well. Adding refresh rate, as previous comment suggests, is also very good idea.

Thanks for this fantastic list! I can see you listed Lenovo slim 7i Carbon, and that makes me wonder if slim 7 pro also can be a latop to match? (2,2k och 2,8k is avaible) BR.

What I'm seeing is the Price data missing and the data from all the following columns shifted one column to the left. As in:
Price: IPD LED
Screen: 15.60"
Size: 3840x2160
Resolution: 282 PPI
and so on ...

PWM data for MacBook Pro seems to be wrong. Did column header for PWM and Uniformity switched?

Thanks,
Lian

Where is the rest of laptops with bigger screens?

Quote from: Gediminas on July 27, 2023, 12:41:59Where is the rest of laptops with bigger screens?

Most 18" laptops with 2.5k screens have worse ppi and poor contrast around 1000:1. 18" laptops with 4k@120Hz+ are extremely rare for marketing reasons, although they are much better than 2.5k panels.

Therefore, today it is simply pointless for the mass buyer to discuss 17.3-18" laptops with 4k@120Hz + IPS - most of them are not affordable for them and the choice of models is very limited.

There is simply nothing to choose in the best 4k@120Hz class for today, with the best visual picture for the eyes at the maximum working space (it fits more than 18")...

You forgot to add the refresh rate.

I was interested in your number two laptop for best display the Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 14IRH G8. Could you please  explain what makes it the 2nd best display. There are some real heavy hitters on the list. I know all the spec's 3K display, 120 Hz and P3 color space coverage, but could you break down why it's the 2nd best display on the list.

Thank You