Wonky in the middle?

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Wonky in the middle?

May be it's me - that I may not be used to staring at Laptop LCDs.....

but does your display seem to be sort of wonky in the middle?
Mine looks like there is some sort of a gentle MOUND in the middle of the screen - so when I look at the edges of the screen to compare, the edges look like there are strange CURAVATUREs to them..... no?

If I move my eyes around the screen quickly enough, it feels like I am in a fish bowl.......

Anyone out there seeing this strange feeling, sort of similar to that weird 3-D sensation?

MacBook Pro 2.0 GHz, Mac OS X (10.4.5)

Posted on Mar 5, 2006 4:20 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 5, 2006 6:26 PM in response to 24Golfer

Sounds like there's something amiss with your screen. It shouldn't look like this.

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Mar 14, 2006 8:06 AM in response to 24Golfer

How close are you sitting to it? I noticed that if I sit too close there's a gradual brightness difference from the center to the edges in an oval pattern, which could give the illusion of a bulge. It's just a case of the viewing angle being too shallow for the edge pixels vs. the center pixels; sitting farther away will alleviate it.

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24Golfer Author

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Mar 18, 2006 11:38 PM in response to Alan Somers

Well I can only sit as far back as my arms would let me! Well, I mean I can't be sitting too far away - that would be uncomfortable for my typing position to be "reaching."

Although your "oval shape" thing makes sense, it's not a very happy explanation, since I paid over $3000 for this thing....... don't get me wrong, it's a nice machine, but I still think that the Flat Panels like on the iMac are much clearer and are better because they are "flatter."

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cplusd

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Mar 19, 2006 10:39 AM in response to 24Golfer

24Golfer, when Apple released the hi res PowerBooks, they suffered less viewing range than previous no hi res PowerBooks. It's much worse on the 17 hi res PowerBook that the 15 PowerBook. I can't say for sure, but I'd bet it's something to do with the higher res and brighter screens. After using both the 15, 17 PowerBook and the MacBook Pro (returned), I've learned to live with it.

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