Dell :: M1730 Phenomenal Except For The Screen

Having played with my 1730 for a day now I can safely say the performance in games is fantastic. I'm very happy.......

However, I've got to say I'm really disappointed by the screen. In dark games full screen brightness results iin incredibly washed out blacks. Lowering the brightness helps, but then the screen has no punch at all. It almost like a grey film over the screen, or that gamma is set too high. Lowering the brightness improves blacks significantly, but results in an image that is far too dark to use.

I suspect the anti-glare coating doesn't help. Even a few degrees vertical difference when watching the screen alters the brightness and colour temperature. I actually find myself angling the lid forward so I am slightly above the screen.

I've had many Dells now, and the screen on my M90 is FAR superior imo.

I'm wondering whether to contact Dell and try and get them to install one of those, unless anyone can come up with a solution. I think I have settings set to "my preference" and performance.

The thing is, the screen CAN look great when surfing etc, but the black performance and colour saturation on games is pretty poor.