New Macbooks: How is the display?

Question

I was wondering, how is the display of the new Macbooks in comparison to the older model? How is the viewing angle? Is there any change? I really do hope that the viewing angle is better than in the previous model. That would be an upgrade reason for me.

Answer 1

I just received one of the new Macbooks and I think the viewing angle is terrible. Everything else about this great little computer is just superb, but the display is truly awful. There is no position I can put the screen in where the whole thing looks good at once. Tilt it a little forward and the screen gets progressively more "washed out" as you look from top to bottom, (but my image position looks good in the iSight camera). Tilt the screen just a little further back and the image contrast and saturation improves at the bottom, but the top of the screen gets dark. Also, in this position, my image is at the bottom of the frame when using the iSight camera. There is simply no happy medium where the screen looks decent from top to bottom. The horizontal viewing angle is not good either, but this is not so troublesome as the lack of an acceptable vertical viewing angle. There is also a good amount of (what I assume is) backlight leakage at the bottom of the screen. With a darkish image filling the screen, perhaps when watching a DVD for example, the bottom quarter or so of the image will be lighter than the rest, getting worse nearer the bottom edge of the screen. (I also have an OLD Dell laptop, and it has the same viewing angle issues, but not the light leakage. But c'mon, it's an OLD dell laptop, not a brand spankin' new Macbook!)
I am still debating whether to return this Macbook for a refund. I don't think my unit is defective; I think they're all like this from what I've read on the web. The only thing standing in my way is that I like the rest of the computer SO MUCH, I am almost willing to put up with the poor display!