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By Paul Biba

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Mary Lou Jepsen’s blog has a shot of 3 laptops side by side supposedly showing the superiority of the Pixel Qi screen. I’ve put the image above.

It’s hard to tell from the shot if her claim about the Pixel Qi screen is correct. The shot is taken off center, with a slight favoring to the left where the Pixel Qi screen is, so that the angle could have an impact of the displays on the other screens. Even though no image manipulation software was used this flaw in the way the picture was taken makes it suspect. Long years of taking product shots of screens for reviews have taught me how even a minor change in angle can make a huge change in the result when it comes to glare. Nevertheless, it’s nice to see the screen coming out from the closet.

Note:  the only way to get a reliable shot of something like this is to take pictures of the machines one at a time, each one being placed in the exact same position.  Then you can cut and paste them into Photoshop to see a comparison.

Update (from David Rothman), 6:11 p.m.: See Mary Lou’s additional photos. What do you think, gang?

(via Liliputing)

 
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