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December 20th, 2018 13:00

m15 R1, displays need to 'warm up'?

Hey all, It's been a couple of days since my last question so I thought it was time for another ! Just a query into something I've noticed on my new M15. I haven't had a Windows laptop before, so don't really have anything to compare the M15 to, but I've noticed that for the first couple of minutes after the screen comes on, if there's any movement on the screen (moving a window, mouse cursor, Steam download page that shows progress etc), my screen very subtly flickers. Take for example if I move the mouse cursor around the screen. For a split second at the very start of moving it, it's almost like the brightness of the monitor drops a level, but then immediately goes back to the correct level. Just a really quick flick. It only does this if the display has been off for a decent amount of time. If the display has just been to sleep for a few minutes before waking up again, it doesn't do it. It will do this each time something moves, and you can see it on the whole screen. Over the course of about 5 minutes, you can see it gradually stop doing this, to the point where eventually the screen no longer exhibits any flicker, and it will remain absolutely fine for as long as it's then on. It's really subtle, something I can only see if I'm on the windows desktop or have a darkish window open, like Steam. When theres a lot going on like actually in a game, it's too subtle to even notice. It's almost as if it's just taking the display a little while to 'warm up'. Is this normal behaviour of laptop IPS screens? Just to note, there's no way for me to get a screenshot showing this to explain further what I'm seeing, and it's too subtle to show up on a video. Regards