


That means that colors are truer and blacks are completely black. While traditional screens have a backlight that illuminates all the pixels, with OLED, each pixel lights itself. The most colorful type of screen you can get is one that uses OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology. A 72-percent NTSC gamut measurement is equivalent to 100 percent of sRGB. Few manufacturers disclose their screen gamuts on spec sheets, but those that do usually use a wider gamut such as NTSC or Adobe RGB. The best laptops can reproduce over 95 percent of the sRGB gamut, and many exceed 100 percent. At LAPTOP, we measure every laptop's screen's ability to reproduce all the colors in the sRGB gamut, which is a rather limited set of colors. The more colors your panel can output, the more vibrant it will appear. The brightest laptops on the market have screens that can reach 300 nits or more, but you can consider any screen with over 250 nits to be above average. Most laptop companies and journalists measure brightness in nits and higher numbers equate to a more luminous screen. MORE: Best 2-in-1s (Laptop/Tablet Hybrids) If you plan to work outdoors or near a window, you need a fairly bright panel to see anything in direct sunlight.

Brighter panels usually make colors pop (though they can also be washed out) and lead to wider viewing angles. Though resolution and color quality are more important, having a brighter screen provides a better experience. So, if you don't really need or want a touch screen, don't get one.
