AU OPTRONICS B156HAN01.2 LAPTOP LCD SCREEN 15.6" Full-HD DIODE (SUBSTITUTE REPLACEMENT LCD SCREEN ONLY. NOT A LAPTOP )

This panel is the perfect improvement for the Y50! Installation took less than 5 minutes - this is my first replacement, and I could probably do this again in 2-3 minutes. There are several awesome Youtube vids showing the process for the Y50.Pros:- easy to do- right price- excellent viewing angles and much better color- far, FAR better contrast and color saturation than POS OEM panel- Best of all, there must be some tweak to the vids card's scalability features when connected to this panel - NO MORE FUZZY DIALOG BOXES!!!- Everything is now sharp and in focus!Cons:- the tiniest, and I mean VERY tiniest backlight bleed in one corner of the screen. Nothing more than exists on 75%+ of all laptops I've owned. Not noticeable at all unless I have a fully black screen, and what's the point of that?Summary: Lenovo should be ashamed of themselves for the POS yellow-tinted, low contrast, TN OEM screen on an otherwise stellar laptop. Everyone should do this upgrade!

After looking at some of the reviews I was expecting to be disappointed to some degree. I can happily report that this is not the case.My Lenovo Y-50 had a beautiful display, but the backlight died, after replacing the cable and all fuses it was still dead, so I bought this screen replacement. The screen is easy to install, except the mounting holes are slightly larger than the original (N156HGE-EAB panel) which can caused some alignment issues, eyeballing it before tightening the screws worked fine. Everything works perfectly. I can't say that I notice the difference between the original panel and this replacement, which is good.No dead pixels or visible damage, considering this was shipped all the way to South-Africa means a lot.There does seem to bleed a bit of backlight through the bottom of the screen but it's hardly noticeable.

I originally ordered one of these screens from East Coast LCD's and it worked perfectly. A while later, I took the screen out to clean it and accidentally cracked one of the corners. I later ordered a second screen, this exact same one, from East Coast LCD's again. The screen that I received the second time had horrible problems with image burn the second I installed it. I contacted East Coast LCD's, returned the screen using my own money for postage, and received a replacement. The replacement had the exact same image burn issues and I did not get my money back or a suitable replacement. I have tested my laptop with many other screens, and they all worked perfectly, letting me know it is not a system issue. Not recommended at all. Very dissatisfied.

Follow up: 09/13/18: I've reached out to the original retailer that sold me my original AUO panel, as they no longer have an Amazon store; the LCD they've sent me was a "compatible" LG screen; the same exact ugly one my laptop shipped with! Anyways, be aware, this whole LCD replacement part business is a mess; you won't know what you're getting until it arrives. At this point, I may just give up, use the original LG screen that came with my laptop, and not stress over finding a nice replacement B156HAN01.2.Follow up 09/09/18: My dog decided to jump on my lap while working on my laptop and destroyed the AUO screen I've ordered a year ago. Since I was really pleased with the LCD screen, I've decided to order a replacement from my shopping history. Vivo is shipping an InnoLux N156HCE-EAA INSTEAD of the AUO B156HAN01.2. The quality of the InnoLux is nowhere as near as nice as the AUO panel. So, I'm reaching out to Amazon to have this rectified now since Vivo is failing to ship the correct product. If you do order this product, check the part number before installing to verify!Wonderful LCD panel! a perfect upgrade and replacement to the Best Buy version of the MSI GS63VR gaming laptop. Installation took about 5-10 minutes with only an old plastic card, guitar pick, and small phillips screwdriver. The beauty of this panel is the color accuracy compared to the factory installed LG panel. If you are upgrading the MSI GS63VR's screen, be sure to carefully start separating the bezel near the bottom right hinge since it's not taped there. Slowly and carefully move your plastic wedge around the bezel taking care of the left hand side since the webcam/mic cable is under there.+ Maximum brightness is rated at 300 cd/m2, mine measured around 270-290 cdm2.+ Color accuracy after calibration for D65, SRGB has an average deltaE of 2.1. A value <1 is not visible to the human eye for color inaccuracy; an average value of >3 is failing. In comparison of color accuracy to the factory LCD, I couldn't obtain a close to passing on Calman ColorChecker free. If I can recall from memory, the best the factory panel obtained was a average deltaE of ~12 points, with a single point nearly ~20; truly an ugly screen compared to this gem!+ Viewing angles are still excellent.- Slight backlight bleed on the bottom left and right as shown in another reviewer's posting, it's only visible with a completely black screen, not during normal content, als the contrast measured around 1300:1 native. Not bad overall, still a nice screen to look at for gaming.- Another reviewer was able to "overclock" his panel to 100hz. In doing so, my screen backlight almost seemed to flicker even after reverting back to 60hz and rebooting. Fortunately, after shutting down and starting up, the screen returned to normal. Highest overclock I'm able to run successfully without any weird issues is 64hz. It's not worth the headache for me. YMMVSorry, there's not too much I know about color calibration besides the most simple concepts, but this turned my annoying MSI gaming laptop that I couldn't stand into something that's a pure joy to use. Don't think twice, just buy it!

The new IPS display is a major upgrade over the stock TN display for my Lenovo W541 laptop. The best "bang for a buck" next to putting an SSD in the laptop. The first display panel I received had a 1/8" white spot (bad pixels) near the middle of the screen. I returned it and the replacement that came in two days, is perfect.I can now see my screen without having to constantly adjust its angle and the colors are so much more vivid. The brightness is also very good. I tried it outdoor on max setting and it's bright enough to see everything. Normally, I run the brightness at around 75% and it seems just right. It is nice to see the whites as white and the blacks and black. Before they were just light and dark grays!