1/ Display measured values
We regret that we have a very significant measurement error here. Notebookcheck gives a contrast of 690:1 - but we measured a contrast of 1029 (sample #1) and 1161:1 (sample #2) on both MP samples before shipping. This is also in line with the extensive quality controls at the previous Mass Production and is also confirmed by Intel: each panel has at least 900:1, usually over 1000:1.
Where the discrepancy between the measurements of Notebookcheck and XMG/Intel comes from is still unclear. The editor was kind enough to point out the rather strange measurements to us before the article was published. We tried together with the editor to exclude other driver, firmware and setting causes, unfortunately without success. It can hardly be due to the methodology and the measuring device - so far our values were always quite close to the review values. Nevertheless, we cannot rule out a certain dispersion in panel production or a previously undiscovered firmware bug.
We will get the two samples back from NBC shortly and then measure them a second time. Until then: don't panic, the display is identical to the one in the XMG NEO 15 and Razer Blade 15, so it can't be that bad. :p
[Update]: Computerbase now has a review online and reports a contrast of 997:1 (vs. Notebookcheck 690:1).
https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=de&sl=de&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.computerbase.de%2F2019-10%2Fxmg-fusion-15-test%2F2/ Battery life and power consumption in idle mode
Notebookcheck comes up to 6 hours in the NBC WiFi Websurfing Battery Test 1.3. Here we can add that a 1080p Youtube video over WiFi with the same screen brightness (150cd/m²) comes up to 8 hours.
The previous firmware still had 1-2 minor problems with the energy consumption in idle. Under certain circumstances this has increased from the very good 7W to not so good 20W. One reason for this was that the NVIDIA GPU didn't go to sleep in certain situations and thus kept the x16 PCI Express lanes on the CPU package awake. We are in contact with Intel and received an update on Wednesday (BIOS 0052 and CC 2.1.0.15). Further updates are planned, so that the power consumption in idle should be stable at the very good ~7W in the future.
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to contact us in the collecting thread, on Reddit or via PM.
Cheers
XMG|Thomas