Sony Z11 : now more than 1 year, Happy birthday!

I remember in march 2010 when I asked you if I have to go with this model or not. This model was very expansive but very interresting too with his new new technology. (raid ssd, fast video card in small body, fiber carbon, etc.) and after we have z12, z13 that's only an update of this model.

But after 1 year of utilisation, what it's our opinion/experience/problem with it ?

For me, I really love it, It's my 5e laptop and I was very excited with it. I like the weight, the screen quality (brighter than my olders laptops) backlight keyboard, performance, etc. Last month, 2 weeks before the end of my waranty, I sent it to Sony to repair loose hinche and now I found my laptop run hotter than before.

I hope I'll not have other problem with it, at this price, it should be a good quality and have a long lifetime, I hope...

Other person want to talk about his Sony Z experience ?

And I want to know how many person got Sony care extended warranty ?

 

Whoa, didn't realize that it is already one year since the VPC-Z series was first released!

Oh man, time does pass quickly.... & I'm one year older!?!?!

 

Interested to see the comments. I know the saying goes, if their happy, they aren't on boards talking. However, I have become freaked out with the Z and it's longevity.

It seems to be negatively posted about lately on these boards. I have a new replacement Z on the way to replace my stolen Z I had for two months. I didint have it long enough to have issue.

 

Had this baby only 8-9 months of the 1 year it's out. But I'm still very happy with it. Bought the docking about 6 months after i had it and the 9 cell battery about 7 months after.

Other than the ''fading palmrest'' issue everything is OK. Still an amazing 1080p screen, super fast ssd's and pretty good graphics performance.

 

Quite happy I suppose. I've got the Z for the 5th month and it's pretty good so far. The main complaint I've got is the weak screen. Go test a MBA's screen and it's rock solid, even though it's just as thin as Z's screen (if not thinner). Of course when it comes to screen quality, the MBA is no match for the Z.

 

You should send your Z in for evaluation. I have owned every version of the MBA, and none of those screens come close to my Z. The latest generation has lines (still) and is washed out compared to the lower resolution MBP.

 

I bought the Z117GG the day it came out in HK over a year ago.
Used it for 10 months and then got a Z138GG.
I love the Z

 

I still love my Z, got it June 25th last year.

Still want to do lots of mods and upgrades. But it is hard to find the time.

The Z is definitely my most favorite computer. It is by far the most versatile computer I have ever owned.

One thing that has really impressed me is that it has had the power and flexibility to do anything I've thrown at it. For example, I wasn't buying the Z with 3D Blu-ray in mind... but here I am 9 months later with a 3D DLP projector and everything works great.

 

I'm not quite sure what you meant. I did say the Z's screen is much better than the MBA/MBP series. Perhaps I interpreted your post wrongly?

 

Keep in mind the MBP has contoured edges on the screen to make it appear thinner. May not be as thin as the Z's in reality, but not sure on that.

@computercowboy, I was always wondering when 3D projectors were going to be made.How exactly does the glasses setup work? You need some transmitter thing at the screen?

 

The nVidia 3D vision system uses a USB infrared emitter.
The DLP projector also works with DLP link glasses which sync the glasses with a white flash between frames.

3D Vision is primarily designed for games but it works great for Blu-ray also. The latest Stereoscopic player from 3dtv.at supports 3D Blu and it is way cheaper and better than PDVD/WinDVD/TMT

I just have a cheapo Acer 720P projector and 2 sets of 3D vision glasses. I also use a DIY anamorphic lens for CinemaScope. The Acer doesn't directly support anamorphic but since I use the computer for playing content I can apply the crop/stretch at the player level.

The DLP setup is just temporary for me, I am going to move up to a dual projector passive polorized setup when I have the time and money. Passive is great because the glasses are cheap and don't need batteries. Also I will be making the Passive setup out of 2 1080P LCOS projectors, so I'll get great contrast and black levels along without the "rainbow effect" that DLP suffers from.