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    VIAOFZ4000 CTO color issues

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by noteinfo, Apr 25, 2008.

  1. noteinfo

    noteinfo Newbie

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    Hi Folks

    4 days ago I received my VIAO FZ4000 CTO with the following configuration


    Component: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8400M GT
    Component: LCD 15.4" WXGA (XBRITE-HiColor™) with integrated video camera
    Component: DVD±R DL / DVD±RW / DVD-RAM Drive
    Component: 250GB SATA Hard Disk Drive [5400 rpm] [Regular price $200]
    Component: 3 GB DDR-SDRAM (DDR-667, 2GBx1 + 1GBx1) [Regular price $100]
    Component: Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1
    Component: Intel® Core 2™ Duo Processor T8100 (2.1GHz)

    I am debating whether it was good choice that I made... Here is why

    1. The colors don't look natural. Any recommendations as how I can fix it. I have increased the Gama setting to 60. Does any one have an ideal setting that they share?

    2. The brightness settings don't get saved. So each time, I reduce the brightness (BTW X-Brite HiColor is too bright for my eyes :eek: ) and restart the machine the brightness goes back to maximum. Is there a way to keep the brightness setting saved.

    3. What the heck was Sony thinking when they made the default page was set to Sony. Even after changing the page (including reset all options in IE) it goes back to Sony Viao page. Do we have Microsoft II here :(

    Sony's support (chat) are really ignorant at best. I had a support guy insisting that I had Windows Vista Business when I had Vista Home Premium.!!!

    Any recommendations are welcome. If I cannot fix all of this in a week, I may return the laptop

    Thanks
     
    noteinfo, Apr 25, 2008
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  2. john9384

    john9384 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I can't really help on the brightness and color issue because I prefer them like that (more like hd tv) as for internet explorer, just download firefox, or even better firefox 3 beta. So far I really like it.
     
    john9384, Apr 25, 2008
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  3. hendra

    hendra Notebook Virtuoso

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    Yes, the HiColor screen color would take a while before you can get used to. The color of video is easier to adjust since Nvidia provides the utility to adjust the saturation. Unfortunately, there is no utility to adjust the saturation of the desktop.

    You can, however, download PowerStrip http://www.entechtaiwan.com/util/ps.shtm

    It has the desktop saturation sliding bar for each color component (RGB). So, that might do the trick.
     
    hendra, Apr 25, 2008
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  4. Skyshade

    Skyshade Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    To keep the brightness setting, you need to change it in the power profile you use. The default VAIO Optimized profile has brightness maxed out for both battery and plug-in, so everytime you reboot the brightness goes back to full force.

    As for the IE thing, the other way around is to do a clean install or semi-clean install. I did the semi-clean install the first day I received mine. So far so good.
     
    Skyshade, Apr 25, 2008
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