Z12 Screen really dim

I just recieved my z12 yesterday. Love the form factor but I noticed that the screen is dim, my samsung x460 was a lot brighter and right now I am typing with all my lights off and the screen is even dimmer... to the point that I can not see and I turned the brightness up to the max. Right now, the brightness controls are not even working. I have the full hd screen. Any else have these problems? If this is the max brightness (I dought) or get fixed this computer will go back asap.

 

I fixed it. You have to turn autobrightness of in the VAIO Control Center.

 

Yep, that's the first thing I did when I received my Z12 [which sadly is going back :cry: ]

 

What's your reasoning for the return?

 

A zig-zag line of dead pixels, around 4mm in length...

 

I returned it too, my stuck red pixel is back (

 

damn, that sucks man ! I wasn't expecting dead-pixels.. but oh well, hoping there wont be any on the new one.... *fingers-crossed*

 

sorry to hear that. Do you think that with time live pixels can become dead e.g with pressure on the lid when the unit is in a bag? If so, I wounder what the lcd life will be?

 

It's very rare for a pixel to "become" dead. It's typically a manufacturing defect. Disappointing that Sony missed these in QA but if you have a good display its a safe bet that it will continue to be good.

 

i would say the safest way is to get the sony sleeve case and transport it via holding it by hand

the screen is really fragile... transporting it in a bag will apply pressure to the screen casing, and cause the screen to smash it to the keyboard itself..

this will cause the screen to become bruise / scratch

 

The laptop ships with a foam pad that fits between the keyboard and the screen. Rather than throwing this away, I opted to keep this, and will use it when traveling with the Z in a backpack.

 

Yes... I will be using the foam like cover that came with it, to cover the keyboard when the unit is closed. I cant afford another computer for the next 3 years!