Precision M6500 display colors

Question

I have the M6500 with the RGBLED display.  The colors seems very bright and artificial looking.  The display is really starting to hurt my eyes too.  I've played with the gamma settings in the NVIDIA control panel but can't seem to get the settings the way I'd like them.  I have a friend who also has an M6500 and he has the same issue so I don't think it is just my unit.  I've never had to do any kind of color calibration on any other laptop or LCD monitor that I've had so I don't think that should be necessary.  Is it possible that the factory settings are just messed up and I need to tweak a few settings somewhere to fix this?  Thanks in advance for any info...

ACBARELLI · Answer

jasonleap, try a 1.8 gamma instead of the normal 2.2 gamma.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/2957/9
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-latitude-vostro-precision/439109-new-m6500-discussion-thread-69.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/dell-latitude-vostro-precision/439109-new-m6500-discussion-thread-336.html

I hope that will be useful

Alex Landau · Answer

Hi - Did you manage to solve your M6500 display problem? If not, a good source of in-depth info on the M6500 is the New M6500 Discussion Thread on NotebookReview.com.

Meanwhile, you probably didn't see my question to this Dell Community forum yesterday, but I wonder if you could help me by examining the front left corner of the lid on your M6500 and checking to see if it closes snugly onto the base assembly of the laptop. Mine doesn't - the little piece of rubber inset into the base that cushions the lid doesn't make contact with the lid when shut - the entire left side of the base unit is slightly warped! I'm wondering if all M6500s are built like this, or whether I'm just unlucky.

With thanks for your help,

Alex Landau

Maverik221 · Answer

Hey guys,

I tried to change the gamma from 2.2 to 1.8, but I can`t find a way to do it. Also I don´t have a color calibration unit, like the spyder.

Is there a way to change the gamma settings, or correct the heavy brightness with tools, software or maybe with other downloadable colorprofiles? I`m not an expert in such things.

Did anybody found a way to solve this problem?

Thanks

DodgeyOz · Answer

Mate

You're not alone. Very annoying to have these prestige machines troubled by such a pathetic cosmetic problem. Not to mention the lumpy keyboard that leaves keymarks on the screen as well. I expected far more "precision" in the manufacturing for such an expensive item.

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