N3510 screen is terrible!

I just received my N3510 and have to say that the Color Enhanced Crystal View LCD is not all it's cracked up to be. I just uploaded some pics of my Sony FS550 (XBRITE 2) sitting next to my old Toshiba A75-S229 (TruBrite) and new Fujitsu N3510 so you all can see for yourselves. I also wanted to share some other (mostly negative) impressions of the N3510:
- it runs hot, which is surprising given the thickness of this laptop. my FS550 is quite thin yet it always seems to run cool.
- the wireless performance is terrible. It barely connected with my access point and refused to load most pages, while the Toshiba and Sony had no trouble at all.
- the keyboard on the N3510 is my least favorite of the three - too stiff and the spacebar makes a terrible clicking sound.

- a picture is worth a thousand words:
http://murphj.home.att.net/wsb/html/view.cgi-photos.html-.html

 

you sure you had the brightness set to the maximum?
I agree with you on all the other issues though.
But I never had problems with my wireless. I was picking up an "Excellent" signal, and that's from access points located all over my apartment building, not from an access point sitting right next to me!

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ETA Unknown: N6010 waiting for screen repair [ ]

 

I tend to disagree with you. Maybe you have a faulty LCD? I had a N3510 and a Toshiba M45 next to it to compare their screens. The Fujitsu is brighter and a lot more crisp than the Toshiba.

I also had the N3510 next to the N6010. Both screen had the same brightness, but N3510's screen was a lot more crisp and displayed more vivid colours. I could tell because they both had max brightness and the same wallpaper.

 

Yes - the brightness was set to maximum on all three machines. I even double-checked everything in Display properties to be sure.

The wireless signal I was picking up is actually from an access point in another room. the PCMag review indicated that wireless performance was weak but it was far worse than I had expected.

On the positive side, Fujitsu's support is amazing - much better than Sony's. But they just can't seem to build a decent machine. I tried the N6010 but found the fans to be far too noisy, which was too bad because the screen was superb and I really liked the keyboard. oh well, at least I have my FS550.

 

Something is wrong. I have tha S6231 with crystal view, and it is every bit as bright as a Sony xbrite, is much less reflective, and has wider viewing angles. It is also outdoor viewable.
Also, my wireless reception is phenomenal.

 

It's definitely possible that I had a faulty LCD. If you look at those pictures I think you'll agree that the Sony's XBRITE is much brighter than the N3510's LCD. The Sony produces a more true white while the Fujitsu looks gray. that's just my opinion.

 

My N3510's new screen renders color and does it very vibrantly. It's much better than my C2330's screen. I had several people comment on how good the C2330's screen was, I can't wait to show them the N3510's.

Also, my wireless performance is extremely good. I can connect to routers down the street.. lol.....

Perhaps there was a problem with yours?

 

Yeah, there's something wrong with your screen there. My N3510 has a bright, brilliant, very white screen. I set the brightness at 4/8, because it's so bright!!

You get used to the warm upper front left part of the laptop within day or two. I used my laptop for about 8 hours straight yesterday, and I never noticed the heat. It's actually nice to keep your hands warm and toasty. [ ]

And I adore the keyboard. My wireless connection is stable and strong as well.

 

oh, by the way, does the screen swivel back 180 degrees?

 

Yes, the screen does swivel back, actually farther than 180..

 

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No, it's made in China...

Rather odd I think, but that's whats on the box and on the back of the unit.

 

Definetly very odd, it seems like Fujitsu are shifting their production to China. I guess they can no longer use their "Made in Japan" marketing anymore. However, i know their top of the range notebook, the E8020, is made in japan.

 

If the E8020 was out, I would have gotten that unit. However, it's not in the USA yet.

I like that systems security features; it even has a built in fingerprint reader.

I like my N3510 a lot though. I just have to get use to having a wide screen LCD, as my videos don't fill the entire screen and it's rather odd having black bars along the sides of the LCD.

Looks really good when viewing true wide screen DVDs though.

 

I do have the E8020 as an option here in Asia. It has very good specs, including SATA HDD. Unfortunetly i prefer a widscreen notebook. But i might give the E8020 another look.