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    GS 65 impressions and screen calibration question

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by pkrfctr, Jun 1, 2018.

  1. pkrfctr

    pkrfctr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Received my GS 65 today- first thoughts after several hours on it;
    I have to admit I was nervous about the build quality after reading reviews about flexible areas. I am happy to report those report are blown way out of proportion. My old laptop is a HP envy [best one they made back then] that's about 4-5 years old, and every single area has more flex than the GS65 has. This machine is sturdy in my opinion and I'm very pleasantly surprised after reading all the flex reports. If you're on the fence about this laptop because of build quality feel free to contact me for more details - its very solid.

    I do have a question I'm hoping someone can help me with. The screen coloring isn't as good as my old HP. I'm sure it can be adjusted I just have no idea how to and would appreciate any help! Here's how I would describe it compared to the HP with both sitting side by side. the whites aren't as white, blacks aren't as black, overall the color doesn't seem as rich or deep as the old machine. I'm sure this screen is a way better screen but the colors just aren't there can anyone help with that? I tried going into intels screen adjustments but it didn't help at all. The HP screen is a LG Phillips LGD03fB but I cant find more info about it.
     
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    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    Right click on your desktop and see if you have something called MSI True Color, if you do, then scroll down to it and try changing between the profiles to see which ones suits you better depending on the task you're doing.
     
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    Mobius 1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    This isn't real screen calibration though. OP needs to get a colorimeter and use displaycal for that.
     
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    pkrfctr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Are there preset calibration numbers for a GS65 available?
    Or can the profile from my HP be transferred to the GS65?
     
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    Jzyftw Notebook Geek

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    Jzyftw, Jun 2, 2018
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    I fixed his issue, all good now.

    He had downloaded MSI True Color and didn't know that he had to right click on the ZIP file, go to properties, then choose unblock and thus, all the files that he extracted had a BLOCKED status which caused an errenous install, hence, he didn't see any difference when switching from one profile to the other. After installing it for him the proper way which is by unblocking the ZIP file then extracting, everything was sorted.

    Be smart....be like Phoenix... [​IMG]
     
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    pkrfctr Notebook Enthusiast

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    next question- who knows how to get the screen to rotate when its laid flat? I read it was ctrl+alt+dwn arrow but that's not working.
     
    pkrfctr, Jun 2, 2018
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