95% Gamut screen Whites not as...white?

[Bofonic]

Hey I just picked up my W150ERQ today and was comparing the screen to 2008 macbook pro.

Has anyone else noticed the whites aren't as well...white as a macbook? The whites on the macbook seem to be whiter. While the Whites on this is "dark" or Saturated. This is a bit concerning for me as I was hoping to do some photoshop work on this although I don't know how the colors will translate now. (Fortunately I was hoping to do mostly web graphics, but I was hoping to do a bit of print here and there too.)

(When I have access to a good camera I'll post some side by side shots)

[Meaker]

If you are doing detailed photo work you will need to calibrate like any monitor.

Each panel will have drifted differently.

Comparing any non calibrated panels is pointless.

[Heihachi_1337]

As Meaker has stated, you will likely need to calibrate the display yourself.

Sager has made a post about it that can be found here http://forum.notebookreview.com/sage...ws-thread.html to guide end users on how to calibrate the display.

There should be other calibration tools, I have heard of one called Spyder, but we haven't ran it ourselves. It has been mentioned in some other threads though by other users.

[wild05kid05]

You gotta invest in one of those calibration tools...

[E.Blar]

Y U NO CALIBRATE!!!???
Seriously, that's the whole point of 95% gamut screens.

[mattcheau]

op clearly had no practical need for the 95% gamut when she/he opted for the upgrade. why waste time calibrating now?

[Hutsady@XoticPC]

Sager did post some calibration icc files under the drivers for the NP8150 you can try those to see if they make your colors better custom gaming laptops - Welcome to Sager Notebooks

[E.Blar]

op clearly had no practical need for the 95% gamut when she/he opted for the upgrade. why waste time calibrating now?

Maybe to make it look better? OP does want to do photoshop. I didn't need a high gamut screen, but I've seen a lot of side-by-side comparisons for high and average gamut screens and am willing to shell out $70 to have the upgrade just because I like it.

[Meaker]

It does provide better contrast and viewing angles so I got it for me.