T500 LCD (WSXGA+) Color issues!

I noticed on T500 the color saturation is a significantly worse than my 15" MacBook Pro (non-unibody). After using our color calibration device at work I can't get the T500 to acceptable color range. The Yellows are almost a washed out Orange and the Grays seem to have a wash out blue time. The brightness is so so but the overall contrast is what I'd expect from a Notebook half the price of the T500 (VERY disappointed).
Far as the brightness it's not THAT bad but not that good, considering both are CCFL LCD's I'm just baffled how the T series screens are sub par compared to their close competitors. Here's the kicker, at work we have T400 books(1280x800) and on those displays it shows Yellows much better and closer to the MacBook Pros and the grays are MUCH better. Could this just be a flute with the display? I'm wondering how I can find out who made the actual display panel, is there a way to check that?
Anyone else have these issues?

Yeah I just had a Tech come out and replace the LCD and after a new panel it's still displaying yellows as orange. The smileys ("") look like they are an Orange color, like the actual color the fruit Orange. No where remotely close to yellow, it's just very disappointing to see a business class notebook with such an atrocious color gamut (contrast is pretty pathetic). I have a feeling Lenovo won't be able to fix this, sadly my next Notebook purchase won't be from Lenovo. I will probably not buy another Lenovo product again, I'm still pretty bitter over this burn.

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