My dad got a vaio z laptop in august of last year, so the warranty just ran out. he opted for the 1080p screen, which has been amazing up till now.
it just developed a single vertical black line in the middle of the panel . looked up replacements, and it's $900 just for the panel...insane. Guess an extended warranty would have come in handy for once.
I tried to send a private message, rather than revive this VERY OLD thread, but apparently I don't have enough posts to send messages to the administrator group.
I'm curious to know if your father repaired his Vaio Z's screen (2010 era with 1080p display) and what the cause of the problem was (if known). I'm having the same issue of a single black vertical line in the middle of the display.
The laptop is now 5 yrs old so it's had a good run, but if I could fix it for the cost of a display cable, for instance, I would keep it around for a while longer. I opened up the laptop and there does appear to be some wear to the LCD display cable housing in the hinge area, but this might just be cosmetic.
Anyway, it would be interesting to hear what the outcome of your father's case. At this point I'm left with a gamble for which part to try replacing first, so examples of other people's fixes would potentially be useful for informing my first repair attempt.
$60-$80 -- display cable cost if I can even find a cable anywhere.
$100 -- cost of new 1080p LCD, which does NOT come with the cable.
$??? -- inverter (probably not the problem, since the display backlight works fine)
$??? -- traces on the motherboard where the cable connects (not something that is going to be replaced without replacing the motherboard).