Sunshine: nice review, I like your blog very much, actually.
I have another tip for you:
I hard-resetted my T3 a couple of days ago. After that, I wasn't able to _perfectly_ calibrate EVERY part of the screen (the calibration problem was on the bottom of the screen when it was totally open). Today I found this:
http://www.freewarepalm.com/utilities/digie.shtml
If you ever have problems calibrating all the screen:
Install it, run it with the slider open, and delete it (or digie will keep turning your machine on!).