Bad Screens: One Common Test Video/Image?

[aidanpendragon]

I'm trying to decide if my 16GB has the blacks problem or not...certainly can't view it head-on without getting greens, etc., but at a very slight angle, some video is OK, others (dark scenes) are rough. But the source material isn't the best.

Can we nominate & agree on one single, ideal "test" image or video - something that, when you view it, you *know* "I have a problem" or "my iPod is within spec"?

I've heard some folks mention Empire Strikes Back, and will be trying that as an MP4 shortly.

(Head-on/top-down, I have negatives, no matter how dark/light the scene. At a slight angle, things are OK; 45 degrees or more, the whole screen takes on a bluish cast. I can't tell if this is bad, or I'm just being influenced by the horror stories floating around and mine is OK.)

[onionperson654]

An actual LCD test website that has been suggested might help.

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

People could post their results (bad and good) specifically to test it out. Just a thought.

[aidanpendragon]

An actual LCD test website that has been suggested might help.

http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/

People could post their results (bad and good) specifically to test it out. Just a thought.

Well, THAT'S interesting - on the very 1st test, I get good progressions for almost every color, EXCEPT below about 6. 1-6, regardless of color, is very dark or black.

Quoth the site: "A bad monitor will not show the leftmost few rectangles." Guess my Touch has "a bad monitor"!

I'm not quite sure what that means - other than the darkest (blackest) gammas don't do very well. Which corresponds nicely to the problems reported, i.e., blacks look bad.

EDIT: I still do think, especially for the purpose of convincing Geniuses, that we need a single compelling video image that produces an "oh crap, the screen is bad!" moment.