This thread is about the bleeding panels of the iPad 2
What is the point of coming into this thread and derailing it?
Funny, I know I am new around here but I have not seen anyone derail it. Discussion of the level of backlight bleed that should be accepted certainly seems to be relevant to the discussion. If your vote is for "none whatsoever", that is your prerogative and I shall not dispute it, even if I cannot fully agree with it.
Apple has advertised and marketed their magical device as the highest quality on the market, in addition, they stuff out dated 1024x768 ips panels into them. This isn't even market standard any more all honeycomb tablets are serving actual HD ( the iPad isn't HD). Ok I am fine with that because I want in on Apples ecosystem. And I'll even pay a premium for apples apps.
I have to admit I do find it a little bit of a low res for the size, though I would only say it is a big deal when I am holding it quite close and reading smallish text (which I do quite a bit btw in the Kindle app). I suspect the main reasons they kept the same size are a combination of cost and R&D, as well as the desire to keep the same res so that existing apps can run in their native res without scaling or borders. This, from what I gather, is one of the problems Android apps have running on high res tablets.
I would be curious to know which Android device you would point to though that has a clearly, unambiguously better viewing experience overall. I have not had the luxury of handling many but the Xoom, for example, I can agree with some critics in that it looks washed out in comparison. The Asus certainly looks nice in videos, though I have seen reports of bleeding on those as well. Resolution counts for a lot but there is more to a display than that.
Then I get my magical iPad and fire it up and find literally random splotches of milky light on any background that's black, when viewing pictures, watching dark scenes in movies and on the bars above and below movies that spill into the film often, when playing video games
I mean honestly if you see some of the screens that I have gone through apple is taking the piss making us accept sub par quality in low resolution screens to top it off
Then if it is as bad as you say, you have every right to be seriously dis-satisfied. I am still inclined to believe that the typical quality is somewhat better though, given the relative silence of the mainstream media on this issue.
If you want to accept it fine. Drink the kook aid. Don't pretend like this is normal and people should accept it.
I certainly would not accept the level of defects you described above. I consider my first one to be just on the wrong side of borderline and it did take me a while to decide it was not good enough. I have no intention of suggesting that people should accept blatantly dodgy displays. However, I have seen at least one example of someone reporting that theirs was fine, only for some other person to say that they should take it into a dark room, put something black on the screen and crank up the brightness. This may possibly be a small minority who are so hardcore about it but it seems like some people will not even let others be happy with their purchase. That they have to find some fault with it even if not already apparent.
Took me five returns but I got a LCD screen with no splotches and uniform backlight. You know like I would expect for a market leading 660£ device.
Now I have to admit, I do take issue a little with using the higher end models pricing to state what can be expected of the screen. It is exactly the same as in the £399 model. Are they entitled to a poorer quality screen, just because you went for a higher spec model? If you paid more than the baseline price, that covers the cost of extra storage and possibly 3G, not a better display.
This thread is a testament to Apples weakening product quality . Hopefully it's existence will force action. But don't pretend it's not real, iPads with splotchy backlights, dents and dings and scratches on the back from factory, bright and stuck pixels, this is a joke, if you can accept this quality from Apple, then they will need complacent customers like you in the future to provide revenue for their operations while samsung mops up the market.
What this thread is not testament to, however, is the general level of quality of this product. What actual percentage of them have been returned for this issue, I suspect we will never know. Apple seem to be downplaying it but it could be quite a high percentage for all I know. It is just a little difficult to believe that reviewers and average users choosing to comment on the quality of it (not all of whom are going to be Apple fanboys) would be so silent on obvious defects, as some of the pictures clearly show. If they are really that bad, I would expect rather more people to be up in arms about them.
I am in no way arguing against people's rights to return faulty products and some of them are just that. Faulty. I had one myself. I have seen and acknowledge that there are many others. This does not change the fact that some people appear to be putting too much weight on how it looks in blatantly artificial conditions.
Good luck to those of you still trying for a perfect screen.
Good luck indeed. I suspect true perfection will elude most people, but I certainly hope everyone who wants one will eventually get a screen that is satisfactory.
