iPod touch iPod Touch Screen Problem

Yeah, but that doesn't explain why I have negative black and about 10 stuck pixels (3 of em grouped right next to eachother)

Just because it doesn't cost as much as the iPhone DOES NOT mean that it should have problems. If Apple is selling a problematic product, it is their responsibility to fix it, no matter how much the consumer paid for it.

toxicbomber said:

And besides it really isn't a problem. The iPods will stay like this as far as I can tell. You don't have a premium product therefore you won't get the best features.

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Having a properly working screen is not a premium feature. It's what you pay for...

WTF? The most expensive ipod available isn't a premium product?

I'm sorry.. it's more expensive than every other mp3 player out there. It'd better damned well be premium. That's the whole point of buying apple - that you get something that works well out of the box.

Those with the fault have unacceptable displays and are perfectly entitled to be annoyed.. and are also entitled to get it fixed.

How is it not premium?

toxicbomber said:

Look, it won't be a top notch display. I'm sorry. It won't be. You want a higher quality and higher contrast ratio on your iPod touch? Get the iPhone.

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Why bring the iPhone into this? They are two completely different products. This is like saying that Apple shouldn't put decent hardware in the iMacs because a Mac Pro costs more.

Lower contrast ratio would result in poorer blacks/whites not what people have been seeing - have you looked at the youtube videos, posted pictures etc? Their itouch screens look absolutely unwatchable. It's *not* simply a contrast issue.

toxicbomber said:

Look, it won't be a top notch display. I'm sorry. It won't be. You want a higher quality and higher contrast ratio on your iPod touch? Get the iPhone. Simple.

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Yeah, screw the SIX POINT THREE BILLION people who don't live in the only country where the iPhone is for sale. For that matter, screw anyone who doesn't want to use a third-world data network like EDGE!

toxicbomber said:

Look, it won't be a top notch display. I'm sorry. It won't be. You want a higher quality and higher contrast ratio on your iPod touch? Get the iPhone. Simple.

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********. It's called a manufacturing defect, nothing more.

The issues being encountered have nothing to do with the screen's contrast ratio, and your argument holds no weight whatsoever. Care to explain why the lowly $150 Nano has a better screen than the touch, then?

toxicbomber said:

I've got this from a guy who works at regent street's store.

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Yes, and a guy at the 5th Avenue Store tried to pass off the horrible viewing angles as a 'privacy filter'.

Just because some yahoo at an Apple Store pulls something out of his ass doesn't make it true.

Freakin' trolls.

toxicbomber said:

I've got this from a guy who works at regent street's store.

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So you've believe a salesman opposed to, say, an electrical engineer who works on LCD technology? (posted several times before): http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1134707&tstart=0

gloss said:

Yes, and a guy at the 5th Avenue Store tried to pass off the horrible viewing angles as a 'privacy filter'.

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Seriously? I missed that one.

toxicbomber said:

First off, you guys who have the iPod Touch aren't getting a premium product therefore you won't get all the great features the iPhone has to offer. Ok now let me explain to you why the screen has a "negative" effect. Remember that the iPods aren't made by Apple but rather in countries in China around that area. Some displays are better than others and some are worse than others. This ALL has to do due to the fact that these iPods are using a lower contrast ratio. You just might be lucky and get a good screen with a higher ratio. Don't blame Apple for this. You are getting a low ranged product so you get what you pay for.

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I paid 399 for my touch.

how much is an iphone again?

"Privacy Filter" Believe it or not they have a screen protector available for the PSP that purposely darkens the screen so others can't see what you are watching/playing... WTF! Ok, so why do I have to view it from outside that "privacy filter" in order to see my blacks correctly?

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toxicbomber said:

First off, you guys who have the iPod Touch aren't getting a premium product therefore you won't get all the great features the iPhone has to offer. Ok now let me explain to you why the screen has a "negative" effect. Remember that the iPods aren't made by Apple but rather in countries in China around that area. Some displays are better than others and some are worse than others. This ALL has to do due to the fact that these iPods are using a lower contrast ratio. You just might be lucky and get a good screen with a higher ratio. Don't blame Apple for this. You are getting a low ranged product so you get what you pay for.

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What kind of kool aide are you on, brother?

toxicbomber said:

You want a higher quality and higher contrast ratio on your iPod touch? Get the iPhone. Simple.

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I just spent some time playing with the Touch in the store. The first thing I noticed is how vibrant and contrasty the screen looked. (The sample I played with did not display the negative effect.) Then I pulled out my iPhone to compare it to and maxed the brightness on both. By comparison, my iPhone, which I've always considered to have a decent screen, was considerably more washed out. About a full stop overexposed in photo terms. The Touch's colors were a lot more punchy and saturated, the blacks blacker.

Of course this meant there was some missing shadow detail in dark details, but I'd hardly say it was inferior to the iPhone. As a photographer who shot Fuji Velvia exclusively for years, I found the Touch screen much nicer to look at.

toxicbomber said:

Ok let me rephrase this into a little nicer form of speaking. I apologize for my rude like behavior. The iPod Touches out today are most likely going to have the "negative" effect. A few aren't that are much like the iPhone's display. The negative effect is due to the lower contrast ratio on the iPod Touch than the iPhone's ratio. In some odd way, this IS an error in the manufacture's part and not Apple's. This is not so much as a problem as a little mistake. It should be fixed shortly, but if you don't like your iPod Touch, simply take it back... of course it depends on the condition of the screen. Oh and by the way, they use different screens for every so iPods. That's the exact reason why you are experiencing this for now.

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I am sorry, but you are way off on this one, the main cause of the problem is not contrast ratio.

Also it is ridiculous to say that you are paying £200 so you deserve a bad display ... companies have quality controls even over freebies, so please, if you are to defend Apple over this fiasco be a little more sensible.

Sean Dempsey said:

I paid 399 for my touch.

how much is an iphone again?

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oh i paid 430 for mine! last i checked iphones cost the same

good point

Good god, just as I thought the rabid fanboys on this site couldn't get any worse, they do. I mean, I'm a fan of Apple's products myself, but come on, this is getting ridiculous...

Yes! Let's all return our iPod Touches and go buy iPhones! In your dreams pal