iPod touch 1.1 v 1.1.1 Screen Comparison

[themiracle]

Photo Comparison of two iPod touches with different firmwares:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14321902@N05/sets/72157602213284398/

The pictures aren't awesome, but the comparison was what was important. There has definitely a very slight difference in contrast after the upgrade that I didn't notice beforehand. I'd say the most telling is the Jay-Z album cover, where the new firmware appears to have made it harder to make the image negative overall, though I forgot to test this beforehand. The album cover also looked nearly identical until I tilted the screen slightly. The new firmware definitely appears to give a broader viewing angle overall, but at what cost?

 

[sparsk]

Thanks for your pictures and effort on behalf of the 130 other viewers.

However, how would you know that the screens were both the same before the update. The new update seems to work differently for different people's ipods. You should take a before and after comparison shot with the older (1.1) version ipod. Then it would give a better idea of the difference.

 

[Evangelion]

Thanks for your pictures and effort on behalf of the 130 other viewers.

However, how would you know that the screens were both the same before the update.

I noticed a difference in the screen even in the first picture, and it seems to me that in that picture, neither device was updated yet ("the one on the right will be updated").

 

[uburoibob]

Photo Comparison of two iPod touches with different firmwares:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14321902@N05/sets/72157602213284398/

The pictures aren't awesome, but the comparison was what was important. There has definitely a very slight difference in contrast after the upgrade that I didn't notice beforehand. I'd say the most telling is the Jay-Z album cover, where the new firmware appears to have made it harder to make the image negative overall, though I forgot to test this beforehand. The album cover also looked nearly identical until I tilted the screen slightly. The new firmware definitely appears to give a broader viewing angle overall, but at what cost?

WHAT COST???!!

The update cost nothing and made your screen look great. WTF? I just can't believe the extent people are going to in order to try and make this a bigger deal than it is. This is a little tiny portable media player for cripe sakes. Out of the box, even with the dark screen it was MUCH better than anything out there. WHAT COST???!!! Are you affraid that one day you'll not be able to see a black that is blacker than 100 percent black?

Geez!

 

[California King]

what week are those?

 

[Evangelion]

WHAT COST???!!

Um, the cost of making some people's device have worse image-quality than it had before the update?

WHAT COST???!!!

Dude, take a chill-pill.

 

[adauge]

WHAT COST???!!

The update cost nothing and made your screen look great. WTF? I just can't believe the extent people are going to in order to try and make this a bigger deal than it is. This is a little tiny portable media player for cripe sakes. Out of the box, even with the dark screen it was MUCH better than anything out there. WHAT COST???!!! Are you affraid that one day you'll not be able to see a black that is blacker than 100 percent black?

Geez!

It doesn't make the screen look great, it ups the contrast and makes the screen look grainy. When I spend $400 on a "little tiny portable media player" I expect it to work how it is intended, and I do not appreciate a company trying to cover up a flaw.

I'll never understand why people stick up for big companies. You have to get off of Jobs' d***.

BTW, it's arguable that it is much better than anything out there.

 

[awmazz]

Out of the box, even with the dark screen it was MUCH better than anything out there. WHAT COST???!!! Are you affraid that one day you'll not be able to see a black that is blacker than 100 percent black?

Geez!

Are you saying it's MUCH better than the iPhone screen?

One day I'd like to be able to see black that is blacker than 60-70% black.

 

[Dublo7]

The one on the right looks a lot better.

 

[themiracle]

Thanks for your pictures and effort on behalf of the 130 other viewers.

However, how would you know that the screens were both the same before the update. The new update seems to work differently for different people's ipods. You should take a before and after comparison shot with the older (1.1) version ipod. Then it would give a better idea of the difference.

When I compared them in person before the update, the screens looked extremely similar. I spent a lot of time playing with them before and after the update, so I had a pretty good feel for the displays. The problem with updating an iPod and trying to compare before and after is that there is a lot of subjectivity involved and cameras tend to have trouble capturing the screens, so the comparison would be hard to make. I think the way that I did it was a superior method, though the pictures aren't perfect in any way.