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iPod touch The Absolute BEST way to see if your screen is defective
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Excellent post -- this will tell you if you have it, even if you have only slight symptoms based on other viewing. If you can't make out the image while looking straight on at this in the browser (no angling allowed) then you have an issue.
you can make out the image either way but if your screen is messed then it will appear as a negative
Well, obviously -- by make out it's implied you can actually see an accurate reproduction of the original image.
Well the thing is, it already looks like a negative, the image is so dark. (similar to the azereus logo-- pisses me off)
What's strange is on mine, that picture seems to show that I have the screen problem (albeit slightly)...but I've tried a bunch of different videos and they all seem fine to me. I guess I'll try to return it...who knows, I think my screen looks great otherwise, so if it's got the defect well then an unaffected screen must look even better!
I am the same way! Makes me wonder if the picture does similar things on other screens.
Looking at it on a laptop/lcd monitor first. It's very dark, almost negative itself, so you need to know what it's supposed to look like before making any judgenents.
very dark, almost negative is quite differnt from negative. I checked it on my very bad LCD/HDTV, still can see jay-Z rather than a ghost on Touch.
i can see mine from a slant but not straight on- its not green though, so is it still a bad screen?
we all can see it with an odd angle, but thats not what you normal do when watching a movie (landscape). also the screen display should be close to what you see on your computer.
Are there actually good screens out there or are they all bad. I think the people that say they have a good screen just don't know the difference. All I know is I can't listen to music while surfing the internet and my screen has the same black problems everyone else is having. I guess I'll take it back to best buy before 30 days is up but I'm not too sure I'll even get a better one.
My iPhone has the negative black screen issue too... Not sure if I'll take it back in or just live with it.
i went to my local Apple store tonight and played with the iPod for about 20 minutes... i looked up this thread and sure enough i could tell the blacks were really messed up. and i finally knew what people meant by the optimal angle being tilted back and left.
i compared the same photo on the iPhone, and to get the same negative effect i had to tilt the screen to an extreme angle (nearly 90 deg).
now i'm not quite sure what to do when i get mine this week (shipped today), maybe i'll wait and see if they've fixed this issue already... but i doubt it.
it's too bad... using safari was really fun, i could use something like that.
i compared the same photo on the iPhone, and to get the same negative effect i had to tilt the screen to an extreme angle (nearly 90 deg).
now i'm not quite sure what to do when i get mine this week (shipped today), maybe i'll wait and see if they've fixed this issue already... but i doubt it.
it's too bad... using safari was really fun, i could use something like that.I appear to have the issue a little bit on my iPod, but no where near as bad as bns1201 has it.
To get a picture as bad as his, I need to tilt it down and to the right, or to get it perfect, upwards and to the left a bit, which is a more natural viewing angle for me anyways.
In short, it's not a critical problem on mine. This is a 16GB from the Apple Store at the Mall of America on Thursday.
To get a picture as bad as his, I need to tilt it down and to the right, or to get it perfect, upwards and to the left a bit, which is a more natural viewing angle for me anyways.
In short, it's not a critical problem on mine. This is a 16GB from the Apple Store at the Mall of America on Thursday.
An easy way to tell if your screen is good or bad that doesn't involve anything but the software on the phone is to hold down the on/off button until the red "slide to turn off" screen appears. Then, look to see if the calculator, settings, and clock home buttons appear dimmed, as they should, or like negatives, meaning the screen has an issue. On my screen the icons look negative but tilting shows them to be dimmed, which is a problem because I shouldn't have to tilt the iPod to see the best picture.
i cant see his face or hands. I just see the words of the albulm cover, rest of album pic is black . Im on my iPod Touch now. Do i have a bad screen? Or do i need to sync the pic to my iPod? OMFG. I got a defect?!!!
$400 for a defective device and you'll "live with it"? No wonder Microsoft and Dell are rich corporations....