iPod touch Are the screen & sound problems fixable via update?

[--Wolf--]

From what I've read:

Screen quality (bad colour, dead pixels, etc)
Sound quality (hissing, etc)

Are they hardware issues, or software issues? If they are software issues, I will buy a iPod Touch tomorrow, but if they are hardware (and cannot be fixed by a update in the near future) I will hold off until they are sorted.

And on the topic, if these are software issues (fixable), are there any known hardware issues (not fixable via update)?

 

[aidanpendragon]

You know, after getting one today & playing around with it the last few hours, I suspect it may repeat MAY be a software issue. My web & photos look a lot better than the video, suggesting it may be a video codec or something...

 

[cavemonkey50]

Honestly, no one knows. We've heard reports of a small, limited batch being defective (hardware), and reports of people people turned away for exchanges (suggesting a software update is imminent).

If you're looking to receive a perfect unit, your best bet would be to wait for more information. With a problem this big, showing up in reviews of the product, Apple will have to address it somehow.

 

[cavemonkey50]

You know, after getting one today & playing around with it the last few hours, I suspect it may repeat MAY be a software issue. My web & photos look a lot better than the video, suggesting it may be a video codec or something...

It's definitely not a codec issue and spans the whole device. I've used the photo application and Safari to view a gradient and they look the same. I even see the negative blacks in the bar at the bottom of the music app.