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I have no backlight bleeding I made a 1024 x 768 px image of a black background put it on my ipad 2 and here are my results.
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Wanted to get a better vid with no glare so went and stood in a cupboard and sure enough there is light leaking although I would say it isnt too bad thats not really the point
Youtube Vid
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Wanted to get a better vid with no glare so went and stood in a cupboard and sure enough there is light leaking although I would say it isnt too bad thats not really the point
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Hi Again
I got myself an iPad2 in Denmark.
And it's not perfect, but hey, neither am I ;o)
I should really suffer from serious OCD to complain about this one.
No real Backlight issue, no smudge under screen, no dead/alive pixels and no scratches,, yet ;o).
Ofcause this image dosen't show everything, and it is a bit worse in real life.
But this is at 100% light setting in a total dark room. And no one can stand using an iPad with maximum light, one will go blind.
As I wrote earlier, I exchanged my iPad1 5 times without getting one that was OK. So for me to get an iPad2 as good as this one on first try is either a miracle, or the quality control has been upped.
Oh, and one of my friends also bought one, and I just saw that one today, and it was as good as mine, maybe even better, but on his I only checked for backlight bleed.
snowatom
I got myself an iPad2 in Denmark.
And it's not perfect, but hey, neither am I ;o)
I should really suffer from serious OCD to complain about this one.
No real Backlight issue, no smudge under screen, no dead/alive pixels and no scratches,, yet ;o).
Ofcause this image dosen't show everything, and it is a bit worse in real life.
But this is at 100% light setting in a total dark room. And no one can stand using an iPad with maximum light, one will go blind.
As I wrote earlier, I exchanged my iPad1 5 times without getting one that was OK. So for me to get an iPad2 as good as this one on first try is either a miracle, or the quality control has been upped.
Oh, and one of my friends also bought one, and I just saw that one today, and it was as good as mine, maybe even better, but on his I only checked for backlight bleed.
snowatom
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Well... I called the Apple store prior to making my 1+ hour trek and w/o giving me specific details on stock they stated they should be able to take care of me. I made it clear that I was coming in from an hour away and would not be interested if they need to order me one. I was told they keep reserve stock and I should be taken care of.
I get there a bit early and check in and about 5 minutes before my appointment the "genius" approaches me about my issue. He takes my iPad into the back, comes out 5 minutes later. Basically, he acknowledges the problem, but stated they have no stock available would have to order one!
I kept my cool, but i'm sure the frustration was noticeable in my voice. I explained that I called twice to make sure this would not happen, and that I should have been told that this morning so that I would not have to make the drive. To shorten this story... Basically what happened is that they offered me a black one instead, but that one was worse than mine. So I was basically back to square one. We talked about my options of either them ordering me one (but would have to take my iPad first), or me calling Apple Care... I told them one of the reasons I choose to do it in store, was because I was not sure Apple Care would do advance replacement since I did not have Apple Care. The manager was not sure either, but as gesture, he gave me Apple Care for free.I'm not completely satisfied with how things turned out, but I could have end up leaving with absolutely nothing. The Apple Store genius and manager handled it the best they can, but in the future i'm just going to call Apple Care.
Unsurprisingly, I have backlight bleeding on my iPad 2. I was looking for it when I first turned it on. Just called AppleCare and I have a Genius Appointment for Thursday. Hopefully the store has a replacement that is in better condition.
At least I knew in advance this was a likely problem so I'm not too upset with it. In everyday use it is hardly noticeable and I rarely have the backlight bright enough for it to bother me.
And, might I add, as a first time iPad owner this thing is sick! I'm in love with Flipboard.
At least I knew in advance this was a likely problem so I'm not too upset with it. In everyday use it is hardly noticeable and I rarely have the backlight bright enough for it to bother me.
And, might I add, as a first time iPad owner this thing is sick! I'm in love with Flipboard.
I get my on 25th in UK, there was quite visible bleeding at the corners, I made Apple Store appointment for Sunday, they look on it and replaced for brand new which has the same issue but less visible. Now I just give up, this don't bother me that much and for sure will be difficult to find one without this problem
Just got my ipad2 today. A small amount of bleeding at bottom right corner. Not too bad though, only noticeable really when I increase brightness in dark room etc so not bad enough to return especially as it seems all suffer to some extent. It seems I'm one of the luckier ones...
The most you can see this bleeding if you put 100% brightness on screen and have total black background, but at the end who is using 100% brightness, and how often you have total black background. I went replace my mainly because has two small scratches on the back...
Thats funny but except my computers every Apple device has been replaced after buying:
iPhone 3gs once -home button issue
iPhone 4 -twice-network problem, home button issue
iPad 2 -bleeding
iPod 4 g-stop working total after few days
Only iPad 1 was ok maybe because was brought from USA
Thats funny but except my computers every Apple device has been replaced after buying:
iPhone 3gs once -home button issue
iPhone 4 -twice-network problem, home button issue
iPad 2 -bleeding
iPod 4 g-stop working total after few days
Only iPad 1 was ok maybe because was brought from USA
Now up to 48 pages of bleed after bleed and yet still zero news coverage on this issue.
I believe 99% of the iPad 2's manufactured have this problem but the problem goes unnoticed on 80% of them because "the average" user simply does not see it. I checked my wifes and hers has it, but dispite countless hours of use, when I asked her if she noticed anything wrong with the screen AT ALL she said "No it's perfect."
I'm not saying we should accept it, I'm just saying most people don't notice it.
I believe 99% of the iPad 2's manufactured have this problem but the problem goes unnoticed on 80% of them because "the average" user simply does not see it. I checked my wifes and hers has it, but dispite countless hours of use, when I asked her if she noticed anything wrong with the screen AT ALL she said "No it's perfect."
I'm not saying we should accept it, I'm just saying most people don't notice it.
I know the quality of the picture is bad but I was just wondering if you all think I should bring this iPad back to the Apple store?, it's really annoying me, I see it every time I open a new page in safari and in the photos app! Or am I just exaggerating and I learn to live with it? thanks
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Even factoring in the quality of the photo, IMO that bleeding is bad enough to return.I know the quality of the picture is bad but I was just wondering if you all think I should bring this iPad back to the Apple store?, it's really annoying me, I see it every time I open a new page in safari and in the photos app! Or am I just exaggerating and I learn to live with it? thanks
Last week I had my target-purchased iPad exchanged twice at my local apple store. I went home with what I thought was a decent, though not perfect, iPad. Turns out it not only still had bad light leaking but a stuck pixel as well. Having had enough of this I decided I was just going to return it to target and wait til this production issue gets sorted out. Target would absolutely not accept a return or exchange since the serial number no longer matched the device originally purchased. I called apple care and the nice woman confirmed that I was basically stuck with the iPad but helped me create another genius appt. She also said they were aware of the problem and that it was being investigated. I exchanged the iPad for yet another one which still has pretty bad light leakage all along the left wide (apple store employee's words, not mine). The apple store rep said that they had gotten an official word that the light leaking was within specs and to just not use it in the dark.
I know the quality of the picture is bad but I was just wondering if you all think I should bring this iPad back to the Apple store?, it's really annoying me, I see it every time I open a new page in safari and in the photos app! Or am I just exaggerating and I learn to live with it? thanks
That's heinous.
Apple thanks you for QC'ing their products, but please return that dog immediately.
The sad part about all of this is that the light bleed appears to be caused by Apple's never-ending desire to make everything so thin... you know, it's okay if it's 1/4" thicker if that means we can get a display without light bleed. But apparently "thin is in" and all other considerations are secondary.
That or Mr. Jobs hasn't been too concerned with quality lately. I can't wait to see these new "thinner" Samsung Galaxy Tabs and check them out for light bleed.
That or Mr. Jobs hasn't been too concerned with quality lately. I can't wait to see these new "thinner" Samsung Galaxy Tabs and check them out for light bleed.
Well there ya go. I knew if they got frustrated with all these swaps the light bleed issue would magically (pun intended) become "within spec". All companies can do this. And periodically do.
I can only hope the "just don't use it in the dark" quote was something you made up for fun. If they are telling their employees to say this that is just too bizarre and scary.
On a positive note: in the light bleed thread on Apple's forum there are more and more reports of Apple people stating that all shipments may not resume until at least the 21st as they are trying to correct "qc issues".
Now THIS sounds good... for everybody
I'll also be interested to see if they exhibit the same behavior. Maybe it will become a trait of all anorexic handheld devices :-\
Well there ya go. I knew if they got frustrated with all these swaps the light bleed issue would magically (pun intended) become "within spec". All companies can do this. And periodically do.
I can only hope the "just don't use it in the dark" quote was something you made up for fun. If they are telling their employees to say this that is just too bizarre and scary.
On a positive note: in the light bleed thread on Apple's forum there are more and more reports of Apple people stating that all shipments may not resume until at least the 21st as they are trying to correct "qc issues".
Now THIS sounds good... for everybody
I think the "within spec" statement may be limited to that person's store or situation. My Apple store acknowledge the issue, but did not have any replacements on hand. I also called up Apple Care today explained my issue. He did not state it was a known issue, but immediately opened an advance replacement service ticket. He took note of where on the screen my bleed was located. Also he did state if the new iPad had the same or worse issue they would replace it again.
My replacement is worse then my first one and I have a misplaced homebutton (pic in other thread) I also drive 1 hour to the store and evenso they took a note that they replaced it with an Ipad which has also bleed I feel so uncomfortable about going yet back again. But then really I have no money tree at home and I expect to get 100% what I paid for! I am the customer damn it!
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