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iPod touch **GOOD SCREEN**Screen Test Pictures of my Touch
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OP, you left out what I would think would be the most important/showing of all the tests on that page, the contrast test (near the bottom). I went through all of them on my touch, and they have pretty similar results to yours. I have to say, if there is a problem with my screen, I can't notice it from watching youtube videos, etc. I'll post pics in a bit.
PS - I posted the link yesterday, thanks for the (semi) credit
PS - I posted the link yesterday, thanks for the (semi) credit
i think i kno why.....
i believe its the way the videos are converted.....if everyone uses the iphone preset then maybe that has something to do with it...... i have used youtube with no problems yet when i watch my own videos theyre messed up. and i chatted with an apple expert and they dont know anything because the product isnt "releases till the 28th."
i believe its the way the videos are converted.....if everyone uses the iphone preset then maybe that has something to do with it...... i have used youtube with no problems yet when i watch my own videos theyre messed up. and i chatted with an apple expert and they dont know anything because the product isnt "releases till the 28th."
Just look at any of the other bad photos. The blacks on mine are just as bad. Dark videos and photos are pretty much unwatchable/unviewable.
Ah, ok. I meant of the LCD screen test that was posted above, actually, as it's the only thing I've come across that actually seems like it would make a good uniform test, and I'd like a bad and good screen on that test to compare mine to.
this is so weird...youtube videos look perfectly fine on my touch, yet ripped DVD>MP4s look like poop? Very odd.
Sorry, I don't have pics, my camera sucks. I tried taking some... You couldn't see a thing.
As for my review [on the problem]:
Mine and my brothers, both picked up at the Clarendon Apple Store in Virginia both do not have either of the problems. I have looked at youtube videos, images, and the LCD screen test posted in another thread, and everything looks fine. I haven't seen how a "bad" one looks on the LCD screen test, though. Also, the screen looks better than my laptop's, and has similar results on the LCD screen test (not during the gradient tests, during the contrast tests only), so I'm happy with my iPod touch.
It could just be that some people are overreacting though, although I doubt it.
As for my review [on the problem]:
Mine and my brothers, both picked up at the Clarendon Apple Store in Virginia both do not have either of the problems. I have looked at youtube videos, images, and the LCD screen test posted in another thread, and everything looks fine. I haven't seen how a "bad" one looks on the LCD screen test, though. Also, the screen looks better than my laptop's, and has similar results on the LCD screen test (not during the gradient tests, during the contrast tests only), so I'm happy with my iPod touch.
It could just be that some people are overreacting though, although I doubt it.
wow Thanks buddy you made my day
I think most of the Touches that came out before the official release on Sep 28th were not yet ready for sale. Perhaps Apple sent those to the major stores as display models. But the stores would have started selling them right away to cash in on the huge demand. Normally stocks should arrive in several tens or hundreds, but most buyers reported that stores had just a few units, which suggests such a scenario.
Whatever its is, this screen issue has happened for the good, I believe (no offense meant to the victims). Now Apple is aware of such a problem and they will ensure that the units launched officially are up to the standards.
I think most of the Touches that came out before the official release on Sep 28th were not yet ready for sale. Perhaps Apple sent those to the major stores as display models. But the stores would have started selling them right away to cash in on the huge demand. Normally stocks should arrive in several tens or hundreds, but most buyers reported that stores had just a few units, which suggests such a scenario.
Whatever its is, this screen issue has happened for the good, I believe (no offense meant to the victims). Now Apple is aware of such a problem and they will ensure that the units launched officially are up to the standards.
wow Thanks buddy you made my day
I think most of the Touches that came out before the official release on Sep 28th were not yet ready for sale. Perhaps Apple sent those to the major stores as display models. But the stores would have started selling them right away to cash in on the huge demand. Normally stocks should arrive in several tens or hundreds, but most buyers reported that stores had just a few units, which suggests such a scenario.
Whatever its is, this screen issue has happened for the good, I believe (no offense meant to the victims). Now Apple is aware of such a problem and they will ensure that the units launched officially are up to the standards.
That's all pure speculation. You think that Apple sent 20-30 units to each of their stores for dispaly? These units are for sale. Additionally people have gotten units from Best Buy with the same serial number prefixes as what you can get from the Apple store so I think that theory is pretty hard to believe.
As for those with 'good' screens, in the photos I've seen, black still looks messed up like the contrast is cranked up way too high or something. Look at the video the guy made of his iphone and ipod touch side by side playing the same episode of 'House M.D.'. On the iPod it is all dark and over contrasted, on the iPhone it looks like a good quality LCD TV with great contrast and lots of fine detail.
We don't even know if Apple is aware of the problem yet other than a few reports trickling in, remember, these units only went on sale on Thursday and now it's the weekend. Engadget has promised to 'follow up' on the iPod touch screen issue so we'll see what they come out with next week.
The right thing for Apple to do is either say;
1. This is as good as it gets for this screen, this screen is not as good as the one on the iPhone.
2. We will fix the problem and do a no hassle exchange to anyone with an affected Touch with Serial numbers xxxxxblahxxxx
Anything other than this, i.e., ignoring the issue is probably going to result in a LOT of returns and a LOT of bad press, at least on tech blogs.
At this point, I recommend buying from BEST BUY. 30 day return policy. I bought mine there yesterday. If there's not some annoucnement in the next 3 weeks or some news about this, I can then decide to take it back no questions asked, or just keep it because it is pretty cool.
As far as I know, Best Buy's 30 day policy is pretty flexible. I've taken stuff back and they just ask "is there something wrong with it?" and I say "no, I just can't really afford it, I'd like my money back."
Yea, ive got 14 days to decide if i want to take it back. I know i probably wont. Plus, i bet i could walk in and get a new one from the genius bar if i really wanted to (that is when they had more 16s in stock)
Honestly guys if the problem bothers you then you SHOULD bring the units back. Nothing is going to get Apple's attention more than stacks and stacks of returned units.
That's the kind of thing that gets the telephones ringing at corporate headquarters.
If someone is truly not bothered with the quality of their screen then by all means they should keep it...
That's the kind of thing that gets the telephones ringing at corporate headquarters.
If someone is truly not bothered with the quality of their screen then by all means they should keep it...
That and people should also write to Apple explaining their disatisfaction and concerns about this product launch. Posting here, complaining among friends, starting websites, and otherwise will not guarantee Apple's attention being directed to this.
I am the one behind those test images - the images such as this one with fine patterns are not meaningful if they are scaled to the resolution of the Touch screen. I have added a new test pattern on www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/ that is more suitable for the iPod Touch resolution. Don't forget to refresh the page in your browser.Here are some screen test pictures that I have taken of my touch.
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Look at these colors bars. They start out light, like the background, and then get darker, and then go to the color. The blacker the color, the lighter it is.
This is obviously not displaying right on my Touch, correct?
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The ones I saw on display at the Oak Brook, IL, Apple Store were flawless. Has anyone that purchased one from that store got a bad one?
I went with the 4Gig iPhone instead...
I believe that Apple is formulating a strategy to fix them as we speak...
I went with the 4Gig iPhone instead...
I believe that Apple is formulating a strategy to fix them as we speak...
nice, is that Die Hard?
i think i'll still go ahead and get mine. if the screen's good, then no worries. if it's bad, i'll return it.
i think i'll still go ahead and get mine. if the screen's good, then no worries. if it's bad, i'll return it.