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I hate the wavy scrolling on Ipad 3
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I've noticed this too, but I also see this on some large desktop monitors too.
For those that are too 'slow' to see it, if you have an iPhone or other phone, point it at the screen , swipe up/down in portrait mode and record a video. The effect becomes more pronounced.
The faster the scrolling, the more wavy it is
I'm guessing it's something like the vsync issue you get in games. It looks worse when recording video due to the shutter lag of the camera
For those that are too 'slow' to see it, if you have an iPhone or other phone, point it at the screen , swipe up/down in portrait mode and record a video. The effect becomes more pronounced.
The faster the scrolling, the more wavy it is
I'm guessing it's something like the vsync issue you get in games. It looks worse when recording video due to the shutter lag of the camera
There is no wavy effect at all... This is not a problem. Super fluid scrolling. The OP asked people to goto CNN....maybe that website is the "problem"...
Sure seems like some users are really just their hardest to find problems that are not there. I have no doubt that some iPads (of any generation) are faulty, but the OP also states he checked out 10 iPads at an Apple store and all of them had the "problem".... One can logically say....the iPads might not be the "problem".
Over analyzing and over imagination are possibly to blame here.
My 2 pennies...
Sure seems like some users are really just their hardest to find problems that are not there. I have no doubt that some iPads (of any generation) are faulty, but the OP also states he checked out 10 iPads at an Apple store and all of them had the "problem".... One can logically say....the iPads might not be the "problem".
Over analyzing and over imagination are possibly to blame here.
My 2 pennies...
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Just because you can't see it, doesn't mean it isn't happening, try like I suggested above
Here you go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w_8dNDiVC8&feature=plcp
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Kudos, keep in mind....because it may or may not be happening to you or others, doesn't mean its in any way shape or form a common issue.
If my iPad or any tablet was doing that...I'd do a full wipe/factory restore. If it still happens...get a replacement.
I still can't replicate that issue. That is why I'm a little skeptical when the OP says it happened on 10 iPads at the Apple store. That seems far fetched to me.
No issue here and I've never seen the issue on the iPads my friends have or my girl has. Nor have I seen any official review mention anything like what your video shows.
If its a real issue for some....it's a small number of owners I would say.
I can see it on this web site. If I go in portrait orientation and scroll up and down with my finger in the middle of the screen, the two horizontal lines that separate the post bend.
Correct. And no matter how many times it's repeated that it does this on ALL iPads and iPhones, some people will continue to say they don't see it.
Heck, see my personal iPad 1 (one) review from April, 2010:
https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/9563893/
I quote myself:
"The screen also suffers from "Wobbly Syndrome." Like my iPhone 3GS, if you scroll up and down the page quickly, the text seems to have some form of vertical shift. The best analogy I can use is if you know the Wobbly-Pencil trick, it will remind you of that. I had brought this up when I got my 3GS, and only a few people knew exactly what I was talking about then, so I suspect the same now."
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But, like I said, very few people notice it, it seems...
Ok, so I bought an iPad 3 today and guess what....
It does the wavy thing, just like every single iPad 3 in the 5th Ave store I tried. Every single one in the store does it.
With respect to those of you who cannot see it, think it doesn't exist or its imagined, I sure wish you could have been there when I took an Apple employee to an iPad, told them about the "phenomena", and pointed it out to them. The reply?
"Wow, I never noticed that before. Weird."
It's real.
Btw, love my new 3, even though it has the waviness "phenomena" just like every other one I looked at.
It does the wavy thing, just like every single iPad 3 in the 5th Ave store I tried. Every single one in the store does it.
With respect to those of you who cannot see it, think it doesn't exist or its imagined, I sure wish you could have been there when I took an Apple employee to an iPad, told them about the "phenomena", and pointed it out to them. The reply?
"Wow, I never noticed that before. Weird."
It's real.
Btw, love my new 3, even though it has the waviness "phenomena" just like every other one I looked at.
Reminds me of people's different experiences with DLP...
If you see it and don't like it...sell it or get a refund and buy something else...
If you don't see it...stop reading these threads and go enjoy your device.
If you see it and don't like it...sell it or get a refund and buy something else...
If you don't see it...stop reading these threads and go enjoy your device.
he's right
i've tried it too, if you scroll up and down with your finger not too fast you can see it, but tou'll hardly notice it (only when zoomed in) - nothing what really bothers
if you'd like to point out some of the negative things about the ipad i wouldn't include this issue , maybe the lack of and sd-card port etc ..but this is nothing to worry about imho
i've tried it too, if you scroll up and down with your finger not too fast you can see it, but tou'll hardly notice it (only when zoomed in) - nothing what really bothers
if you'd like to point out some of the negative things about the ipad i wouldn't include this issue , maybe the lack of and sd-card port etc ..but this is nothing to worry about imho
I can't seem to replicate this wavy phenomena with my iPad 3 in either landscape or portrait mode. Maybe I just can't see it?
Now I can't stop playing with it. Kinda like when you shake a pencil it looks like its bending. Very pleasant. As is using a pencil eraser deep in your ear canal. Aaaahhhhhhhhhh.
I was going to say this, it looks like the rubber pencil trick.
Didn't notice before, but now I can see it. It has to be on a page with lots of straight lines and you move your finger at a moderate speed up and down.
My guess is that it has to do with the refresh rate of the screen. I could only get it to "work" in portrait mode, which means the screen refreshes horizontally in landscape, like other normal displays. When scrolling in portrait the left side of the screen is updated first before progressing to the right, so with a fast continuous motion you can notice the effect. I can almost confirm this actually, as if you flip your iPad upside down in portrait the effect is reversed.
In landscape it results in more of a "stretching" but it is not as noticeable.
Overall though, not something that really bothers me. Maybe it would be "fixed" if they switched to a 120hz display.
Noticed it before, doesn't bother me at all. Weird how it only happens in the landscape positions.
I've tried doing this several times and I am just not seeing this with my iPad. There are no scrolling issues at all with it.
I can't see it with the naked eye.
At first I thought the iPad in the youtube video was clearly completely broken.
However, I decided to film my device when scrolling to see if I could recreate it.
Sure enough, when watching the footage back, I could see this wave effect more clearly.
I guess other people are more suseptable to it than others.
But because I never look at my iPad through a camera, its a non issue for me
At first I thought the iPad in the youtube video was clearly completely broken.
However, I decided to film my device when scrolling to see if I could recreate it.
Sure enough, when watching the footage back, I could see this wave effect more clearly.
I guess other people are more suseptable to it than others.
But because I never look at my iPad through a camera, its a non issue for me
Checked out an iPad 3 for the first time at the Apple Store today. I noticed this effect immediately and was really turned off by it. It actually made me a bit nauseous when I focused on it. I'm sure if I owned a new iPad I would get used to it/ignore it, but I don't like that it's there and hope that the new MBPs don't do the same thing.
It's strange how it affects people differently. I don't see it unless I really look for it, and that's only when I have it in portrait mode.
Noticed it this whole time, but at first wrote it off as an optical artifact with my eyes / brain. But it turns out, it's real, confirmed via video taken of the screen, using a grid overlay.
To the naysayers, it is real, even if you cant see it. Really annoying to my own eyes, and noticeable on home screen, even on this very thread.
I actually have to shift focus off the screen when scrolling now, here is to hoping this is not present on the new retina Macs as they're released...
To the naysayers, it is real, even if you cant see it. Really annoying to my own eyes, and noticeable on home screen, even on this very thread.
I actually have to shift focus off the screen when scrolling now, here is to hoping this is not present on the new retina Macs as they're released...
Finally, a video that shows it. I've been trying to figure what everyone was talking about. I'm almost certain mine doesn't do this. But I could be wrong, I'll have to try it again when I get home, now I know what to look for.
