Sharp to Begin Retina Display Shipments for New iPad

[fertilized-egg]

People are SO used to overly hot displays with bright blue torch-cast that when you have a properly calibrated 6500 degree display they think it looks yellow.

I am personally convinced that a lot of 'yellow tinged' display returns were actually the most accurate displays

I couldn't agree more. Making display blue-er makes everything look sharp and bright, as well as improving the visibility under sunlight somewhat (to my eyes anyway) that companies often "cheat" with their displays and consumers all got used to it.

On a somewhat related note when I received my first Galaxy S, I couldn't believe the atrocious color temperature which was nearly 10,000(!, yes, it's "over 9000"). After seeing so many praises of that OLED display, I was flummoxed and enlightened at the same time. If they didn't use the same skewed color temperate, things wouldn't have looked as sharp and bright and that's what consumers thought was good, just like boosting bass and treble in audio.

I'm curious to see what measurements the new iPad displays come in. I remember some of the iPad 2 displays, despite called for "too yellow" was actually on the high side of the 6,500.

 

[soco]

Maybe not you-maybe you were being sarcastic, but a lot of the quotation marks tend to have some sort of negative attitude to them and on this board, there is a lot of the "APPLE RULES! CONGRATS ON YOUR INSANE AMOUNTS OF MONEY! WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS" types...which boggles my mind, anyway. Hence the itchy-trigger-finger: There are all sorts of really bad comments about how awful Samsung is here for no other reason than some lawsuits pending in other company divisions that do compete. And competition, I think, is good for the consumer.

I get where you're coming from, but to reiterate: no. Merely quoting some of the words that have been used in regard to this topic that I find odd.

This forum is a strange beast sometimes. A lot of us are used to responding to idiocy, so when someone comes along and says something pithy and pointed, they're responded to as if they're trolling. It's hilarious.

 

[RyanG]

Hope the Sharp panels are up to scratch.

Say what you want about Sammy, but they make the best panels out there. If I had a choice when I bought a new MacBook Pro, I'd want a Samsung in there.

Samsung's 2011 line-up of LCD HDTV's were plagued with panel issues. Their entire line was pretty much poorly rated by everyone.

 

[Norkusa]

If I get an iPad with a Sharp screen, I'm returning it. I still have nightmares about the screen problems I've had with their crappy Quattron tv's (clouding, dead pixels, motion blur, etc)

 

[Genuine-G]

Oh here we go again. If you didn't have a bunch of iPads lined up next to each other you wouldn't have a clue that one of them was warmer or colder than the other.

The one in the middle is not 'defective', it's just warmer. Someone else writing this story might consider the one on the left to be defective.

That's exactly the way I'm thinking about that, too.

I love my iPhone 4S' Retina display and it appears to me quite "normal". But when I'm comparing it to my old iPhone 3GS' display side by side it appears to be some kind of "yellow-ish" though. But one might as well call it "warmer"...

But hey, I don't care at all. As long as a display is looking great when there's no direct comparison I'm not interested in slightly different shades of more or less yellow.

What counts for me is the display quality I experience when I look at it without any comparative device by its side. And as long as it's great that way, I'm just fine!

 

[toddybody]

People are SO used to overly hot displays with bright blue torch-cast that when you have a properly calibrated 6500 degree display they think it looks yellow.

I am personally convinced that a lot of 'yellow tinged' display returns were actually the most accurate displays these people had in their life and just didn't realize it because they were so acclimatized to blue-tinted displays.

THAT SAID - some people genuinely did receive defective yellow displays especially on iMacs.

Ill let folks with professional display testing tools tell me if the cooler Samsung is less "accurate" than the yellow Sharp. That said, my first iPad 2 had the yellow tinge around the border, which apparently was an issue with a display adhesive and not a homogenous display issue.

I call that a defect, pure and simple.

anyways, to your point...I agree that people get used to cool and overly bright displays. I use Gunnar Optics and appreciate the warmth they add to the screen.

 

[MonkeySee....]

Looks like Apple got "Samsunged"

My screen is fine though.

 

[Xscapes]

If I get an iPad with a Sharp screen, I'm returning it. I still have nightmares about the screen problems I've had with their crappy Quattron tv's (clouding, dead pixels, motion blur, etc)

How do you figure it out its a Sharp screen or whatever.

 

[Icaras]

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People are SO used to overly hot displays with bright blue torch-cast that when you have a properly calibrated 6500 degree display they think it looks yellow.

I am personally convinced that a lot of 'yellow tinged' display returns were actually the most accurate displays

I couldn't agree more. Making display blue-er makes everything look sharp and bright, as well as improving the visibility under sunlight somewhat (to my eyes anyway) that companies often "cheat" with their displays and consumers all got used to it.

On a somewhat related note when I received my first Galaxy S, I couldn't believe the atrocious color temperature which was nearly 10,000(!, yes, it's "over 9000"). After seeing so many praises of that OLED display, I was flummoxed and enlightened at the same time. If they didn't use the same skewed color temperate, things wouldn't have looked as sharp and bright and that's what consumers thought was good, just like boosting bass and treble in audio.

I'm curious to see what measurements the new iPad displays come in. I remember some of the iPad 2 displays, despite called for "too yellow" was actually on the high side of the 6,500.

Great post and I agree. When we had our plasma TV professionally calibrated, we were told that a lot of TV manufacturers actuallyship their sets with higher color temperatures, emphasizing blues, because on the show floor, cooler lookin displays stood out more to consumer eyes.

So I definitely agree with your analogy in audio as well and have seen it happen. Many consumers who have no ear for this sort of thing, will turn up the bass or treble, or even just the volume, and automatically think they're getting quality speakers.

The same is going on right now with Apple displays. Nothing to me says these warmer displays are "defective".

 

[clibinarius]

I get where you're coming from, but to reiterate: no. Merely quoting some of the words that have been used in regard to this topic that I find odd.

This forum is a strange beast sometimes. A lot of us are used to responding to idiocy, so when someone comes along and says something pithy and pointed, they're responded to as if they're trolling. It's hilarious.

Unfortunately I agree. Cheers. Though you know I wasn't replying at you as much as commenting on the person you quoted as being...well, someone who cares about nonsense...

 

[steggerwoof]

Did anyone got the yellow tint problem and go for an exchange?

I've exchanged mine as I wasn't happy with the yellow screen.

Maybe it isn't a defect but I wasn't happy with it, when I pay a premium price for a product, as we do and accept with Apple products, if I am not happy it gets returned...simple.



p.s I'm more than happy with my replacement and it's such an amazing upgrade from the original iPad.

 

[JesseW6889]

My 3 is much more blue-ish tinted than anything...? I love it!

 

[Glideslope]

Huh? I'm quoting a couple of words members have used in other threads to reference Samsung's "impending"* besting of Apple at their own game just because they made the Retina display for the new iPad.

* There, I did it again. Bite me.

Also, toddybody did it above me here. Grab 'yer pitchfork.

Forget it. Some do not understand the concept that Samsung manufactures Apple's Design. Samsung can't put that display in a Galaxy.

Nikon designs their Sensors which are mostly FABED by Sony. The 16MB Sony CMOS is not compatible in a D700 and the same goes for the Nikon in a SLT-A35.

 

[Xscapes]

I've exchanged mine as I wasn't happy with the yellow screen.

Maybe it isn't a defect but I wasn't happy with it, when I pay a premium price for a product, as we do and accept with Apple products, if I am not happy it gets returned...simple.



p.s I'm more than happy with my replacement and it's such an amazing upgrade from the original iPad.

So you just tell them your screen has yellow tint then they gave you a brand new one?

 

[jmnikricket]

When I finally got home from waiting hours in line, I opened my new iPad to find some kind of dirt/dust or something underneath the glass in multiple spots. I had to call Apple up and see if they had any more of the model I bought in and luckily, they did. I went back, got my new one, and everything seems find now...hopefully.

"When you put a 'D' at the end of fine, you're not fine."

 

[SBlue1]

the more suppliers the better

 

[vazquez1085]

Bought mine on Saturday and didn't really notice any yellow tint...will check it out when i get home later on today to be sure

 

[thelookingglass]

the more suppliers the better

Unless, of course, quality is uneven between suppliers ...

 

[Anonymous Freak]

Oh here we go again. If you didn't have a bunch of iPads lined up next to each other you wouldn't have a clue that one of them was warmer or colder than the other.

The one in the middle is not 'defective', it's just warmer. Someone else writing this story might consider the one on the left to be defective.

Not to mention that when this happened to iPhone 4's, it went away after a couple days. It was determined to be an artifact of getting them from the assembly line into customer hands so fast that the adhesive hadn't fully cured yet.

 

[tumi33]

Yellowish Tint on iPad3

I received my new iPad3 on Friday and I was very disappointed with it. The screen had a yellowish or maybe greenish tint to it. Especially when compared to my old iPad2. I took it in to the Apple store with pictures of the two side by side.

The store was packed and yet I received excellent assistance and went home with a new iPad3. This one looks great and I am happy with it. It is comforting to see I wasn't the only one with this issue.

 

[Michaelgtrusa]

The yellow issue is hard to believe is still going on.

 

[kolax]

Samsung's 2011 line-up of LCD HDTV's were plagued with panel issues. Their entire line was pretty much poorly rated by everyone.

But were all those issues directly because of the panel itself, or the general state of the television?

 

[forty2j]

Folks, the "yellow" ones are just going to go into a store room for a week to allow the glue to dry properly, and then they'll be resold.. if you keep your yellow one, it will clear up soon.. this happens often with the 1st batch of Apple products with screens.

 

[jicka]

The bigger problem is the screens that are half yellow and half blue. I prefer blue but I would be happy if I had one that's all yellow. Right now typing this in landscape the all the keys to the right of 'J' look yellow and the ones to the left look gray like my iPad 2.

 

[yourtoys7]

to me the one in the middle seems more "normal" if I can say that.