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Some Reports of Backlight Bleeding on iPad 2
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Well hopefully the batch coming in 2-3 weeks will be ok. I Know I had this when I traded my original Ipad in for a 3g one, the 3g screen had alot of light leakage. It was tough to get the Geniuses to give me another because the took it in the backroom and could not see it. Eentually they reniged nd gave me another one which was perfect. I'm sorry $700 is too much to spend to get a faulty screen. My Ipad is committed to my Niece for her Birthday, but if I get a faulty one I'll make Apple give me another or just wait until they solve the issue. Makes me glad I bought from Apple Direct and not Walmart or target.
It's like that little annoying red engine light in my car. I just put a piece of black electrical tape over it and it's fixed. Same thing here. Oh, and if you bought the white iPad 2, the great news is they have white electrical tape too. 
Backlight bleed is entirely the fault of the manufacturing process. It can affect any device that uses an LCD panel and from any manufacturer. The only way to solve it is to improve manufacturing tolerances and QA on the production line.
For an iPad I wouldn't consider it a big deal. The iPad is cheap. Yes, it really is. Just look at the cameras to see cost-saving in action.
When you start hitting the thousands and get bleed and excessive mura then it's something that shouldn't be acceptable. I owned a Macbook Pro that was $2.5K and the bleed on that was enough to have me return two of them. It shouldn't be acceptable on a "professional unit."
I've seen $5k HDTVs with bleed and that is unacceptable too.
The iPad is a consumer toy and if you want to grumble about cutbacks in the manufacturing process then you should be prepared to pay more. As it is you get whay you pay for and the lower down in the technology hierarchy you are the more chance there is that the LCD panels used will not be 100% perfect. You could try and swap them out and the chances of you having a unit with the same issue are the same.
For an iPad I wouldn't consider it a big deal. The iPad is cheap. Yes, it really is. Just look at the cameras to see cost-saving in action.
When you start hitting the thousands and get bleed and excessive mura then it's something that shouldn't be acceptable. I owned a Macbook Pro that was $2.5K and the bleed on that was enough to have me return two of them. It shouldn't be acceptable on a "professional unit."
I've seen $5k HDTVs with bleed and that is unacceptable too.
The iPad is a consumer toy and if you want to grumble about cutbacks in the manufacturing process then you should be prepared to pay more. As it is you get whay you pay for and the lower down in the technology hierarchy you are the more chance there is that the LCD panels used will not be 100% perfect. You could try and swap them out and the chances of you having a unit with the same issue are the same.
Well, I have the light leak problem also. I did some comparison videos and didn't notice the leak until turning it on this morning in the dark.
Here are the vids:
http://www.youtube.com/InTheTechKnow
Here are the vids:
http://www.youtube.com/InTheTechKnow
Poor Apple, they're screwed no matter what they do. Put more screen bonging agent on and people complain about the yellow blotches. Put on less and the light leaks around the edge and folks complain.
But surely they must test them? Or have some sort of quality control?
Are Apple that bothered about getting your money that their willing to sell you something not caring that there's possibly fault, just so they get your money first, before you buy a xoom etc, then swapping it if there is a fault?
Not trying to bad mouth Apple, but come on, they must know about this and could easily stop it....
"With any brand new launch, Apple seems to be shipping the units as quickly as they are manufacturing them, preventing the required time for the bonding agent to set. We'll know for sure in a few days." https://www.macrumors.com/2011/03/11/ipad-2-yellow-screen-tinting-likely-to-go-away-like-iphone-4/
If the manufacturer can't wait a minute for the bonding agent to dry I doubt they have enough time to properly test out every single unit. And with the supply crunch for sceens and the high demand of the product I can't imagine this changing anytime soon. Unless the masses speak out as they did with the iPhone 4's antenna issue, nothing's going to change.
Sorry but what am I supposed to be seeing here?
There is a handy big yellow book with phone numbers to local businesses in it. I suggest looking in the psychiatrist/psychotherapy section about getting treatment for your OCD if that bothers you.
@TechKnow: You are going to get that with every LCD in the dark. You should not be using your iPad in complete darkness anyway because it will hurt your eyes.
If you need to use an iPad in the dark, turn the brightness all the way down. Problem solved.
There is a handy big yellow book with phone numbers to local businesses in it. I suggest looking in the psychiatrist/psychotherapy section about getting treatment for your OCD if that bothers you.
@TechKnow: You are going to get that with every LCD in the dark. You should not be using your iPad in complete darkness anyway because it will hurt your eyes.
If you need to use an iPad in the dark, turn the brightness all the way down. Problem solved.
NO, you wont. As a fact, the VAST majority of LCD displays don't suffer from backlight bleed. None of my laptops have ever had it, none of my monitors have had it, none of the displays I use at work have it, my friends iPad 1 DIDN'T have it. I am so sick of people making excuses for Apples poor quality control lately. If your ok with sub par products thats your business. Clearly we aren't, and thats our right considering we bought the things.
I think mine is doing this slightly on the bottom side and bottom left corner. I thought it was the yellow issue from the glue that would go away but it sounds more like this. Not sure I feel too good about this
I too noticed an issue with the bottom left side (when holding it in portrait) and before this post I didn't even notice it, but now that I know it's there its like looking at a FedEx truck and always looking and noticing that stupid arrow
Right. That's it exactly. Expect Jobs on stage any time now, showing a video of other devices like the Xoom, and the Tab, and how they all have this issue, so therefore it's not an issue!
I'm sorry, but I think this whole problem arises every time an Apple product is perceived to be anything less than perfect. And I think it's Apple's own fault. They set the expectations so high, that there is no way that anything other than perfection will be a let down for most people. Particularly if you've poured days of your life into queueing up to get one, and you have placed so much hope of future happiness in a device.
They know that they have built up this kind of fan base, and they know what's coming if they don't get it right. But they also know.... that people will be happy when they are told to turn the brightness down, and shut up.
Poor Apple, they're screwed no matter what they do. Put more screen bonging agent on and people complain about the yellow blotches. Put on less and the light leaks around the edge and folks complain.
Erm? Are you saying that they have already reacted to the complaints with the iPad 2 related to the yellow blotches, and taken action by reducing the amount of bonding? No way they would have had time.
No, this is just poor quality control, coupled with the price that you pay for trying to make everything super thin.
Folks complain because they watch the keynote and hear the words "amazing, just wonderful, really really nice, beautiful, just gorgeous", so often that they believe it. And then when it doesn't match up, they're obviously less then happy about it. Also, if this were one of those other dual core tablets on the market in the sub $200 price range, nobody would complain about it, but for $829, it probably should be better than this.
The yellow will go away as it did on the iphone 4's. Give it a few days.
Perhaps the bleed will also subside as the bonding agent dries.
If you still have a proble there is nothing you can really do about it until stores have a supply to exchange.
Perhaps the bleed will also subside as the bonding agent dries.
If you still have a proble there is nothing you can really do about it until stores have a supply to exchange.
Backlight bleed will never go away, it's how the panel was manufactured. iPads with backlight bleed shouldn't make it past QC - but they do because demand is huge and
know people will buy them anyway.
Backlight bleed will never go away, it's how the panel was manufactured. iPads with backlight bleed shouldn't make it past QC - but they do because demand is huge and
Absolutely...I think its crazy when folks think its going to go away on its own (kind of like those poor fools who think dead pixels fix themselves). On the topic of people not noticing...I think thats true for a portion of owners, but when i plugged mine in the first time, it was very obvious. Apple needs to really get their QC in order...regardless if mainstream users "notice" it or not...
Im not sure if people are attributing back-light bleed to Apple alone. Yes, its an issue with the technology as a whole...BUT this issue is so widespread (and coincidentally enough its bleeding in the same area of the screen) that it IS AN APPLE issue. Im honestly weary that the replacement i get will have the same issue...just more wasted time.
Went by the Apple store today and showed them both of our iPad 2's. They said they would have to order replacements and should have them in a couple of days. They said they hadn't received any official word from Apple on the problem. Their policy right now is to replace them, but they had ran out of replacements over the weekend.
While I was in the store 4 more iPad where brought in for the same problem so I have a feeling this is only going to grow.
About half the floor units have backlight bleeding, but it is hard to see in the store light.
While I was in the store 4 more iPad where brought in for the same problem so I have a feeling this is only going to grow.
About half the floor units have backlight bleeding, but it is hard to see in the store light.