Hi all,
I've had my iPad 3 since Friday & have decided this morning to send it back as overall I was happier with the display on the iPad 2!
There's no denying the increased number of pixels makes text look razor sharp but given that most web pages are a mix of bitmaps & vectors, the bitmaps look pixelated now.
My main issue however is media playback & colour balance. I use my iPad for watching downloaded 720p content as well as using iPlayer & live TV sites like FilmOn & TV Catchup --- I was EXTREMELY happy with the quality of the picture on my old iPad 2 but the new one doesn't have the rich contrast ratio of old (blacks aren't as black) and worst of all, skin tones have a horrible yellowy/green tinge. If I hadn't owned or seen an iPad 2 I'd obviously be none the wiser but my wife still has her no.2 so we compared side by side & no.2 just has a richer & more natural picture, skin tones don't have the jaundice look!
Also, the iPad 2 is brighter, no doubt about this one. I turned brightness all the way down on both & the iPad 2 was brighter. On full brightness the iPad 2 has whiter whites, whereas the iPad 3 again has that mild yellow tinge.
Another noticable thing is that the screen picks up fingerprints more easily than the iPad 2 -- again, I did a side by side comparison with my own greasy fingertips!
On the whole, aside from the sharper text, I prefer the look on the iPad 2 and regret selling mine to fund the purchase of the new one, so it's going back to Apple for a refund & I'm gonna wait a month or so to see what happens. It seems that the new screens just have a different colour profile, which to my eyes, isn't as good as on the iPad 2. If it isn't sorted out by Apple & is as they intended, I'll no doubt re-purchase an iPad 2, a device I was 100% happy with.
