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iPad I believe the iPad 4 has a serious display flaw.
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OK. Here it is. Clear as day. I won't even bother describing what exactly to look for as it's painfully clear.
Note:
This is an iPad 4th gen.
The iPad's auto-brightness is turned OFF.
Exposure, white balance, aperture, etc. are all fixed on the camera.
This poor video performance is a serious distraction and was never an issue on my 1st gen iPad.
http://youtu.be/QE2Zfbz7Boc
Nathan
Note:
This is an iPad 4th gen.
The iPad's auto-brightness is turned OFF.
Exposure, white balance, aperture, etc. are all fixed on the camera.
This poor video performance is a serious distraction and was never an issue on my 1st gen iPad.
http://youtu.be/QE2Zfbz7Boc
Nathan
Yes, I've gotten through to Apple and spoken to senior advisors a few times. They tell me to return it/exchange it. Hah!
Anyway, they are apparently aware of the problem so hopefully in the next update it will be fixed. Fingers crossed...?
Ok, sounds good. As long as they are saying its an issue. I know it looks like its supposed to be a feature (dynamic contrast/gamma). Clearly very annoying during certain videos.
What movie is that (nathanjbrown) so I can test out? I'd like to test on that specific video for most of the movies and tv shows I have does not have that effect depicted in the YouTube video where even the letterbox is washed out
The movie is "Anonymous." Not the greatest of films. Let us know if you see the same thing on your iPad.
Looks like you need to do an exchange. 100% of my viewing of tv shows and movies are with the lights off, and I dont have any issue on my ipad 4.
Well, I'd like to revise my previous impressions of experiencing the icon behavior only. I don't know whether it's gotten worse or I'm just looking at videos triggering the behavior more easily but it's really irritating and frequent now.
I'm seriously considering returning it however, what if people not experiencing the problem just aren't watching videos that trigger it on THEIR devices? I went back and watched the test videos in this thread and where a few of you had similar problems, it seems I can't replicate with these, but its definitely happening with other videos. So it still could be a software issue. Urgh!
I'm seriously considering returning it however, what if people not experiencing the problem just aren't watching videos that trigger it on THEIR devices? I went back and watched the test videos in this thread and where a few of you had similar problems, it seems I can't replicate with these, but its definitely happening with other videos. So it still could be a software issue. Urgh!
It's definitely a software problem, since it doesn't have this issue in AVPlayer HD (no longer on the App store) and other apps.
*EDIT*
AV Player HD is actually back on the App store. That's good.
Yes. I've been in fairly regular contact with Apple. I'm hoping the next update will fix the issue. But who knows...
Nope. It's software. Some apps uses Apple's own video rendering software (the problem), and others use their own rendering software (like AVPlayer HD).
Although I should note that I haven't noticed it when simply watching videos. However, if I pause a dark image (say in the itunes store), I will notice the screen get slightly brighter, and exiting to the desktop will result in a brief washed out image. Basically I have to look for it.
Thank you for your wonderful contribution to this thread. I'll leave the heading as is, because what my iPad DISPLAYS is actually flawed.
I had the problem and returned it. Waiting on what Apple will do and also for the next gen which I did not really care about till now to tell the truth.
At least what I posted was the truth, unlike what this thread has become.
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