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16:20 - You're not as happy as you think you are!
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2020364,00.asp
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"Apple's iPod Scrapes the Bottom in First Ever Screen Quality Tests!" blares the headline on this article as pointed out by ZDNet's Jim Louderback.
So you're thinking about picking up an iPod or portable video player. Sure you've read the reviews, but there's one area you probably haven't even considered - just how good is the screen on that portable player. IT's an important distinction, especially if you'll be watching movies or TV. And the results from the first round of testing are telling. Apple loses big-time: the iPod screen is washed out and has terrible contrast and color saturation.
O RLY? Who's having difficulty viewing things on the iPod screen, exactly?
I've grown accustomed to watching various TV shows on it in the gym, and just about the last adjectives I'd ever have come up with for describing the picture quality are "washed out" and "terrible contrast and color saturation". In fact, I'm usually struck by how vivid and bright the colors are, every bit as much so as on my TV. And that's on the original 5G iPod, without the new oodles-brighter screen they just introduced.
What kind of astronomical standards are being applied these days? Is anyone out there actually complaining about the iPod's screen quality? And are people actually likely to reconsider an iPod purchase just because they've read that the screen isn't quite as eye-searingly saturated as on the Zens and Zunes of the world? I know Louderback would love to think so, but he might have to prepare for disappointment.
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Brian Tiemann
