Display of dark images/video

One of my office-mates bought one last night and it looks awesome.
Are we sure there's not issues with the encoding of the video?
Not saying it can't be a problem, but with video, it's a tougher game.

Scott

Nope, pictures, multiple videos, and even some dark webpages all give me the same issue.

No, it affects anything on the screen regardless of what it is.

That IS the point.
Very expensive items can have problems too - so just chill and take care of it with Apple.

There ya go!

http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/9018/img0184ix7.jpg
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/485/img0186jt1.jpg
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1324/img0187uz3.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9937/img0191ze3.jpg
http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/401/img0192eo3.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2293/img0196tx9.jpg

These are pictures of my own iPod Touch, I couldn't get better shots 😟

But you can definitely see the blacks are not right.

I got a Touch yesterday and have the same problems. I had the same exact problem about a 1.5 years ago when I got my 30GB Video. I had to swap that one out as well. But since the 16GB are in mad demand, I have to either wait for next shipment or maybe just wait altogether for a good 2nd or 3rd batch.

I sent this letter to steve@apple.com and steve@mac.com. I forget which one is the correct address. This is Part 1 (too big to post together)

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Dear Mr. Jobs

I purchased an iPod Touch 16gb at the 5th Avenue Apple Store last night in NYC.
While the device itself is amazing, it seems to have a glaring issue.

Firstly let me just link you to a large discussion thread about this
issue on Apple's Discussion forums:

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1131324&tstart=0

Many users are reporting that the iPod Touch can not properly display
black. Any image on the iPod Touch screen that is dark, such as a dark
scene in a movie, comes out almost completely washed out, and all
details are lost. This happens in movies, coverflow album art,
pictures, and even on dark colored websites.

A picture is worth a thousand words, so I have found a few pictures
posted by another used on ilounge.com, and I think these really
explain what the issue is:

Taken from this thread: http://forums.ilounge.com/showthread.php?t=205325

http://home.comcast.net/~audi-fan/IMG_5940.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~audi-fan/IMG_5927.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~audi-fan/IMG_5928.jpg


As you can see, the blacks are washed out, and all detail is lost, in
the first picture, the scene is almost unwatchable.

Yeah, that's a bummer.
I feel bad for you guys, I'm getting one and I admit, I'm nervous.
But, when the PSP came out, I got a perfect one and many of my friends got ones with loads of dead pixels.
It happens. Devices are made in such a fast production schedule these days that the rush to beat the other guys means that some of each run are going to be DOA.

Good luck getting it replaced.

Here are some of my pictures of my own iPod Touch:

http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/485/img0186jt1.jpg
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/1324/img0187uz3.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/9937/img0191ze3.jpg
http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2293/img0196tx9.jpg

Notice again that the blacks are completely washed out, and bleed on
to the other colors.

In fact, it looks like I am looking at an LCD at a horrible viewing
angle, but this is not the case as I am looking at it straight on.

I have a reservation tomorrow with the apple store to exchange my ipod
for another, but since many people are reporting this problem, I have
a feeling that until you personally step up and find out why so many
ipod Touch's are coming out with such faulty screens, it will only
continue.

Please help me and all the other users who really just want to enjoy
their iPod Touch, thank you.

It seems it posted multiple times, sorry about that. The server kept giving SQL errors.