Let’s cry wolf. Any number of iPod Touches seem to exhibit a flaw that makes viewing videos all but impossible. If you believe the Washington Post—my favorite newspaper, actually—then you may be alarmed by its warning that video looks “reversed out in dark areas, creating a very distracting negative effect.” Hmm, that’s odd. I certainly don’t want my video to be “reversed out.”
At the same time, the Post posits that this could nothing more than a manufacturing glitch affecting only a small number of users. Still, this isn’t exactly music to Apple’s ears, one would think.
Since I’m nothing more than a poor (in more ways than one) student who couldn’t possibly afford a Touch, I’ll go ahead and ask: have any of you Touch owners seen this problem—nasty, unwatchable video? Again, it could just be a glitch affecting only a small number of Touches, but boy I’d be pretty angry. I already have to deal with a crooked nano screen.
First Look: 16GB iPod Touch [PC World/Washington Post via AppleInsider]
Looks like horrible !!
Looks like totally horrible !!
I’m able to watch fairly dark videos…..the Die Hard trailer
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IfRb-sWuDk)
on youtube looks decent, so I guess I was lucky enough to receive a “good” unit.
Is it just me or does there seem to be a high number of shoddy product building coming from Apple of late?
Just with the latest batch we’re hearing of crooked screens on the Nano, dodgy screens on the iMac, crap video on iPod touch, lack of full firmware on iPod touch, multi-touch failure on iPhone.
I accept it’s not happening on all of the products but for a company heralded as the deity we should all look up to for quality it stands out significantly. Especially as Apple would be the first to shout out similar problems with any Microsoft product.
Are Apple losing their touch?
My touch is pretty dark, still dark scenes are still watchable.