So Tweakers have run their test and have discovered that the N5 has some of the most accurate colour of any phone ever!
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I agree after having it for two days. The display is amazing. I thought it was washed out since I was coming from the G2 and note 3. But after my eyes adjusting for the past 2 days it truly is awesome.
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I was just comparing Note 3 vs N5 and thought the same thing. Little washed out, but almost refreshing to the eyes that it's not so over saturated.
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Coming from a Nexus 4 I really love the screen and there is a noticeable difference between them! It's like it feels very easy on the eyes.
Yes, our poor eyes have been hurt by these over saturated amoled [email protected] for ages, it's time for a change. We need accurate colours on our screen. Apple devices are the best in terms of colour accuracy and it's good see android devices catching up. Actually, HTC One is regarded as having the best overall screen if you read Anandtech's review.
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Coming from a Nexus 4 I really love the screen and there is a noticeable difference between them! It's like it feels very easy on the eyes.
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Yea when I compared the screen on the N4 to my N5 I was like:
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Like I suspected, contrast is worse than on the N4. To be honest, I'd trade some color accuracy for better contrast and/or better viewing angles. Especially on a mobile device where color accuracy is not critical.
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Like I suspected, contrast is worse than on the N4. To be honest, I'd trade some color accuracy for better contrast and/or better viewing angles. Especially on a mobile device where color accuracy is not critical.
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Viewing angles are critical? 99.9% of the time I'm looking at it straight on. I'd rather have accurate color, thanks
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So Tweakers have run their test and have discovered that the N5 has some of the most accurate colour of any phone ever!
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Agreed, it's a massive improvement on the Nexus 4. Here's my measurement report using my iDisplay3 colorimeter & Chromapure
'Pre-Cal' = Nexus 4 (stock)
'Post-Cal' = Nexus 5 (stock)
Calibration report
very impressive, and is very similar to the one tested above. I could tweak the green down a bit - and dE2000 number (a standard measure of the error) over 3.0 needs to be tweaked.
The Nexus 4 was one of the poorest displays ever produced last year. Man that was horrible. Staring at the Nexus 5's screen is pretty noticeable difference.
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http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/Google-Nexus-5-Review_id3479
Here's another review of the Nexus 5, look at the color comparison charts. You can add phones to the chart and check out their ratings, color accuracy compared to target colors, etc. I'm definitely going to look at this later tonight.
Also, I was just in the mall and a kiosk had a Nexus 5 on display. Naturally, I immediately gravitated to it and compared it to my Galaxy S4 Active. I set both phones on max brightness, and set my GS4A's screen mode to 'Movie', supposedly the most accurate and least saturated mode. The color accuracy of the Nexus 5 is better than my GS4A by a small but noticeable amount, but the whites seemed (by comparison) slightly more yellow and warmer. Is that what's known as a more natural white? My GS4A's whites tend to be colder and slightly more bluish by comparison.
I'm coming from a Galaxy Nexus which had such a grainy screen that it felt like I was looking at a newspaper almost. Whites were yellow & blacks were purple sometimes. That was a truly hideous screen. The Nexus 5 screen blows my mind in comparison(obviously). People say it's washed out, but I kind of like it when compared to the PLS display on my Note 10.1 which I actually really like as well.
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Viewing angles are critical? 99.9% of the time I'm looking at it straight on. I'd rather have accurate color, thanks
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Software can fix color accuracy but it can't fix viewing angles.
The display is decent but I would have actually preferred a shrunken version of the screen on the nexus 7 2013. It has much better contrast and MUCH better view angles. I wouldn't have minded if the nexus 5 was 323 ppi if it had those characteristics. You can't see the pixels on the nexus 7 anyway.
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Like I suspected, contrast is worse than on the N4. To be honest, I'd trade some color accuracy for better contrast and/or better viewing angles. Especially on a mobile device where color accuracy is not critical.
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I agree. I wish they had gone with an IPS panel with an A/TW polarizer like the nexus 7 2013 has.
A/TW IPS vs regular IPS
Maybe it's just me but I really can't tell the difference between the screens aside the fact that the nexus 5 has better whites
I have used AMOLEDS and I actually returned to a note 2 cos the 3 was too expensive and I don't like the S4. All the screen talk made me buy a nexus 5 but honestly, I regret it.
I have kitkat features installed on my note 2...compare screens, aside the yellowish tint with amoleds, i really dont know what the fuss is about. Are your eyes that sensitive or mine isn;t just good ?
I'm still waiting for the colour comparison of this YouTuber. www.youtube.com/user/TheAngelofmusic1989
Her videos are incredibly detailed, no joke it goes for an hour. She made some good screen colour comparison for the s4 and HTC one I think.
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Hi all,
Want to to get this phone but HD7 screen is worrying me.....
Is there a lot of difference between tft and ameoled? Will the difference be obvious?
Why on earth would HTC keep the same display as hd2 and not ameoled...
Hi,
the HTC HD7 has a super LCD screen. The HD2 has a standard TFT LCD.
From what I hear super LCDs are comparable to SUPER AMOLED screens.
I think, I saw another thread concerning the same.
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Hi,
the HTC HD7 has a super LCD screen. The HD2 has a standard TFT LCD.
From what I hear super LCDs are comparable to SUPER AMOLED screens.
I think, I saw another thread concerning the same.
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R u sure about this? Source?
If its true then hd7 for me
Yeah from the specs i read, its going to have SLCD, which is just as good as SAMOLED
specs here http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2636&c=htc_hd7_16gb
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Yeah from the specs i read, its going to have SLCD, which is just as good as SAMOLED
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Can you point me to these specs? I have heard that it has SLCD and the MSM8250 but have not been able to see this confirmed anywhere. I am getting the phone regardless since I passed on the HD2 and kept and Iphone 2.5g on TMO all this time. Either way I am looking forward to WP7.
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Can you point me to these specs? I have heard that it has SLCD and the MSM8250 but have not been able to see this confirmed anywhere. I am getting the phone regardless since I passed on the HD2 and kept and Iphone 2.5g on TMO all this time. Either way I am looking forward to WP7.
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spec here: http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=2636&c=htc_hd7_16gb
SLCD are similar to Amoled but is better in terms of battery life. SLCD is good.
AMOLED v STFT
The difference between SAMOLED and SLCD is that high quality SLCD screens are sharper while SAMOLED screens have higher color saturation.
Compare the screen on the G2 and the Vibrant, text looks crisper on the SLCD on the G2, but the colors are more saturated (darker blacks, brighter colors) on the SAMOLED on the Vibrant.
It is because of the sub pixel layout of the SAMOLED display. Overall both work well.
the fact that they have the loudpseakers listed as mono already tells me thats wrong.... There's 2 stereo speakers on the device's top and bottom...
Plus slashgear already mentioned it was a regular TFT, and that the viewing angles match the HD2 to prove this(S-LCD has better viewing angles like IPS)
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The difference between SAMOLED and SLCD is that high quality SLCD screens are sharper while SAMOLED screens have higher color saturation.
Compare the screen on the G2 and the Vibrant, text looks crisper on the SLCD on the G2, but the colors are more saturated (darker blacks, brighter colors) on the SAMOLED on the Vibrant.
It is because of the sub pixel layout of the SAMOLED display. Overall both work well.
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The reason the G2 looks sharper is also helped by the fact that its got a smaller screen.
If HTC's do have S-LCD screen, does that mean they also have the MSM chipset? People here who have emailed and asked HTC have been replied to saying it has the MSM chipset.... this is really frustrating because theres so many cross-information flying about lol. AHHHH!
The only "msm" chipset is in the g2, 7XXX, the HD7 is using the first gen QSD 8250 commonly misidentified as msm 8250. The second gen snap dragon is QSD 8255, currently ont he desire HD.
S-LCD has a better sunlight legibility, where as OLED, AMOLED and SAMOLED all have bad sunlight legibility.
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S-LCD has a better sunlight legibility, where as OLED, AMOLED and SAMOLED all have bad sunlight legibility.
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To be honest, all screens have bad sunlight visibility aside from E-ink displays
I just added this in the screen thread, but just to make sure you guys know!
It is the same rubbish TFT, nowhere near S-LCD or anything like it.
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HTC Mozart Left, Samsung Omnia 7/Focus Middle, HTC HD7 right.
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That screen is a deal breaker for me. I wish the Omnia were being sold in the US rather than the Focus. I like the form factor better.
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That screen is a deal breaker for me. I wish the Omnia were being sold in the US rather than the Focus. I like the form factor better.
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I'd love it if it had some sort of metal element like the HD7's chrome bezel!
The brown-grey 'metallic' back is not enough... why don't samsung build 'em like HTC!
I'm going to go and check out the Omnia 7 tomorrow, but i'm worried the plastics won't be up to the HD7.
With the screens switched OFF and sitting on your desk the HD7 looks so so so much more BAWSS!
It's going to be a hard call.
Yeah I really prefer HTC's hardware design and build quality to Samsung. If only they could have put even S-LCD on this phone.
Engadget basically called the screen crap in their review.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/10/20/htc-hd7-review/
Really a shame, I was looking forward to this device. I may ultimately end up going with it still, but the Focus is awfully tempting now.
Is it just me or are engadget's reviews always showing this phone from an angle. When it is viewed directly (which is how any person would look at it normally) the blacks aren't nearly as gray as engadget portrays them.
I will still be getting this phone in a heartbeat and selling my AMOLED equipped Nexus one on launch day.
Engagdet is a joke for reviews of anything.
The'll gobble dicks all day long for "previews" but when it's time for reviews, it's like a complete 180.
(unless its an apple product) Did anyone notice today's halt on all news during the back to mac conference?
look at this at 6:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIWYp6ZXe-s&list=UUO_vmeInQm5Z6dEZ6R5Kk0A&index=1&feature=plcp
i like way better the whites of iphone :crying:
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look at this at 6:00
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i like way better the whites of iphone :crying:
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Didn't watch the video, but the color temp is rather balanced. It isn't too warm. I own an iPhone 5 as well and the Nexus display looks just as good.
Quite honestly it's going to vary wildly from unit to unit as well. I recall once putting 4 iPhone 4's right next to one another and one was green, one was purple, one was orange, and one was blue.
Its not possible to gauge LCD color from a video because the camera changes what it thinks is supposed to be white to pure white, its called white balance. The camera is being white balanced to the iphone, which screws up the way the Nexus looks, it is probably white balancing the iphone because its a lot brighter.
Comparing the colors of LCD's from pictures is pointless, you have to know what you are doing and be using a camera that can set a manual white balance.
As for the whites on the Nexus 4, they are great but should actually be a little bit warmer.
I'm with the op..
I had my Nexus 4 up against an iphone 5 and there's no comparison, the iphone 5's screen blows it out of the water.
I then had it up to the old Galaxy S II I had and the screen was immensely better as well.
Only thing that it looked better then was my nexus 7, and that isnt saying much...
It can be different between devices. I've read that some devices didn't have time for the glue to fully cure and they had a warmer tint because of it, but after a couple days it was sorted out. Possibly the phone in the video has the same problem?
Check out this review. I linked to a spot where he has an all white page for a little bit and you can clearly see it's nowhere close to the phone in your video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4721lNCuteQ#t=186s
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Didn't watch the video, but the color temp is rather balanced. It isn't too warm. I own an iPhone 5 as well and the Nexus display looks just as good.
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if you own both,please wattch that video...are colors in iphone 5 display more vivid?
Much better comparison IMO here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E406xXr4Mok
And you guys are crazy, or are really hard to please, because this display is gorgeous.
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It can be different between devices. I've read that some devices didn't have time for the glue to fully cure and they had a warmer tint because of it, but after a couple days it was sorted out. Possibly the phone in the video has the same problem?
Check out this review. I linked to a spot where he has an all white page for a little bit and you can clearly see it's nowhere close to the phone in your video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4721lNCuteQ#t=186s
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Dude that's a Galaxy Nexus and an iphone 4... the guy is completely ripping off Armando Ferreira's video... and he has comments pending approval so nobody can correct him and put up a creative license LA so he won't be taken down... this has to be the biggest douchebag I've ever seen...
It is highly possible that even the Nexus 4 uses different IPS panels.
We've seen things like that in many devices, be it phones, laptops, and even TVs. Most prominent "case" is probably the Retina Macbook Pro where the LG made panel has way worse quality (LG normally makes god-tier panels, it's just that particular model where they screwed up) than the one manufactured by Samsung.
So, I'm almost certain that, even though LG makes their own panels, the Nexus 4 comes with different panels and some might have different characteristics.
Only side-by-side comparisons or teardowns of different batches will tell if there are in fact different screens used in the Nexus.
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if you own both,please wattch that video...are colors in iphone 5 display more vivid?
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The iPhone 5 is a tiny bit more vivid, but if you don't have them side by side it would be difficult to notice the difference. And the screen on my Nexus doesn't look extremely warm like the one in that video. Seems like he got a poorly calibrated unit, or maybe he had the brightness lower on the Nexus and it made it look warmer.
Here's some comparison shots with the iPhone 5.
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It looks like not every screen has the same color
gtg465x said:
Didn't watch the video, but the color temp is rather balanced. It isn't too warm. I own an iPhone 5 as well and the Nexus display looks just as good.
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Here's some comparison shots with the iPhone 5.
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i think you forgot the images
Has the chrome Browser a brightness setting feature? On my SGS I can set the brightness of the browser independent of the main setting of the OS!
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i think you forgot the images
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Sorry, imageshack was screwing with me. They're up now. To answer this thread, my Nexus 4 actually has a cooler screen than my iPhone 5.
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Sorry, imageshack was screwing with me. They're up now. To answer this thread, my Nexus 4 actually has a cooler screen than my iPhone 5.
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Wow...my Nexus 4 screen is almost identical to the iPod Touch 5G (the one with the same panel as the iPhone 5) in terms of temp and whites. That looks like a bad screen to me.
my screen is more in line with the pictures posted above....
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Wow...my Nexus 4 screen is almost identical to the iPod Touch 5G (the one with the same panel as the iPhone 5) in terms of temp and whites. That looks like a bad screen to me.
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The one in the video looks bad, I agree, but mine is fine. If anything, the iPhone 5's screen is slightly too warm, but in real world use (aka, not in pictures), my Nexus 4 and iPhone 5 screens look very similar.
The video doesn't mean anything, as someone stated before camera white balancing will do weird things to the image. The best any only way to accurately compare the two is side by side, in person..which is exactly what I did with my friend's iphone 5 yesterday. There is absolutely zero difference in quality between the two screens. Brightness is fantastic on both, colors look amazing, etc. Go test in person at an apple store or with a friend's iphone 5 and see for yourself.
So many conflicting reports regarding viewing angles.
What do does of you say that have gotten the N4 already? Are they really this bad:
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Check from 8.36: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV3kvQDf0Do&list=UUgyqtNWZmIxTx3b6OxTSALw&index=6
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So many conflicting reports regarding viewing angles.
What do does of you say that have gotten the N4 already? Are they really this bad:
Check from 8.36: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV3kvQDf0Do&list=UUgyqtNWZmIxTx3b6OxTSALw&index=6
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2 questions.
a) Are there 7 people using your phone at any one time where the 1st and the 7th person will be looking at the phone from that angle?
b) If a) is no, do you use your phone alone, at that angle. If so, might I ask what for?
Do you want to have a phone with wide viewing angles, on a 4.7 inch screen, just to say you have it? Or do you intentionally and typically hold your phone at that angle whenever you're showing your friends/family something on your phone?
Viewing angles bother me a little. When I let someone see my phone and besides them it looks "milky" at some angles
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So many conflicting reports regarding viewing angles.
What do does of you say that have gotten the N4 already? Are they really this bad:
Check from 8.36: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV3kvQDf0Do&list=UUgyqtNWZmIxTx3b6OxTSALw&index=6
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That pic seems unusally bad, but viewing angles are way worse than HTC one X.
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I'm with poison on this one do u really hold your phone at an angle for regular usage? I use my to watch videos at work with 4 people and haven't had a problem with the viewing angle. Had mine since Thanksgiving and its the best screen by far I've had. That's saying a lot to. I know u aren't comparing it to this but my I can't even use my 2 phones with super amoled now cause the colors look fake to me.
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Mine is fine (great for an LCD) from all angles.. I don't really see why people make such a fuss over this. The screen only sacrifices a little bit of brightness at an extreme angle, but it's really not much of an issue.
A great feature that saves ur money from privacy film
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Yes there are people who look at their phone from that angle, just like there are people who view their screens under a magnifying glass and don't want to see pixels so need the screen to be 1 PPI over all the other phones.
dafuqq, you guys don't hold your phones at weird angles just to show off your awesome viewing angles like me??
Seriously though, there is something special about screens with perfect viewing angles imo (like the HOX). They are just simply stunningly flawless, no matter how you look at them. What's the reason for zerogap anyway when you can't look at the screen from an angle and see the text floating ontop?
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Mine is fine (great for an LCD) from all angles.. I don't really see why people make such a fuss over this. The screen only sacrifices a little bit of brightness at an extreme angle, but it's really not much of an issue.
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Do you mean that you don't get the same distortion as in the image? Curious if there might be different panels.
I have a similar problem. It seems like every time I put my phone face down on a table I can only see a small amount of light on the sides. Also the brightness needs to be set pretty high to see it... weird.
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The viewing angle is fine.
If you have to look at your phone from that angle, you are looking it wrong™
This type of screen doesn't have the best viewing angle. Who cares? It is a phone and the other qualities of a zero gap ISP, lcd more than make up for it. Why would viewing angles be a major priority for any company designing a phone?
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Yeah the side viewing angles are much worse on the N4 than they were on my Galaxy Nexus. But as other have said, who cares? If I want to see what is on my phone's screen I will look directly at it.
I have no problems with the viewing angles. I think they're quite good. They're not the best out there but they're definitely above average.
The viewing angles do suck, if my phone is on the table and it lights up from a notification i have to pick the phone up to read it (not a big deal but annoying). or if i am trying to show a funny ass video from YouTube everyone has to gather around tightly just to see it clearly. I love the screen but the angles could be better.
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What are you guys smoking? This phone has great viewing angles. It's bad when colors completely shift from an angle... which my phone doesn't do at all. In fact, most of the time I have to have my phone at min brightness at night. I get eye strain with this thing even on auto brightness at night. It's night and day better than the galaxy nexus. Even with melange setting with Trinity Kernel, the gnex had much worse viewing angles for me... almost a total shift to blue, and the brightness is night and day! I would be more worried about yellow spots and light bleed with this type of screen than the viewing angles.
Coming from a One X, you'll notice how bad the viewing angles are.
Coming from any other phone, you won't notice because it's what you're used to.
As for viewing your phone at an angle, I often have the phone on my desk and view it without picking it up. I'm one of the few who have been spoilt by the One X, so I certainly notice the bad viewing angles a lot.
Having said that, apart from the screen and the camera, the N4 kicks arse over the One X.
This thread shows how people cry about anything.
Besides, at anything more than absolute min brightness, I can read this whole thread perfectly fine at 170 or so degree. the ONLY thing is you get a metallic-reflection. But everything is crisp and bright.
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can anyone see the capacitive sensors when the screen is off? I'm bringing it up because I can only achieve this at extreme angles when viewed in direct light.
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can anyone see the capacitive sensors when the screen is off? I'm bringing it up because I can only achieve this at extreme angles when viewed in direct light.
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Not really sure why you even bring this up... But yeah you can see them when the light hits right..
My Nexus 5 seems to have poor viewing angles compared to my HTC One X. Head on the screen looks great, but at a slight angle colors get a bit washed out, and at a larger angle the display basically turns dark to light grey when it should be black. I took several comparison pictures of my Nexus 5 and One X below. Both showing the notification screen. The display was set to a comparable brightness.
Anyone else able to compare their screen to another high end device? How are your viewing angles?
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Not as bad as that.. Is that full brightness?
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Lol, I will receive it tomorrow, I hope It doesn't looks like that. It looks like a cheap chinese phone screen...
It looks like they didn't use an A/TW polarizer on the nexus 5. Same as the nexus 4 and 2012 nexus 7. Its a shame since the nexus 7 2013 does in fact have an A/TW polarizer so doesn't glow off angle especially diagonally like the others do. I personally would have been fine if they just used the exact type of panel from the nexus 7 2013. Same ppi and everything just smaller.
Maybe its a panel lottery? I hope this one is just defective.
For those who don't know what the A/TW polarizer is, it reduces the off angle diagonal glows on IPS panels.
Both h-ips panels, one with a/tw, one without.
The One X by the way actually doesn't use IPS. It uses s-lcd2 which is actually a vertical alignment panel similar to S-PVA.
Very disappointed with the display. God dammit lg. The nexus 7 2013 display is amazing.
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Very disappointed with the display. God dammit lg. The nexus 7 2013 display is amazing.
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All of the reviews have been very positive on the display. Perhaps this is just a defective one as I haven't seen any other reports of issues.
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All of the reviews have been very positive on the display. Perhaps this is just a defective one as I haven't seen any other reports of issues.
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Plus, I really never understood the viewing angle bragging by monitor PC industries. I remember Apple having a whole page in the iMac specs saying that I could view it at 178°. I bought an iMac, and trust me, I never had to watch it at 178° (or 89° on the left/right). In fact, I have the screen standing on my table and my chair is always at the same position...
On the phones it's kind of the same. Plus, they say that the N5 display it's the best one ever seen.
IMAO, the viewing angle can go to hell.
On mine it only happens if tilted on a corner. If tilted back and forth in portrait or landscape the black levels don't wash out.
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And the "panel lottery" concern is born.
Please don't do this, XDA.
ericshmerick said:
And the "panel lottery" concern is born.
Please don't do this, XDA.
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ericshmerick said:
And the "panel lottery" concern is born.
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Par for the course!
Holy brightness Batman!
Vertron said:
On mine it only happens if tilted on a corner. If tilted back and forth in portrait or landscape the black levels don't wash out.
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Same here.
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Nexus 5 looks better to me
349 price and looks lot better than 700phones
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All of the reviews have been very positive on the display. Perhaps this is just a defective one as I haven't seen any other reports of issues.
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Its not a total disaster but its worse than the $230 N7 I'd say.
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I spend all my time looking at the screen from 130° .. This is a deal breaker.. /s
My viewing angles are nigh-spectacular.
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Yeah, my N5 does have the poor angles as in these pics. In fact I am disappointed with the screen. I think its worse than the n4.
My GFs N4 is just as bad. My 2013 N7 has a much better screen than both.
Maybe you should go back on a Nokia6210...
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Mine is really bad if it's over half brightness, similar to OP, but below half it looks fine like my N4. I've noticed that 1/3 brightness on my N5 is about equal to half brightness on my N4, so it may just be due to a naturally brighter display.
How well do you know your fifty shades of grey? Rate this thread to express how good the LG V20's display contrast is. A higher rating indicates that black is true black, rather than a very dark gray.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
Definitely not a Note 7, which sets the standard for true blacks. I'll bet this screen is easier on the battery.
douger1957 said:
Definitely not a Note 7, which sets the standard for true blacks. I'll bet this screen is easier on the battery.
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I'm going to disagree. The Note7 is a standard for "true black" because it is actually true black. An LED/OLED/AMOLED/etc display accomplishes black by simply shutting off an LED pixel, thus creating a 100% TRUE black. (Also, LED being off is using 0 energy).
LCD's on the other hand require backlighting, thus anytime the screen is on, the entire thing is lit. This is why no LCD will ever accomplish a 100% true black. It's also the reason why LCD's tend to be more of a battery hog because all pixels, even black ones, require lighting which requires energy.
To see the difference, put an AMOLED and LCD screen phone beside each other in a dark room and do a google image search for 000000, click one of the results and view it full screen. The AMOLED phone will appear to be off and the LCD phone will still be giving off light.
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I don't know if everybody know this but the note 7 is irrelevant.
techrider6262 said:
I don't know if everybody know this but the note 7 is irrelevant.
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DING DING DING We have a winner!!!!
Note 4 Note 7 no difference for this discussion same AMOLED panel.
the LGv20 has a nice screen. very nice screen in fact (I now have one) it is not REMOTELY as good as my note 4 screen.
way way way to high a color temp on the panel. its damned near blue. not remotely white. when I use low warming it helps a little but not much. you get used to it but you really really notice in large areas of white.
the blacks are ok but again. horrid if you are used to an oled panel. I hope LG puts an oled panel in the V30 since I know they have the tech (their oled televisions are drop dead sexy alas way way outside of anything remotely in my budget)
what helps is that it has the 1440p panel. this really is the ideal resolution for a 5.5 to 6 inch panel where 1080p is just lacking noticeably. you adjust to the high temperature you don't adjust to low resolution.
sadly so far the camera is crap at night. grrr. was hoping for better. have not really tested in in daytime yet though I expect it will be fine.
nerys71 said:
Note 4 Note 7 no difference for this discussion same AMOLED panel.
the LGv20 has a nice screen. very nice screen in fact (I now have one) it is not REMOTELY as good as my note 4 screen.
way way way to high a color temp on the panel. its damned near blue. not remotely white. when I use low warming it helps a little but not much. you get used to it but you really really notice in large areas of white.
the blacks are ok but again. horrid if you are used to an oled panel. I hope LG puts an oled panel in the V30 since I know they have the tech (their oled televisions are drop dead sexy alas way way outside of anything remotely in my budget)
what helps is that it has the 1440p panel. this really is the ideal resolution for a 5.5 to 6 inch panel where 1080p is just lacking noticeably. you adjust to the high temperature you don't adjust to low resolution.
sadly so far the camera is crap at night. grrr. was hoping for better. have not really tested in in daytime yet though I expect it will be fine.
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So turn down the blue. Nougat lets you.
Hmm.. Coming from a note 7... The 7 still has a better screen.. But increase brightness to 60 and up and it looks really great. Can't complain.
Yeah the blacks cant compare to my note 4 but at least the viewing angle is good enough. Dont notice any colour shift at any reasonable angle.
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Has anyone fiddled with the Color settings under Accessibility menu? I wonder if those would help.....anybody have success?
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Has anyone fiddled with the Color settings under Accessibility menu? I wonder if those would help.....anybody have success?
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There's already a thread all about it
It's not much of a thread tbh. I've just read it.
Amoled vs LCD. Note 4 vs V20. You win some you lose some. Having come from Amoled screens (Nexus 6, Note 4, etc) you get spoiled by blacks. However, the colors on the V20 are fantastic. I am a weekend pro photographer and can tell you I feel the V20 is way more natural than the over saturated colors of an Amoled screen. Also viewing angles on the V20 maintain colors while the Note 4 does not.
But back to black levels. This is good for an LCD screen and turning off the top display improves it a lot. The black level is good but it is a dark grey. But when you watch Netflix etc in the dark it is not bad at all. Not Amoled good but definitely not bad.
OK so having done some more watching with the lights totally off, I can say this is a disaster in terms of black levels. I watched 10 minutes of Lord Of The Rings and pretty much stopped.