I just got the galaxy note and I have to say that the colour banding is very very bad compared S2 and S1, I watching almost all my movies and tv shows on my phone, I really need a phone with good screen
I know both the note and the s3 uses pentile, how does the colour banding issue on the S3.
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I dont have a full answer, but :
Samsung claims to have a 24bit color depth screen, which corresponds to 16M colors (actually, I seem to recall a guy who said it was 32bits, 6 bits being used for the alpha channel).
According to the official Galaxy Note spec sheet, it also has a 24bit color depth.
So, if you stick to the tech specs, there is no difference.
- But I've read reviewers saying the color banding effect was really reduced on the Galaxy S 3.
- But I've also read reviewer saying it the color depth was better on the Galaxy S 3 than it is on the HTC One X (while it's also 24bits on the HTC's device)
Finally, I don't know what to believe. Thanks for reading my non-answer
i would say there is no color banding when compared with my previous sgs2!!
So you saying it is better than s2
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Black clipping on galaxy note vs sgs3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Znq94VA_Ns&feature=youtube_gdata_player
had black color issue on note, with s3 i dont have it. So far didnt see any color banding on my s3
Gradient banding in the s3 is there but i only notice it when watching videos. its a lot harder to notice than note but easier to see than the s2 in my experience....however certain apps have it like angry birds space, if u look closely at the sun and the blue space color the fading is not overly smooth like it would be on an lcd screen for example....the s2 does the same so does the nexus and the note so i guess its an amoled thing.
It's there on a lot of Android stock dark gray and black backgrounds and in some games. Not quite as bad as the GS2, but nowhere near what it should be for a 720p HD screen.
Really think they'd be able to correct it by now.
Gradient Banding is there at S III, it is damn obvious in certain wallpaper.
How to solved this?
I know S II also got this issue, but CM fix it, but I don't want to use CM in my S III.
I dont have the same problems in my SGS3 than in my old Galaxy Note but i noticed that the SGS3 also have some problems in the screen like gradient banding in gray scale colours, very frustrated with my 2 last Galaxy smartphones.
For view the issue that im talking with gradients, an example are go to browsermark site, this site have a gradient gray brackgound but in the SGS3 half background are gray with some banding lines and the other half of the background are totally black, see here:
http://browsermark.rightware.com/browsermark/
for movies try one x. for raw power with 2nd best screen, take s3
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Surprisingly the banding issue is non-issue on the AT&T GS3, whereas my International GS3 there is still a slight banding issue even after applying the 'fix'.
Much much better than S2. There is some minor banding if you examine carefully, but if we weren't sensitized to this issue by S2, I wouldn't have noticed it.
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Surprisingly the banding issue is non-issue on the AT&T GS3, whereas my International GS3 there is still a slight banding issue even after applying the 'fix'.
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Hi,
I was wondering if someone who has the S2 and has had or spent some time with an iPhone 4 can comment on how clear the screen/text is when reading web pages etc.
I have a Nexus One and the resolution is horrible compared to the iPhone 4.
Does the RGB vs Pentile make a big difference?
I don't have the galaxy yet, but yes text will look much sharper. The nexus one had the pentile pixel layout, new galaxy does not.
Just play with the inspire or thunderbolt. They have same size large screen with same proper pixel layout as the new galaxy s, but it will also have amoled ad well. Best of both worlds.
much much better than sgs pentile but it suffers from heavy aliasing on web pages.i did notice this as soon as i got the phone even engadget points this out. the screen is great but the text on web pages are not as sharp as i'd like them to be(i did take into consideration that iphone's ips display has higher res).i wish some dev's could start on fixing this I'd more than happy to buy them a few beers.
the screen over all is great.heck its the best out there.
I wonder why it would have worse aliasing than the nexus one or first galaxy s, since they have pentile pixels. This has higher resolution, more pixels, yet has an aliasing issue. Very strange, and disappointing...
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I wonder why it would have worse aliasing than the nexus one or first galaxy s, since they have pentile pixels. This has higher resolution, more pixels, yet has an aliasing issue. Very strange, and disappointing...
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Probably just a bug in Samsung's browser, it'll be fixed eventually.
maybe try opera or dolphin HD and see.
I wonder if the screen on the galaxy s ii will look the same as the galaxy s with voodoo color.
Super Amoled Plus = Super Amoled w/ voodoo color?
I hope supercurio cooks come kernels for this phone!
It will look better cause the galaxy s2 has physically more pixels than the super amoled.
Got an SGS2 last week and need to say I was quite deluded by text clarity. Not only does not compare to Iphone of gf (miles away) but it is even worse than Xperia Arc. I notice the aliasing on most letters not only in browser (stock or otherwise, tried several) but also on Gmail and Kindle, basically anywhere that there is a strong contrast between font color and background (ie black on white or viceversa). I'm not sure if the phone is victim of its own features like super contrast that makes jaggies more visible or there is a problem with my handset. Would appreciate if other people having the SGS2 and another phone (not pentile matrix based ofc) could report their experience.
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Hi,
I was wondering if someone who has the S2 and has had or spent some time with an iPhone 4 can comment on how clear the screen/text is when reading web pages etc.
I have a Nexus One and the resolution is horrible compared to the iPhone 4.
Does the RGB vs Pentile make a big difference?
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not 100% but i believe so. The RGB has a 50% increase in sub-pixels which basically gives the appearance of having a higher resolution/ppi. (at least that's what I've been led to believe)
so now that some people have this device, how smooth does the text look? no more pentile pixel layout should mean a gorgeous superb looking screen. my mouth is watering at the thought of OLED pixels without the fuzzy text look of the super amoled screens.
how do web pages look? small text, and text in general? is it really noticeable over the first galaxy s and nexus s screen?
To me it looks great
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does the screen look more pixelated than on the original galaxy s
it should look LESS pixelated than the galaxy s, but i dont know. that's what i'd like to know though.
wish there was some way to show close up smoothness of the screen to others out on the web thru pics or something, but its hard to do. maybe some close up shots?
you can always put a tiny droplet of water on the screen to magnify the pixels and take a pic.
Hi,
I have asked this question in a few other threads as well but I have some gradient issues which however doesn't appear to be a generic issue as I've not seen anyone else complain about it.
Text is as sharp as you would expect a screen of this size to be (I'm coming from the 4" LCD of X10i). Its slightly less sharp than the LCD but nothing unexpected.
Contrast is superb as are the viewing angles!
My display however shows colour banding as you can see in the grey background of the NeuralNet WP snapshot I uploaded (Sorry for the quality, its my X10)
Anyone else with this issue?
let me just dig out my SLR and take a picture of my screen, I too have "banding" but it's no worse than any other LCD/LED screen I've used.
It's certainly not something I can say I've noticed without actually looking for.
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let me just dig out my SLR and take a picture of my screen, I too have "banding" but it's no worse than any other LCD/LED screen I've used.
It's certainly not something I can say I've noticed without actually looking for.
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The banding is much worse than on my old Galaxy Spica (24bit LCD), but the overall screen quality is amazing and I don't notice the banding most of the time.
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The banding is much worse than on my old Galaxy Spica (24bit LCD), but the overall screen quality is amazing and I don't notice the banding most of the time.
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Could it be that people coming from LCD displays are more sensitive to the banding effect?
When I compare the display with my X10i (LCD), the effect is apparent!
Aargh.. the display is so awesome .. why the doggone banding!!!
I played with a SGS2 for 20 minutes today. I was extremely bothered by the pentile on the original, so much that it's one of the main reasons I got rid of it.
Happy to report that there is NO pentile whatsoever on the new version and it looks exactly like a 4.3" 800x480 LCD does, but with SAMOLED Plus colors and contrast Pixels are pixels, like they should be.
I haven't had the Galaxy S, but my girlfriend uses the iphone 4, and I would say the Galaxy S 2 whups the iphone 4 on screen quality ( not resolution ) but over all clarity of images, web pages is alot better ( in my opinion. )
This screen is much better bcause of its real stripe matrix. Compared to a friends iPhone 4 a couple of nights back, particularly in terms of text in the browser. Text on the iPhone is definitely better with its pixel density, but the difference really is not that great at all - he was actually really surprised when I told him the actual resolution, because he thought they looked so close in terms of clarity!
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This screen is much better bcause of its real stripe matrix. Compared to a friends iPhone 4 a couple of nights back, particularly in terms of text in the browser. Text on the iPhone is definitely better with its pixel density, but the difference really is not that great at all - he was actually really surprised when I told him the actual resolution, because he thought they looked so close in terms of clarity!
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The iphone 4 doesnt get colour banding... My SGS II screen looks like its only 16bit colour.....
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The iphone 4 doesnt get colour banding... My SGS II screen looks like its only 16bit colour.....
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I'd bet a lot of money that it IS only 16 bit color right now. Samsungs other amoled screens were only 16 bit color when they came out on the nexus one etc.
I had a Galaxy S and compared them side by side.
There's no question about it - the S II looks ten times better than the original. There's no more of the graininess, and despite the slightly lower pixel density it appears sharper as the fuzzy edges caused by PenTile are gone.
Colours are also smoother since the slight graininess is gone.
I have Galaxy S2 and yesterday got my G Note. If I compare the colors of S2 with GNote, GNote colors seem washed out..contrast is lacking..it is quite evident in stock browser, stock email app and when looking at blue and grey color..
Is there any way to fix this? I like the higher contrast of S2
S2 has setting to choose color profile i.e. standard, dynamic etc..I see the same option is missing from GNote...can someone help?
What your more than likely noticing is the difference between Super AMOLED HD vs. Super AMOLED plus. The plus has the slight contrast advantage iirc. That's because of the better sub pixel layout found in the plus. So I don't know if there is a way around it.
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could also be a defective screen. My captivate suffered from the same problem. It also has a amoled display(not plus). Turns out some of the samsung displays suffer from colors looking washed out. Id say try to compare the colors to a galaxy s I, or another galaxy note. If it looks worse get another one from them.
Went to the mall today and stopped in the Verizon/Sprint and AT&T stores...and Best Buy Mobile too, looking for the GS3 demo of course. No luck. But I did play with the Galaxy Nexus and if the screen on it is what I can expect on the GS3 I think i'm gonna be a happy camper cause it looked lovely. Anybody know if they are the same?
GS3 has a nicer screen but i think it's the same size
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I don't have a GS3 (yet), and I've heard the screen is nicer. But it actually has a larger screen (not the same size as noted above). I believe Nexus is 4.65" vs. 4.8" of the GS3.
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Went to the mall today and stopped in the Verizon/Sprint and AT&T stores...and Best Buy Mobile too, looking for the GS3 demo of course. No luck. But I did play with the Galaxy Nexus and if the screen on it is what I can expect on the GS3 I think i'm gonna be a happy camper cause it looked lovely. Anybody know if they are the same?
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The reviews say it is better despite the lower pixel density. I wouldn't put too much stock on it though. The one on my friends GS3 looked great but some videos had some pretty pink tinted ones that didn't look too hot.
We will see. Cross our fingers.
I compared my SGS3 screen with my friends Galaxy Nexus. SGS3 is much brighter and whiter.
It's the same display, a bit different tweaks.
SGS3 display is definitely brighter than the GN, but the Galaxy Note screen is the absolute brightest of them all by a good/large margin.
SGS3 has tweaked color profile to offer more natural colors instead of being over saturated and blueish tint. Whites are definitely whiter now without the blue-ish tint. Still not as white as an IPS LCD though.
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I compared my SGS3 screen with my friends Galaxy Nexus. SGS3 is much brighter and whiter.
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Wow...I was blown away with how nice the display was on the GNex, if the GS3 is better than that
i have both and, over-sharpening tweaks aside, the SGS3 screen is noticeably better. the Gnex has a real problem with gray's, which is quite a bit better on the SGS3 - probably because the brightness is better on every level. It's also the least pentile-looking AMOLED screen i've ever seen.
The note's display is still the best though. It's brightness, color balance and clarity are on another level.
Today I was at an at&t store so I compared the screens of mega and my note 2 side by side. I played the same YouTube video on both devices. Boy how come I've never realized how yellow the whites look on my note 2, and yet it's pure white on the mega. I just don't get it. Isn't the note 2 supposed to be a high end flagship?
That fact is related to the phisical type of the screen: while it's an amoled on your Note 2, like my Razr, it's an LCD on the Mega. This means that whites are a lot better on the Mega, but blacks are better on amoled phones, because an amoled screen shows blacks by turning off every single pixel. People love LCDs for their color accuracy (for example, SuperLCDs mounted on HTCs), or prefer amoleds for their rich colors and high contrast ratio. Modern Samsungs have a tool for adjusting color temperature and saturation, and even Nokias have the same tool, to help you find screen colors that fits you and prevent over saturation!
Hope this explaination helps!
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x2h said:
Today I was at an at&t store so I compared the screens of mega and my note 2 side by side. I played the same YouTube video on both devices. Boy how come I've never realized how yellow the whites look on my note 2, and yet it's pure white on the mega. I just don't get it. Isn't the note 2 supposed to be a high end flagship?
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I knew about the green/blueish tint on my original Note but I never realized that it was that bad. Same goes with the black clipping/crushed.
I knew of course about them too as with almost all other "problems" but boy, playing the same clips with the Mega or the Note on top or and the other one below, what a difference.
You guys can download a bunch of High quality clips beloew. But also any quality 1080p trailer will do(e.g Transformers). Also Sintel, Big buck bunny etc.
http://www.hfrmovies.com/high-frame-rate-example-videos/
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That fact is related to the phisical type of the screen: while it's an amoled on your Note 2, like my Razr, it's an LCD on the Mega. This means that whites are a lot better on the Mega, but blacks are better on amoled phones, because an amoled screen shows blacks by turning off every single pixel. People love LCDs for their color accuracy (for example, SuperLCDs mounted on HTCs), or prefer amoleds for their rich colors and high contrast ratio. Modern Samsungs have a tool for adjusting color temperature and saturation, and even Nokias have the same tool, to help you find screen colors that fits you and prevent over saturation!
Hope this explaination helps!
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True. The difference is obvious between them(Note 1 vs Mega) but I'm really satisfied with the Mega's screen.
I'm a huge fan of Amoled's, but I can say that my first ownership experience with a quality LCD is going quite well so far. More than well actually.
AMOLED is great but it needs more development to work out the problems it has (yellowish/bluish whites, black clipping/crush, screen deterioration, real rgb subpixels, etc). These problems are very obvious when you compare screens side by side specially with the Mega's SC LCD (super clear).