Droid - contrast / color quality compared to Eris (possible to adjust?)

[m95c]

Originally Posted by Adrynalyne

Thats a silly comparison. Of course AMOLED is going to look better. We knew that before you even checked vs the Omnia II

Pity that the screen is wasted on only 65k colors

On the flip side, take it outside in direct sunlight. Prepare for the gnashing of teeth, and tears begin to flow as you cannot see the screen to dial out

Both phones support 16 million color display.

And I don't have any problems with both phones in direct sunlight, I can see very well.

[Adrynalyne]

Originally Posted by m95c

Both phones support 16 million color display.

And I don't have any problems with both phones in direct sunlight, I can see very well.

Nope. Windows Mobile has a limit of 65k colors, which as far as I am concerned, wastes the AMOLED goodness. The hardware supports 16M colors, sure, but it can only show as much as the OS allows.

[m95c]

Originally Posted by Adrynalyne

Nope. Windows Mobile has a limit of 65k colors, which as far as I am concerned, wastes the AMOLED goodness. The hardware supports 16M colors, sure, but it can only show as much as the OS allows.

Well then, that is a waist of 3.7 inches of AMOLED real estate.

[Adrynalyne]

Unfortunately

[pushdrops]

my wife has the Eris , it's ok but really slow and the smaller screen i wouldn't like (an N1 type <improved in a year when our prim line, my Droid can be upgraded> down the line with VZW I'll wait for, use the Droid in the mean time). We have a large discount with VZW , so 2 T-Mob plans would be quite a bit more than what we are paying now (plus the Eris was FREE).

No way was i bashing the Droid, just hoping the contrast settings could be updated. It's not that it's not bright, it's plenty bright and sharp, just that actually it may be too bright for me (for what i'd like optimally, not that it sucks or anything) - download the BIC Lighter app - that's the best way to show what i'm talking about - i'm getting that the pics taken by the Droid aren't colorful.

With the BIC Lighter app , on the Eris the background around the lighter is very dark / black as it should be , on the Droid you can see that it's a little gray, this is i think (i'm no expert with screens obviously) makes for the washed out look (on the Eris the lighters <which are very colorful and a good example to compare> are more colorful, the background very dark black with many shades of color in between. Also the top of a lighter in the app, the Silver part looks like real metal on the Eris but just shades of gray on the Droid.

It's possible that the best buy that i compared to my Droid (with their display Droid) has an issue (meaning mine would too) , I'm going out of town later this week and will try to find a Droid at a VZW store while away, load up the FREE bic lighter app and see how the screen looks.

This isn't a HUGE deal, i'm just a bit picky and again if not for the fact that my wife has the Eris which I setup , both of us couldn't help but notice the color difference (now on the Eris text seems fuzzy compared to the Droid, just the lower rez i'm sure) , especially when I loaded the silly BIC Lighter app (useless app once you try it out, i only have it still to compare the colors, also playing ANY hi quality You tube video on each there;s a stark diff in color quality - again the Droid still looks fine , just that when you see the colors looking more rich on the Eris it makes me think that I wish that the Droid's contrast ratio was better to match the Eris).

Luckily I don't watch videos often or view pictures that much either so it's not killing me - what does bother me is that I'm sure if the contrast settings could be accessed, the Droid prob could rid the washed out look - making for an even better phone and worth the $$$$ that we paid to move to VZW and go with smart phones, I'm confident there will be either an update or that there's an issue with my Droid (plus the other one I tried last week) if nobody else can see a diff with the BIC Lighter app with an Eris and the Droid (I'm picking that because it's something to compare - if you just look at the Eris and the Droid without at least viewing the same app , color pattern <photo or video> , yea you may not think the Droid has a washed out look).

The return date is later this week , because can't go back to our old phones / carrier and there's no fam plan with T-Mob , will stick with the Eris and Droid (plus our VZW discount) and my wife will be happy with her Eris for 2+ years, I'll get the HTC N1 type phone next year (prob with a thinner / cooler CPU , better speaker , dual flash etc. anyway over the N1).

Hope this didn't come across as bashing the Droid , just that I also don't wanna hide the fact that I see a weakness with the display either. The contrast deal and being able to use the virtual keyboard's auto suggestions with the h/w keyboard and I'll be more than happy to use the Droid for some time to come.

Whenever someone learns how to adjust the Droid's contrast setting please let me know.

[breakmyfootoff]

No worries man, I dont think anyone thought you were trying to bash anything. I wouldnt even disagree with your statement, because I didnt do a side by side screen comparison between the two phones. All I was saying was that the screen looks good enough to me to keep me from even worrying about it, that doesnt mean it has to be good enough for you though .

[pushdrops]

Originally Posted by breakmyfootoff

All I was saying was that the screen looks good enough to me to keep me from even worrying about it, that doesnt mean it has to be good enough for you though .

it will do (because the Droid is great for so many other features), i don't view photos or video too often on the Droid & I uninstalled the BIC LIghter app