HowardForums.com: Sony Super LCD vs Super AMOLED

[zd111809]

idk if its just me.. but the super lcd screen looked far better to me.. but id have to compare in person.. i went from a nexus s 4g to an htc radar 4g.. and i havent noticed too much of a difference in the screens..

[anmibro]

Well I have the HTC Incredible with an Amoled screen. I think the Amoled screen is just fine. When directly compared to other screens they don't have quite as bright white colors but the colors are vibrant, the blacks are black, and contrast is good. Overall its sharp and looks great. I haven't owned an LCD smartphone so I can't say I know anything about that. In the end there are tradeoffs with all screens and its up to each person to choose what they like best.

[JonBj2]

0:43 - Where the hell can I get a phone with a cloaking device???

[Vagextrol]

Why does he say "Super Emoled" ??

Isn't it "Super Amoled"

FUCK HE ANNOYS ME

Sideways test lol

[LukiXS2]

is it just me or, do anyone else think that AMOLED Displays have very unnatural colors. Too much green on white shapes and so on...

[ajackofspades]

nothing very noticeably different then ?

[Fataleschijt]

@DjMell0

I have a HTC incredible S (S-lcd) and samsung galaxy S(S-AMOLED).

I like the display better on the HTC incredible S.. the contrast is much brighter and more colorful.

[chris3282igou]

because i'm a little bit comfused....can you tell me all in all which is better...???THANK YOU

[ascari12]

dude, you have no clue as to what yer talkin about do you?

[DjMell0]

at 2:55 i think the S-LCD is better... any one agree?

[calvinhue]

samsung wave looks cheap

[suloea]

rubbish, milestone produce the best color with its ips panel.

[kordon40]

this is kinda stupid because you cant hide what you're doing on your phone from the person that's right beside you, like in a bus or something... -.-

[MegaGurke007]

Desire wins :D

[djpuppy28]

Who the fuck looks at a phone sideways? Stupid test

[venichen1]

@djpuppy28 I know right? I couldn't care less about viewing angles.

[krazycalvin]

@djpuppy28 Here... look at this picture I just took of you... oh wait, you dont look at phones sideways.

[andrednz]

@djpuppy28 Linda Blair does. When she is in a bad mood...

[hkm160991]

@djpuppy28 the one sitting next to you...

[iAdrianT]

Apparently Super Amoled Plus is better than Super Amoled > Super LCD > AMOLED > OLED . I'm just wondering if S-Amoled Plus is better than Retina

[noer95]

@iAdrianT in the many comparisons I've seen the reviewers prefer the S Amoled screen(nothing to do with the resolution) to the one on iPhone. So if S Amoled plus is better than S Amoled the "plus" is probably also better than Retina

[ugugugugugugugugug9]

From about 3:00 the difference becomes pretty obvious :/

[gnarfsan]

Dude, the Nexus One has regular AMOLED which is quite noticably darker and less vibrant than Super AMOLED:.

[wotanks]

LOL, even if you would have compared different hardware on same screen . . .

[anmiasm]

i wanna see black color in the darkness.

its the only thing i want to see bout amoled

[freakylocz14]

Is the Nexus One AMOLED or Super AMOLED?

[mimstyle]

i prefere super lcd is more natural when you take a foto

not shoking when you look your pics on computer ;)

[HumanOFtheWeek3000]

This is why i love my Samsung Captivate

[mmarinkovic9]

Hahahahaahha !!! You should first turn ON maximum light on Desire, than test it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vectraB97]

@mmarinkovic9 why? In normal use I never have my brightness higher than 15%.. 50% in direct sunlight.. desire hd is ridiculous bright on 100%.. never need that levels..

[Abuk007]

How can you compare Super AMOLED and Super LCD contrast on 2 videos that are on 2 different seconds of playback - 2 sec and 5 sec ?

[Beaverman20]

the amoled has better black levels, and better contrast than the Super LCD...

[launchsa]

SUPER AMOLED wins

[lepimpazo]

so.. S-AMOLED > S-LCD > AMOLED, thumbs up is you agree =D

[syzwn9]

Fact,,

LCD is past, LED is future.

[Asestar]

@syzwn9 Fact: LED is ancient history (ca. 1962). OLED (amOLED included) are the future you meant ;)

[BenCecenD]

Super-AMOLED is better!

[YOUCANNOTDENY]

The super reflective glass is clearly ruining the sLCD display's black level...

[Brank00]

SAMOLED wins it clearly from the SLCD.

SAMOLED >>>> SLCD >>>> AMOLED

[AbusSlot33]

@Brank00 is SLCD better than AMOLED??

[Asestar]

@AbusSlot33 No, not really. LCD (slcd or what not) is not on same level as AMOLED. I've held same phone with different screens in my hands. And AMOLED version of Desire feels like magic. Text, icons just pop out of screen where as SLCD feels just like a backlit screen.

[nghi50]

Nexus one has an AMOLED screen, not a Super AMOLED. Only 2 classes of Samsung Phones have the Super AMOLED screens -- That being the Samsung Wave and Galaxy S devices.

[jay33011211]

@nghi50 thank you, i wanted to see if any1 here knew that none of these phones had super amoled. its funny how they being tech know it alls would make a stupid error like this, then again maybe it wasnt a mistake & just wanted more people to read there article.

[j3ff86]

@jay33011211

The Samsung S8500 Wave at the end actually has a 3.3" super amoled.

[kahuna3901]

the fact that there is a shortage of amoled screens i suspect will mean htc will put the htc desire hd for a super lcd screen instead of amoled or even super amoled.

[novakkosanovic]

m8, they both have amoled, they are same phones. SLCD desires are still not out

[CityFlashLights]

@novakkosanovic Are you an ediot? i have the desire with SLCD on telus, they ran out of Amoled screens as they said.

[dirtygore]

@novakkosanovic i have a desire with slcd

[LFiers]

@dirtygore And whats it like dude?

[GeeTube17]

fake!!!! it's not SLCD

[CityFlashLights]

@GeeTube17 yes it is

[kinglui99]

has the desire slcd or amoled in this movie

[AbusSlot33]

@kinglui99 slcd

[bet0nshik]

the same shit with different name

[memahrez]

this is disgusting you lier this is not the super amoled screen

[RichsWorldLive]

Thanks Howard, this is a great test. They key is to look at the rock faces on the pictures, the way the phones render the blacks and deep colors differently. Most people would never pick up on this, so it is much appreciated.

[raoXI]

this fails so badly... rename this to SLCD vs amoled... not super amoled.

[bet0nshik]

@raoXI true!

[adilgangsta1]

@raoXI lol what are you on the samsung wave has a super amoled display

[raoXI]

@adilgangsta1 im on a samsung galaxy beam with a 3.7'' super amoled.

[daftdrew]

Nothing super about the SuperLCD.

[metadaptation]

to those wondering if their HTC Desire is AMOLED or SLCD, the older models (so if you bought yours earlier this year in europe/asia/australia) you most likely have AMOLED, if you're buying yours now (maybe give or take a few weeks?) you most likely have a S-LCD.

The Desire launching in Canada will be using up the AMOLEDS first, then once that runs out of stock (prob pretty quick tbh, not many were shipped to canada), the SLCDs will be used

[explosionmonty]

@metadaptation is it possible to identify the display type if you dont know which is built-in?

[metadaptation]

@explosionmonty Well, check the website of the store you bought the phone in. For example, i bought mine from Best Buy, and it says LCD on the specs page.

If you have it physically in front of you, the AMOLED will have a very dark black. Like really dark.. Not sure if that can help you, but... yeah :p dark black.

I'm unsure about tis one, but my LCD model is a A8182. And the UK models with AMOLEDS is A8181 (but then i heard about a A8183 in the UK, so that blows my theory out of the water LOL)

[HarryzjEEE]

@explosionmonty Check the back of the Desire's box. If it says AMOLED on screen type then, well, it's AMOLED obviously. If it doesn't, then it's SLCD.

[LFiers]

@HarryzjEEE Not true. Many people thought this and still do. Matter of fatc even if it doesn't say anything it could still be AMOLED. I didn't believe it at first bit was proven wrong.

[c4rtm4n09]

HTC announced that thay are switching to SLCD a week after you made this video. Are you sure the Desire you have is with SLCD?

[superg009]

im not trying to be rude or anything but you forget the fast android dims the screen if you don't touch it touch both screen then put them side by side and veiw and turn off the lights to test black levels

[superg009]

this is a stupid test

[timsmail24487]

Does anyone really care how the screen looks from that angle?

[IcarusBase]

I would like to see out door comparison

[GaGa4GaGaBalls]

Have you noticed that Samsung Super Amoled screens on Galaxy S phones have a a blue tint, or are some units just defective?

[iKnowMan1]

@GaGa4GaGaBalls i have samsung wave and the screen has blue tint also, i think its real super amoled and its great against sunlight, but nexus one have amoled not super amoled, only guy in this video want it to fuck about a bit

[fenixxx]

Super amoled is the best of course

[tsahiy33]

WHY DOES HE SOUNDS LIKE A RAPIST ???

SHIT ! I CANT GO TO SLEEP NOW !!

[MercenarySlick]

I have a Droid Incredible which has the same AMOLED screen as the Nexus One and the original Desire.

It looks TERRIBLE in sunlight. That's the one thing I don't like. When I have the phone mounted on my dash for music and navigation, if my car is angled in a way that the sun is on the screen, I can't see shit.

The Droid Incredible is almost identical internally to the Desire, but I'd prefer a Desire with the SLCD screen, if it was a CDMA phone. The Desire has a slicker body too.

[OstrichSquad]

@MercenarySlick I really don't have much trouble when the brightness is all the way up on my Incredible. No more than I used to have on my old 3GS.

[LFiers]

@MercenarySlick AMOLED also apparently dies out in about 2 years of continous use and can also burn in. Anyway os its really that bad in sunlight right? Im getting a HTC Desire but i'm not sure which one it is.

[tfwarlord]

Super AMOLED = Great.

Everything ells = Outdated stoneage crap.

if you get one of the others, you will always be envious of one who has super AMOLED, and you know it.

[zaffe93]

this isn't super amoled.

haahahahah try again , faggot

[pescadorsp]

AMOLED glued to the phone window is the Super- AMOLED. Doing the same with S-LCD, creating a “Super-S-LCD” would for sure beat OLED by far.

[Labeled90]

beddur.... hahaha

[itaimoshe1]

What about the AMOLED vs Super AMOLED ?

[az964222]

4:07 (Super AMOLED) Distortion

The mountains are white

[Xartzmax]

Are u 100% sure that Desire has a SLCD display ??? Please reply

[ossie81]

Thanks for the comparison. How did you get access to a Desire Super LCD so soon?

[RainBack1987]

Nexus One has an AMOLED display as you say in the video, but the title is Wrong cause says SUper-Amoled

[houou100]

Thank you for the video.

I'll wait for the next Super AMOLED device. I sure it wish it wouldn't be made by Samsung though.

[Asestar]

Wait, what? My HTC Desire uses AMOLED not SLCD?!

[LFiers]

@Asestar Err what? What are you saying exactly? Your Desire uses which one AMOLED or SLCD and whats it like?

[Asestar]

@LFiers Original HTC Desires (released in untill june or so) used AMOLED display. Mine is kick ass. At night, i cannot see the black area of screen at all, just the text/icons. Feels like its invisible while normal LCD have black area show up as ugly dark-grey.

[vectraB97]

@Asestar my girlfriend amoled desire didn't impress me.. that is why I waited for desire hd.. way better screen in my opinion.. even with 4.3 screen desire hd resolution look better, same goes for color calibrations.. you need a dark room to see that amoled have better black levels.. but the resolution advantage on lcd is clear in all conditions.. amoled also need direct sunlight to have a color advantage on lcd.. colors wash out in strong light with lcd..

[Asestar]

@vectraB97 Ok so resolution is an advantage on desire, but what about viewing angles? Having screen that shows exactly the same from just about ANY angle sure beats the crap out of SLCD which washes out as soon as u turn your phone 35degrees.

[vectraB97]

@Asestar what do you need that for? Are your family trying to replace the broken tv with your phone? Slcd have better vertical viewing angle than normal amoled.. I don't look at my phone in strange angles.. Never have any problem with slcd viewing angles.. just nice to have some privacy on you phone..

[yan2yan2]

wow thanks for comparing the screen :)

[cacahahacaca]

Is the SLCD RGB as opposed to PenTile? If so, it would be great to show a closeup comparison between the AMOLED and the Nexus One and the SLCD HTC Desire.

[androide1914]

idk if its just me but slcd looks as good or better than samoled at some ponts

[gangsta28ny]

@androide1914 Slcd use less battery life

[joel337]

There is a dead pixel on the HTC ? 1:14

[PureRecklessness]

@joel337, lools like it. lol

[Chillvie]

Yo Howard! You need to get a video editing software for cutting purposes instead of juggling around the phones with trembling hands to finish it all in just one take.

[Cypern]

AMOLED rocks vs SLCD...

[pullonkorkki]

Where does the Droid disappear? :D

[eZims]

Seems I made the right decision with my Samsung Wave last week ^^

[Duffmk]

I need choice? seems hard...

[Terpentin07]

Thank you McLovin for the comparison.

[MrBo2]

Sorry, aber der Typ ist zu dämlich zwei Telefone mal nebeneinander zu legen um vergleichen zu können. Der Video Test wäre gerade wegen der guten Bildqualität sehr schön....

Schade um die Zeitverschwendung

[regenjo]

@MrBo2 Ich glaube eher du bist zu dämlich.

[MrBo2]

@regenjo

was soll das hin und hergeschiebe der Telefone ab 0:48 bitte darstellen ?

Da erwarte ich mehr bei einem Displayvergleich wie diesem. Gerade wenn man die Möglichkeiten hat

[joshuajeje]

parkinson.

[KnightMD]

Super AMOLED still reigns superior.

[Dethklokpie]

Watching this video makes me feel like im having an eye test

[j3ff86]

How could you possibly test black levels in a lit room? Next time turn the lights down or off.

[SodomGomorrahWaDC]

@j3ff86 You're retarded.

[vectraB97]

@j3ff86 how many hours a day you use your phone in a room with no light?

Turning brightness to 0 get the job done with lcd.. not amoled black but works just fine.. he did not talk about resolution and battery use on white/bright screens.. that is where lcd have a huge advantage..

[adamdipro]

Hey man, nice comparison. think you can demo the screens in total darkness so we can get an even better idea of the black levels?

[Aqrab1]

WTF !!!!!

there is a huge different between these screens

the super AMOLED is a lot better and u say there is no big different !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[R911D]

The X10 was never used =P

[Dargakis]

@R911D it was only used for "look i gots all da new android phones"-purposes