Xoom screen variance..

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I've got 3 Xooms and I'm a bit disappointed with the contrast, and color saturation with two of them.

The two with the muted colors have an AU Optronics B101EW4 V.0

The screen with the vibrant colors and much better contrast ratio is a mystery screen.

I really wish the other 2 Xoom's we have had the more vibrant screen..

Any ideas on where I can source or ID the panel?

Originally Posted by scmguru

I've got 3 Xooms and I'm a bit disappointed with the contrast, and color saturation with two of them.

The two with the muted colors have an AU Optronics B101EW4 V.0

The screen with the vibrant colors and much better contrast ratio is a mystery screen.

No mfg info, just 3 barcoded labels.

I really wish the other 2 Xoom's we have had the more vibrant screen..

Any ideas on where I can source or ID the panel?

How do you find out if it's AU Optronics?
Does dmesg in term emulator tell you anything?

Originally Posted by graffixnyc

How do you find out if it's AU Optronics?
Does dmesg in term emulator tell you anything?

Great call..

dmesg on the unit w/ better contrast and more color saturation= lcd_manfid=SHP
dmesg on the other unit = lcd_manfid=AUO

I'm assuming shp means sharp. Mine has the shp

I'm quite surprised there are two different manufacturers...!

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Originally Posted by burden010

I'm quite surprised there are two different manufacturers...!

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I'm not. There was the same issue with the mytouch 4g. Two different screens were used. One made by Sony and one made by sharp. The sharp panel appeared way more washed out then the Sony panel. If you just search mytouch 4g bad display vs good display you'll see what I mean.

While a lot of people deemed the sharp panel "bad" its not that its bad just not as the Sony panel

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Originally Posted by airbillion

What is the command?

Google Terminal Emulator from market ... then type dmesg

AUO was mine .... it does have good color too, no dead pix

Originally Posted by Eclair~

Why is this the first guy to notice this? Lol. Did this just start happening? Or is this command not widely known?

there's another thread about possible multiple mfg of the screen. this is just the first confirmation. the high contrast saturation screen also has bad bleed.

Originally Posted by airbillion

Sorry I thought there was something in addition to the dmesg command. I ran that but found no reference to lcd_manfid.

also ran it and cant find lcd_ anything...

Originally Posted by sportedwood

also ran it and cant find lcd_ anything...

Yeah, I same here, just got a huge list of lines (hundreds) but can't find anything about lcd.