[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
I've now had enough Primes in my possession at one time to have been able to compare different screens side-by-side, and here's my conclusion: there's significant variation in temperature, colors, and text quality between screens. And, I don't believe it represents different screen manufacturers, but rather variation within the same screens.

I say this because right now, I have three Primes that I'm deciding between as my "final" one. None of them are "perfect," even outside of the real or imagined radio limitations--on two, haptic feedback doesn't work, on a different two, there's what I consider significant light bleed, one has decent haptic feedback and minimal lightbleed, but a stuck pixel that I can't fix and speakers that seem to put out just minimally inferior sound.

What's notable, however, is that all three screens have different temperatures and overall colors. All are Gray units, all BCs, two from Best Buy and one from HH Gregg. And yes, I consider it ridiculous that I have three Primes in my possession in search of an acceptable one (and feel free to blame me or ASUS, it's entirely up to you). Here's the scoop on the screens:

#1: Overly warm, i.e., very yellow. Whites appear to be a dingy yellow. Text is markedly less crisp. Colors are somewhat washed out. Looking at Maps at a location with any detail, it's difficult to tell apart different geographical features by color alone. This is the second screen I've seen of such low quality.

#2: Less warm. Whites appear truer. Text is noticeably crisper. Colors are deeper and more pleasant. Looking at the same location in Maps, can actually distinguish between geographical features by color. Just a much, much better screen that makes the entire experience more pleasant.

Up to now, I'd though that there were two screen types: the "bad" one and the "good" one. However:

#3: Even less warm than #2. Whites even truer. Text even crisper. Colors deeper and even more pleasant. And in Maps, colors are even more delineated and it's even easier to pick out geographical details by color alone. That is, THIS screen is even BETTER than #2, which I'd thought was as good as they get. The difference between #3 and #2 is less than the difference between #2 and #1, but it's still quite noticeable.

Now, I admit that it's distinctly possible that ALL devices with LCDs would show such variability between units when held side-by-side, and that we don't notice them because we typically don't hold so many side-by-side. And, as a case in point, the screen on my Samsung Epic 4G Touch is definitely different than my wife's--my screen shows whites with a much colder (i.e., more blue) cast than hers, and I consider hers much better.

I just find it fascinating that there could be such variation in how these screens show color. I'm inclined to keep #3 in spite of the stuck pixel (it's only visible on higher brightness settings on absolute black screens) and questionable speakers, because the screen is SO much nicer. I could keep trying to get a "perfect" unit, but I wonder if I'd ever get another screen that's as good as this one. Plus, I'm just freaking tired of the whole affair.