Comments on: Apple settles "millions of colors" lawsuit

By: ct, toms river, nj

ct, toms river, nj — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:32:54 +0000

i agree that it should be noted that it displays millions of colours thorough dithering technology. They did the same thing with the 20" imac, they downgraded the quality of the screen of the most popular model to increase their profit. the 20" model used to have an actual 8 bit display, and the current 24" model still does, but the new 20" model does not. The same way that ipods are advertised to hold x amount of songs but have a side note that the amount of songs varies due to quality and length of songs it should be noted that it displays x amount of coulors thorough this technology. Aside from apple products costing far more than pc's, using this technology on the screen causes less color depth, less color accuracy and greater susceptibility to washout. If you invest an extra6-700 dollars just to have a mac you should be getting a quality product, the company boasts about the high quality aluminum and glass and how clear their displays are. and how "everything will look better on a mac". As far as this country being "once great" and those photographers being "bottom feeders" those are just ridiculous comments and I would done the same thing if I was taken advantage of like that. It'd be like if someone sold you a car that was advertised as an 8 cylander and you find out it is a 4 cylander

By: Robb, Portland, OR

Robb, Portland, OR — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 16:54:03 +0000

There are several more issues here:

* The injured parties aren't just the pro user purchases. The real injured parties are the competing laptop manufacturers who must either mis-label their product or make it more expensive for true high-color.

* Regardless of right and wrong, the user interface, giving the choice of "millions" is ok. Because; this is the perceived amount of colors, and what makes sense for a user dialog to display.

By: Jack ,Sydney, Australia

Jack ,Sydney, Australia — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:36:50 +0000

Hi I am in Australia.

I got the Mac laptop after many happy years as a PC based LT user.

I bought and paid the extra for a mac because it had superior colour management but it could not show me half the colours i needed to work with greens would be blue yellows red's it was shocking i sold it after the dealer i bought it from stated there was nothing wrong with it but did offer to buy it back at 50% of the prchase price.

I sold it to someone in the US at a $900 AUD loss.

i wont buy a apple anything ever nor anyone from my family.

I contacted apple and they just got nasty and told me i could always choose legal action, like i could fight apple.

I'm glad these people took em. it might make em say the truth in future.

Lies are lies even when you work for the liars..

By: ph, Edison, NJ

ph, Edison, NJ — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:55:40 +0000

Whining about color rendition on laptop LCDs… I do professional photographic work and would never dream of doing finish work on any laptop screen. I use a MacBook, which is great for field checking, but my final color work is always done on a calibrated display. Anybody who considers themselves a serious photographer wouldn't be without one. Also, what about viewing angle and color rendition based upon that. Are we going to see a class action on behalf of photographers who got their colors wrong because they were viewing their laptop screen from a non-optimal angle. Come on… Stop clogging the courts with frivolous crap. Whatever happened to common sense. Use the right tool for the job and stop whining.

By: vw, deerfield, FL

vw, deerfield, FL — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:33:35 +0000

Hummm sounds like lottery jackpots too!!! Lumpsum after taxes, you only see maybe 1/2 of the priz if you're lucky …

By: Ray, Sebring, FL

Ray, Sebring, FL — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 09:53:31 +0000

I understand the issues professional photographers may have with Apple. I am myself, preparing to sue the cereal company Post, over their alleged "two" scoops of raisins practices.

By: Mark, Monroe, Ohio

Mark, Monroe, Ohio — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:39:19 +0000

It simply says "Millions", not "The appearance of millions", "Simulation of Millions", or "Dithered to look like millions". In a professions such as art or photography (who are strongly marketed to by Apple) depends on accurate color reproduction for their job, they should get what's advertised and what they 'thought' they paid for.

The average user might think this is frivolous, but not a professional photographer or artist who depends on precise color matching as the specifications for their job require.

By: Andrew, Chicago, IL

Andrew, Chicago, IL — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:09:07 +0000

I have emailed Apple support and ran cicles with the support rep. I still don't have an answer to my seemingly easy question and they just stoped responding to me when they could not find the answer to my problem.

By: Joe - San Francisco, CA

Joe - San Francisco, CA — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 00:03:41 +0000

This is not just an Apple problem. I think most, if not all of the display manufactures are "mis-labeling" their LCD displays. The technology that gives you the fastest refresh rates at the lowest cost tends to use 6-bits per color channel rather than 8-bit. More lawsuits to follow…

By: Jae, San Jose, CA

Jae, San Jose, CA — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:46:02 +0000

If you read the article, you would have seen that they are PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS. If your job is to take pictures and sell them to news agencies like reuters, you have a right to be picky about your equipment. Out in the field, you can't afford to lug around a external monitor to see the "million" of colors, all you have is your laptop screen.