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fēnix 6 Series Yet another 6X Sapphire backlight question - 63413xxxx

Yet another 6X Sapphire backlight question - 63413xxxx

tmhalling over 5 years ago

This looks like it's not as bad as the worst ones with the lower serial #s but not as high contrast as some of the better ones. It also has a slight blue tint. It doesn't look that bad to me. Is this a good screen or a bad?

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tess over 5 years ago +2

tmhalling said:
It doesn't look that bad to me.

Isn't that all that matters?
bluefish over 5 years ago +2

tmhalling said:
Is this a good screen or a bad?

Who should tell you if you are satisfied with your device?
Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to tmhalling +1 verified

That looks pretty decent to me. Check this thread (especially toward the end of it) for examples of the really unacceptable screens where the display turns milky white at what should be normal viewing angles…

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0 tess over 5 years ago

tmhalling said:
It doesn't look that bad to me.

Isn't that all that matters?

0 bluefish over 5 years ago

tmhalling said:
Is this a good screen or a bad?

Who should tell you if you are satisfied with your device?

0 tmhalling over 5 years ago in reply to bluefish

Mostly concerned about being able to sell it at some point.

0 Former Member over 5 years ago

I'm gonna say that one key metric is readability at steep viewing angles. If it's bad, you'll have already noticed this. But if you want, take a picture at, say, 45 Degrees and 60 degrees.

0 tmhalling over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

Thanks for looking. These were taken at 20% brightness.

+1 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to tmhalling

That looks pretty decent to me. Check this thread (especially toward the end of it) for examples of the really unacceptable screens where the display turns milky white at what should be normal viewing angles:

https://forums.garmin.com/outdoor-recreation/outdoor-recreation/f/fenix-6-series/174384/two-sapphire-fenix-6-pro-s-backlight-contrast-issues/981845#981845

In terms of the "slight blue tint", do you see it in the whites or in the blacks? The whites on my watch are definitely cool but the contrast is very good as compared to a 5x I had (and, to a lesser degree, compared to a VA3 music that I still have). I'm of the opinion that prior to the 6 all or most of Garmin's displays were "bad".

0 tmhalling over 5 years ago in reply to Former Member

Wow, there were some really bad ones there. Mine is nothing like those.

The blue tint I have is in the whites. More like what you said. It's on the cool side. If I correct the white balance using the white it shifts the whole photo to warm. I sold my 5x+ prior to receiving the 6 but I think you're probably right. I do remember it definitely being low contrast at night. It never bothered me because I didn't know any better. Thanks again for the help.

+1 TobiasLj over 5 years ago

tmhalling said:
but not as high contrast as some of the better ones

It requires quite a lot from the camera to take a good photo of a watch with backlight on in a dark room. So don't just judge from the photos in all threads.

tmhalling said:
It doesn't look that bad to me.

Then don't bother, there are more important things to spend time on (like training :-) ).

tmhalling said:
Mostly concerned about being able to sell it at some point.

First of all there is only a very small group of F6 owners that are on the forum, and probably extremely few of the future second hand buyers. Secondly, by the time you decide to sell the storms has settled and I'm sure that you won't have any problems selling your watch.

+1 Chris over 5 years ago

It looks like a black one a ialso had. It will be a good black screen with backlight, but in ambient light it will be darker and contrastlesser than the "blue tinted backlight screens". That's a tradeoff you have to find for you ! I sent back a perfectly "black backlighted" 6X Sapphire and accepted a blueish one, which was much better in sunlight/ darker light with backlight off...

+1 DCeremuga over 5 years ago

Looks good. All camera's tend to add a hint of blue that you don't see with the naked eye, when the backlight is on high. Your display is fine, now use it and see how you like it. Pay more attention to the heart rate than anything else. If the heart rate values are normal for you within an activity and not abnormally high or low, then you are fine.