Instinct 2 Solar (Tactical) "Washed Out" Display: Anyone else having this problem w/their display?

TeaRacer said:

I have both IS 1 Solar and IS2 Solar Tactical, and if I didn't come across this thread, I wouldn't know that visibility is worse.

I don't have the previous gen Instinct but am sure I'd google the "why does my IS2 display look washed out" within days of using it. Some of you cats need to back off and stop gaslighting others. You might not be bothered, you might not care because you're happy to compromise for other features - that's fine. But trying to tell others that they shouldn't voice their opinions because yours is more valid like the 9641143 cat (hence why this thread is 28 pages and counting) sounds like a bit of bigotry to me, would you agree?

I'm not sure I understand you. English is not my native language. But as I wrote before. There are photos where IS 2 is shot at a sharper angle to be disadvantaged, that started the discussion. The fact that the viewing angles are not the same is clear, it is due to the construction of another display, but it occurs to me that this is a detail. The vast majority of users won't even notice. The reviewers didn't even say anything like that. He always pulls this thread out of the grave. :-)

TeaRacer said:

There are photos where IS 2 is shot at a sharper angle to be disadvantaged, that started the discussion.

I hope you're not building your argument around a technicality of OP's pictures not being aligned to the 100th of degree? Because there are subsequent pictures in this thread which clearly show the effect and that this effect is clearly visible and it gets worse the more you twist your wrist. And that solar is more impacted than the non-solar. And that Instinct 1 was better in this respect (whilst having lower resolution screen which has nothing to do with this issue, since it's a different feature - more pixels doesn't equal polarisation).

The vast majority of users won't bother to come here to complain, majority will take it as "that's just how it is, guv". But that doesn't mean that this is not something that shouldn't be discussed and that those see this as an issue shouldn't voice their opinion. Or that they should be called Karens, which BTW is a derogatory stereotype which typically describes white women who complain about declining standards - funnily enough, you could argue that people who are in this thread are actually complaining about declining standards and they have full right to do this.

I certainly don't base my argument on that. But I find it cheap to shoot one watch at a worse angle and claim how awful it is. Yes, visibility is slightly worse from extreme angles, but who uses these angles, and why exaggerate the problem? It's due to a different technology and people who think IS2 will be the same in everything as IS1 is weird. Garmin did not say anywhere that the display was the same, on the contrary that it was different. I gave photos and videos that the problem is tiny, not the one in the photos, where IS2 was intentionally taken at a certain angle. As I said, if I didn't go to this forum, I wouldn't even notice the difference between IS1 and IS2 on display, and I had both for almost a month and did the tests myself. everyone has the opportunity to return the watch if they are dissatisfied. For the vast majority of users, the benefits of IS2 outweigh. If you don't like it, you can return the watch.

Don't even bother interacting with him and that other shill. They absolutely try to discredit all users here that share the sentiment that the GI2's display is worse than the predecessor's in certain situations, due to the polarisation effect. They also disregard the various different photos and videos circulating online that highlight the issue from different perspectives and in different scenarios and just repeat the that claim there is only doctored, edge case footage and everyone but them is wrong and on some kind of crusade. I believe it's called going off the deep end. 

Thankfully, they keep this thread alive and visible on top of the forum threads. ;)

The amount of fanboy gaslighting this thread has accumulated is beyond belief.

Thankfully it's only two or three very vocal users, not the majority.

For sure. Seeing this is a Garmin forum, there aren't many, and mostly the same. Reddit is much worse. You post some bug/defect/disadvantage of a device and everything gets downvoted. The most useful posts gets downvoted the most, even though they are often very helpful and people find those posts helpful. And praising Garmin gets upvoted a lot. Some user who has inside said on a post of mine on reddit there are a lot of Garmin managers and people hired by them there who downvote everything and often post untrue positive stuff to make their products look good. I find this forum here much less worse then reddit.

Still you see who is a fanboy or a Garmin employee or hired by them. Everything wrong Garmin does seems ok to them. Always defending Garmin.

"Garmin doesn't say they put the same display in as on the I1 series so it is ok that the much more expensive I2 has displays built in of worse quality." OMG. Hahaaaaa.

Majority of what pool?