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Screen washed out after playing video

Anybody else noticed that the screen is washed out/blown out sometimes after a video plays (mainly Netflix, maybe)? It seems to be a combination of increased brightness and decreased color saturation, making colors seem... well... washed out. It goes away after either shutting the screen off and on or switching to another app. I think. I haven't found the pattern yet.
I'm guessing it's Nvidia's Tegra 3 PRISM tech at play, and it's just not shutting off after the video app is closed. I'll expect a software fix at some point, but just want to see if anyone else is experiencing it.

Well son of a b... that is what is causing my washed out colors and gamma. I noticed it seemed to come and go. Unfortunately it never seems to completely clear up for me, even after going to other apps.
I tested this with the Transformers movie. After playing that a few seconds, I left and noticed the home screen looked really saturated, then went to the browser, and it was the same.
For me going to another app doesn't seem to clear it up, but it does clear up partially after a period of time. And maybe it might be my imagination, but it doesn't seem like it really ever goes back to normal until I reboot the tablet.

next to my work ipad.. the colors seem really blown out. =\ also there seems to be a video stutter / jittery issue during the panning effect. Played it side by side with my S3 and the s3 can render it just fine. What gives?

Haven't noticed anything like that after watching videos or movie on nexus 7. display looks great 24/7

demandarin said:
Haven't noticed anything like that after watching videos or movie on nexus 7. display looks great 24/7
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Have you tried the Trasnformers movie? Let it play for about a minute at least

Ravynmagi said:
Have you tried the Trasnformers movie? Let it play for about a minute at least
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Ok. will do once I get off. this only happens with that movie alone?

demandarin said:
Ok. will do once I get off. this only happens with that movie alone?
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No, I see it happen with YouTube and Netflix too. I was just trying to make a futile attempt to understand why this happens to some of us and not others. My guess though if you haven't seen it with other videos, the Transformer movie won't do it either.

I've noticed that it's most obvious on some screen elements, but not all. So, it's entirely possible, I think, for someone to be experiencing the effect and simply not noticing it.

I've noticed this as well quite annoying.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

The after movie wash-out appearance was particularly noticeable when looking at small fonts on a white background. Such as this forum.

Yeah same for me! I'm on my 3rd nexus because of dust under the screen, I can't remember my previous 2 doing it. Will it be fixed by an up date doyou think? Or could it be hardware related?

Ravynmagi said:
Have you tried the Trasnformers movie? Let it play for about a minute at least
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I finished watching the transformers movie this morning. Looked great to me. I can't notice any washed out colours.

I just started getting the "whiteout" too. Not from anything in particular that I can tell, it happened twice coming out of sleep mode.
Anybody have a fix? Is it Hardware or Software related?

>Is it Hardware or Software related?
Take screen cap. If cap image is likewise washed out, it's not hardware. If cap image isn't washed out, then it's more complicated.

Ravynmagi said:
Have you tried the Trasnformers movie? Let it play for about a minute at least
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Ravynmagi said:
No, I see it happen with YouTube and Netflix too. I was just trying to make a futile attempt to understand why this happens to some of us and not others. My guess though if you haven't seen it with other videos, the Transformer movie won't do it either.
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I tried it on all the same things you listed. Didn't notice nothing some of you described at all. Screen still looked sharp n crisp. Colors looked fine and not washed out.
Its more than likely the nvidia feature kicking in. Especially if you have brightness set up higher. Probably doing it to save battery life. I keep my brightness at 12% and its more than bright enough for me to see everything well. I heard the autobrightness likes to act up so THST could be am issue also if you have that on also. I never use autobrightness unless I take device outdoors.

e.mote said:
>Is it Hardware or Software related?
Take screen cap. If cap image is likewise washed out, it's not hardware. If cap image isn't washed out, then it's more complicated.
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Can you give me the quick answer on how to take a screen capture on the N7? Thanks!

Just took several screenshots and swiped between the screen that was normal screenshot and the faded screenshot and they both look the same for me, which is lovely with nice rich colours. If I stick transformers on for 20 sec its washed out when I exit, as soon as I turn the screen on and off its back to normal. I just think its a bug in the screen settings when exiting a move or game. Used to happen on my PC until I updated the driver.
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theasp18 said:
Can you give me the quick answer on how to take a screen capture on the N7? Thanks!
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You just hold the volume down button and the bower button, it will take a snapshotof the screen. I've tested it though, see my above post

I'm having the same issue too.
Happens when I watch a video on youtube, netflix or play movies. I use a brightness app to change the brightness levels and it returns to normal. I'm also getting the "screen flickering" issue described here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740385
I really hope these issue with be fixed with an update. I'm new to android. Where's the best place to report these issues direct to Google/Asus?

>between the screen that was normal screenshot and the faded screenshot and they both look the same for me, which is lovely with nice rich colours
So it's probably hardware (display), or a combo of hardware/firmware.
Power-saving feature of Kai's PRISM display pertains to color saturation and brightness. As OP indicated, malfunction may be related to that. But it doesn't matter what the exact cause is.
It may or may not be fixable via firmware update. Suggest getting RMA process started, then sit on it for a few days to see if OTA fix happens. Don't wait beyond the return period. Make sure to ask for advance replacement if RMA.
>I just think its a bug in the screen settings when exiting a move or game.
If the issue was firmware-only, then it would happen to all units, not some. It's either HW, or HW+FW.
Edit: Suggest trying different movie players and different movies to find extent of problem.

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I'm having the same issue too.
Happens when I watch a video on youtube, netflix or play movies. I use a brightness app to change the brightness levels and it returns to normal. I'm also getting the "screen flickering" issue described here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740385
I really hope these issue with be fixed with an update. I'm new to android. Where's the best place to report these issues direct to Google/Asus?
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So question for the community. If you're having issues with the "whiteout/washout", the ghosting and flickering... would you recommend getting a replacement or waiting for a driver / firmware update?

Ways to keep screen on all the time?

There's some really nice looking watch faces out there, but once your watch goes into ambient mode, it doesn't look nearly as good. I know this is to save battery, but I wanted to know if there's anyway to keep the watch from going to ambient mode, and always showing the live version of the watch face?
Live version: http://i.imgur.com/0Albn58.jpg
ambient version: http://i.imgur.com/7cMrvsM.jpg

Just a side question... what watch face is that?
I've seen a couple watch faces that let you extend the time of the active face but haven't come across one that lets you permanently leave it on. I assume you wouldn't make it through a day with the watch if you had it on the whole time.

Just saw this.... StayLit Wear
No idea if it works but there's an app that is supposed to do what you want.

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Just a side question... what watch face is that?
I've seen a couple watch faces that let you extend the time of the active face but haven't come across one that lets you permanently leave it on. I assume you wouldn't make it through a day with the watch if you had it on the whole time.
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Its not a good idea to have screen always on due to burn-in on OLED screens.

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Its not a good idea to have screen always on due to burn-in on OLED screens.
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The ambient screen moves a little every so often and I assume it is to prevent burn in. I don't know if it does it when the screen is on because I don't leave the screen on more than 5 seconds. Do you know if it moves the screen when on as well to prevent burn in?

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The ambient screen moves a little every so often and I assume it is to prevent burn in. I don't know if it does it when the screen is on because I don't leave the screen on more than 5 seconds. Do you know if it moves the screen when on as well to prevent burn in?
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I don't think it moves. At least I never seen it move in the full mode.

PaulQ602 said:
Just saw this.... StayLit Wear
No idea if it works but there's an app that is supposed to do what you want.
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That's exactly what I wanted! Thanks so much!

But keep in mind what was said here about burn in on the Urbane. If you don't see the watch face moving a bit every so often, I wouldn't leave your watch face on. It could burn into the screen.

Has anyone reported burn in yet on the urbane? I thought burn in was an issue people didn't need to worry about anymore.

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Has anyone reported burn in yet on the urbane? I thought burn in was an issue people didn't need to worry about anymore.
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Some types of screens don't suffer from burn-ins while others do. Anyways you can be the first to tell us if you get burn-in on your watch.

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Has anyone reported burn in yet on the urbane? I thought burn in was an issue people didn't need to worry about anymore.
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There's a guy on reddit that is saying his burned in. But, the fact that they have the watchface move a little every 5-10 seconds in ambient mode pretty much leads to the conclusion that the manufacturer was concerned about burn in too.
After all of this, I wouldn't have the screen on all the time. No way.

I'd like to know as well what face that is?

How to fix 'stretched screen' effect when in landscape?

So I run CM12.1 on this tablet, and it is rooted; however, this problem occurred far before I decided to modify it.
This problem is that when the device is put onto landscape mode, the resolution is stretched across to fit the whole screen. This does deform images and videos in such way where when switching between portrait and landscape, its rather noticeable and looks off.
Now my question, is there a way to keep the same aspect ratio (I don't mind black bars at the side), and if so how?
Also, just to clarify, is anyone else having this problem?
Any help would be appreciated , thanks!

There is currently no fix. There may never be a fix. It seems the actual pixels in the screen are not perfectly square, that is the cause.
Please search before creating a thread, there are other threads on this.

blueberry.sky said:
There is currently no fix. There may never be a fix. It seems the actual pixels in the screen are not perfectly square, that is the cause.
Please search before creating a thread, there are other threads on this.
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- Ah, I see. That makes sense, thanks for the info.
- Oops, my bad; probably should've checked... Sorry!

Also, it bears mentioning that everything on the screen is always stretched all the time, regardless of what orientation the screen is in. It's just that some people's eyes/brains may only perceive the distortion under certain circumstances. In the main thread on this topic, there are those who say they don't notice it at all. Others (like myself) can't not notice it and it drives us crazy every time we use the device.

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Also, it bears mentioning that everything on the screen is always stretched all the time, regardless of what orientation the screen is in. It's just that some people's eyes/brains may only perceive the distortion under certain circumstances. In the main thread on this topic, there are those who say they don't notice it at all. Others (like myself) can't not notice it and it drives us crazy every time we use the device.
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I notice it, but the fact that this tablet is like 10x faster than my old Kindle Fire (1st Gen) makes it worth it to me. Running SlimLP on this is amazing.

Screen burn in discussion. Experiences? (1st gen)

I am a new owner of an Lg G watch Urbane 1st edition. I have researched about screen burn in before I bought the watch and decided that it wouldn't be that horrible because of the built in burn in protection. However I am still not convinced because of claims that if a certain watch face uses to wide object the screen moving around won't move that object enough for the pixel to turn off and rest. Any of you have a good general rule of thumb what to look out for when downloading watch faces? There are some cool ones out there but could I for example use ones that have colour in them even in dimmed mode? Or should I use ones that don't? What watch faces do you use that isn't too simple but hasn't caused burn in for you?

I own the same watch and I've never had any burn in issues. I use the always on option all day and faces with big numbers and never noticed that effect (okay maybe once, but maybe it was just that one face). So as far as I'm concerned you don't need to worry about that when hunting for new faces. I use all kinds of both simple high contrast faces and very busy image based too. I'm happy that they look great and don't give me any issues. Now, have you experienced burn in or were you just curious about it?

I just got my watch yesterday and already see faint burn it... I know that is common with OLED screens.. but I want to be sure I do not do permanent damage.. I would be interested to hear what you all do to help prevent it ?
I see a setting in Developer Mode that (PREVENT BURN IN) but when I enable it.. it says "will be effective after reboot" but when I reboot it turns off... ?

I have also purchased a pre-owned LG watch urbane from ebay. It just arrived to me yesterday and I have noticed the burn in issue which has some text saying "Android wear has stopped working". This is visible when screen is bright but not visible in ambient mode and darker themes.

well luckily my faint burn in has gone away.. the biggest help was turing off Always On Display... i'm not sure if this would have been a perminent issue since i'm sure LG had this in mind when they setup the OLED display.. but I know it bugs me to see shadow images on the screen... plus I do like the lengthened battery life having it off.. 50% at the end of the day is great

Question Screen Horizontal Line, hardware issue or just normal? (Lower half near the finger print sensor area)

I noticed when I am browsing using a white background screen (chrome), I noticed that there is a shadowy horizontal bar that is hardly noticeable. regardless wether you are on portrait or landscape view of your screen. It remains on the same spot and doesnt move at all. Its quite annoying as once you notice it, you cannot unsee it again hehe.. just wondering if this is a faulty hardware or not. anyone experience the same issue?
lin: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rPnHV1tliBUZKbaNWwOpffwXLsIzJLbv/view?usp=sharing

Can't see anything, but maybe the phone don't like you searching for apple devices

saifullah90 said:
Can't see anything, but maybe the phone don't like you searching for apple devices
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yes its a bit difficult to show on the video, i just pointed its location and can only see it in person. well if you happen to have the s21 ultra and don't get to see this, then you are lucky ... but really.. its like a white strip of line across the screen horizontally..

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yes its a bit difficult to show on the video, i just pointed its location and can only see it in person. well if you happen to have the s21 ultra and dont get to see this, then you are lucky
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Yes I do, but don't have any problems with it, try maybe the maintenance app in the dialer?

I managed to capture a video, here's the link (If you have a sharp eyes, you will surely notice it)
IMG_3059.MOV
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