Everyone is saying how great the iPad is, so I popped into my local Apple store to see what all the fuss is about, in the hope that I would be blown away enough to treat myself to the latest model.
It was all very clever even if it was only doing the same things that my iPhone does, but what I was most disappointed with was the picture quality.
I tuned into BBCi player and the quality of the video was terrible. I am sure it would be fine if I was watching uploaded content, but as for streaming, my 7 year old desktop PC’s monitor has a far better picture. I even tried other websites, but the video was equally as bad, even content that was supposedly HD.
For 450 smackers I would at least expect it to be clever enough to make streaming video look good.
Perhaps I was expecting too much for this apparently amazing device. Perhaps if it cost £100, I would give it a second look.
It was all very clever even if it was only doing the same things that my iPhone does, but what I was most disappointed with was the picture quality.
I tuned into BBCi player and the quality of the video was terrible. I am sure it would be fine if I was watching uploaded content, but as for streaming, my 7 year old desktop PC’s monitor has a far better picture. I even tried other websites, but the video was equally as bad, even content that was supposedly HD.
For 450 smackers I would at least expect it to be clever enough to make streaming video look good.
Perhaps I was expecting too much for this apparently amazing device. Perhaps if it cost £100, I would give it a second look.



