Proven fix (Apple can apply) for screen problem....

If you're noticing the negative/reflective blacks on an image. Take that image into a paint program like Photoshop or GIMP and adjust the following:
Raise the brightness by 35%
Lower the contrast by 7%
Then bring the picture into your iPod (leave the original for comparison) you will see the image greatly improved and the problem nominal, in most cases gone altogether.
Seems obviously a contrast to brightness ratio problem with the display. Don't go adjusting all your pictures yet. Apple could (and probably will) fix this with a firmware upgrade. My guess is they didn't do much testing on the device with the iPod Touch's new screen.

I've read through your comments. If contrast and brightness are relative to any given display, then there is no correct contrast/brightness for every LCD. You can see in the test shots others have posted the problem is greatly reduced.
I don't think a firmware upgrade that universally sets these attributes would be a fix, but what if Apple simply provided us with a contrast adjust in addition to the brightness adjust? Then we should be able to reproduce this same effect on the device and since each screen and users pref will be different each person can control it.
This option seems to make the most sense from several stand points. For one thing it would be a quick solution, also it would not require people to return their handsets...

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