An apparatus for compensating for pixel distortion while reproducing
hologram data includes an extraction unit, a determination and
calculation unit, a table, and a compensation unit. The extraction unit
extracts a reproduced data image from a reproduced image frame including
the reproduced data image and borders. The determination and calculation
unit determines position values of edges of the extracted reproduced data
image, and calculates average magnification error values of pixels within
line data from position values of start and end point pixels thereof,
which are based on the determined position values of the edges. The table
stores misalignment compensation values for the pixels within the line
data, wherein the misalignment compensation values correspond to
predetermined references for average magnification error values. The
compensation unit compensates for pixel positions in the extracted
reproduced data image using the misalignment compensation values that
correspond to the calculated average magnification error values.