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prizm

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I keep reading all these complaints about color accuracy and contrast. Has anyone with a new Air tried calibrating it with a different profile? I know on my 2012 Air when I messed with the color profile and finally got it right, the screen looked, and still looks (for this generation) pretty darn good.
 
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I thought I detected a slightly yellow tint when I first unboxed so I unchecked native white point and moved my slider slightly to the right (to 7000). That felt a little better to me and I haven't messed with it beyond that. Mine never felt that dim though, just slightly more yellow and I tend to prefer a slightly cooler hue to my whites. I wasn't comparing it directly with a current MBP or MB though so am also interested to see if others have tried it.
 
I keep reading all these complaints about color accuracy and contrast. Has anyone with a new Air tried calibrating it with a different profile? I know on my 2012 Air when I messed with the color profile and finally got it right, the screen looked, and still looks (for this generation) pretty darn good.

Yes. I have tried the notebook check.com profile and a profile I generated with an i1Display Pro. I also ran the Apple SysPref calibration process, so a total of four profiles. None are dramatically different and none really solve the fundamental warm/green cast or what seems like a lower contrast ratio compared to my 2015 rMBP or 2017 rMB. Next to a current MBP it would probably look quite poor, but those displays are in a different class.
 
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