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DisplayMate Praises New iPad Screen Sharpness and Color
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Which school in Texas do you go to that has a student-iPad program? I'm curious because the school I work for (Little Falls, MN) has a 1-1 program and think it's cool to see other districts doing this also!
I'm not a student, I'm one of the assistant principals.
Why? Samsung wants the oodles and oodles of money that Apple is paying them for the millions of screens.
The part of Samsung that makes displays was a different division and now is actually a separate company from Samsung that makes Android phones or Windows tablets.
A related example is the Retina display. LG Display manufactures the Retina display LCD but LG's phone division doesn't use Retina on their phones. Likewise, he iPad LCDs are made to Apple's needs and specs, not Samsung mobile division's.
I can't help but feel that you're disagreeing for the sake of it. I could test 100,000 units and still be told it was not an "appreciable sample size."
Region-sensitive calibration is already "mostly" implemented, you say? I can't find the page in the Settings app to adjust that. Maybe in iOS 5.2?
As I said before, we can not adjust any of these settings, therefore what "could be" is irrelevant at this point. I don't understand why you keep pushing this point...
For those folks going on and on about the white point and other nitty gritty specs, here is a more comprehensive table of their results. It turns out the white point isn't too shabby either.
As for how close to the "studio reference monitor" standard the new iPad is, DisplayMate says it is 99% of the Color Gamut standard, which is the standard used in the industry. It is also interesting to note that their results show that the contrast is "perfect" and the gamma is "perfect". Not much tweaking is needed. Don't take my word for it, it's all right there in my link above.
As for how close to the "studio reference monitor" standard the new iPad is, DisplayMate says it is 99% of the Color Gamut standard, which is the standard used in the industry. It is also interesting to note that their results show that the contrast is "perfect" and the gamma is "perfect". Not much tweaking is needed. Don't take my word for it, it's all right there in my link above.
I'm not a student, I'm one of the assistant principals.
Even better!
Are you with the Ponce school district, or a different one? It's fun to see how other schools are deploying their iPad programs, there is much to learn!Even better!
I'm in Conroe ISD. We use them to evaluate teachers, and during tons of meetings to access student info when needed.
Don't tell anyone, but I use it at lunch duty to access MacRumors too. LOL!!
You're the one disagreeing and claiming, with nothing to back it up, that "major" work on the displays is needed, contrary to the available facts. It's your assertion that is contrary, and you've presented literally no rationale except a misunderstood reference to yellow-tinted units.
Yep. It's all there. iOS is fully color-managed, and LED backlights are already addressable in hardware at the factory. The display itself is nearly perfect. As you may have noticed by a process called "reading", those settings are not currently exposed to the user in iOS without jailbreaking, but almost everything you would need is there.
Hence the "minor tweaks" mentioned in the article.
You're the one who saw fit to disagree with conclusions and set aside the mechanics. The question is, why are you pushing the point?
You're the one disagreeing and claiming, with nothing to back it up, that "major" work on the displays is needed, contrary to the available facts. It's your assertion that is contrary, and you've presented literally no rationale except a misunderstood reference to yellow-tinted units.
Yep. It's all there. iOS is fully color-managed, and LED backlights are already addressable in hardware at the factory. The display itself is nearly perfect. As you may have noticed by a process called "reading", those settings are not currently exposed to the user in iOS without jailbreaking, but almost everything you would need is there.
Hence the "minor tweaks" mentioned in the article.
You're the one who saw fit to disagree with conclusions and set aside the mechanics. The question is, why are you pushing the point?
This is inane. How are they "minor" tweaks if the end user can NEVER adjust them. I don't care how amazing the treasure is in that chest if I can never open it. If I can't open the chest, despite "just" needing a little bitty key, the issue is MAJOR.
This is clearly a pointless argument.
Interestingly, enough, I got a call tonight from Apple's Quality Engineering team as to the issues I've experienced with the iPad 3's display (they obviously noted all my returned units). They didn't disagree with any of my findings, and pledged to work on their quality control. The gentleman even apologized to me.
There's no point continuing this discussion. Enjoy the rest of the thread.
It's not difficult: all of the pieces required are present, all of the hardware performance is there, and nearly all of the software support is baked in. The only missing ingredient is a GUI tool for adjusting it and a few additional hooks for more obscure adjustments.
Contrast that with a different display lacking the gamut, levels, viewing angles, contrast, and gamma response, or with a system that isn't color-managed to begin with. These require a whole new product, substantial physical changes, and months of engineering effort to correct.
And that's your failure of understanding, no one else's. A major issue doesn't necessarily require a major solution. It's a major issue if your job requires you to access a building but you don't have a key. The solution is an exceedingly minor tweak: use a key. That doesn't mean it's likely that anyone will give you one, or that anyone will care that you need the key to do your job. But the answer isn't a major undertaking like designing and building a whole new building from scratch. It's just a minor tweak to your approach.
I wholeheartedly agree.
Congratulations, but that has nothing to do with anything.
Haha, your secret is safe with me
My hat is off to you, good fellow! May you enjoy your lunch (and MacRumors browsing) in peace The latest iPad was my first and I've been using it exclusively over my MBP since the 16th. I just jumped on my MBP to shuffle a Keynote presentation I was cleaning up over to my wife's dropbox and I was blown away at how bad the screen actually looks on my MBP, especially with regard to text. I never ever thought the screen was bad until using the iPad for nearly a week straight. I am truly spoiled by the display and I frankly didn't think it was all that impressive until just now. I haven't noticed the same at work, but my monitor sits much further back than when using a laptop. It is very apparent to me now just how good the screen is.
All I know is I have a Macbook I was perfectly content with and now all I want is a better screen. Damn you....damn you Apple...
All I know is I have a Macbook I was perfectly content with and now all I want is a better screen. Damn you....damn you Apple...