I know this has been stickied, but that thread is 26 pages long and I couldn't find too much photographic evidence regarding this so I'm going to ask here.
Generally blooming is not noticeable unless I'm displaying high contrast element. Hence it's not an issue since 95% of the time. But when I do have a high contrast element for me at least I can see it under most conditions even in well let conditions, just it's apparent in a dimly lit condition. I think all reviewers downplay this.
I understand that blooming will be a thing because of the microLEDs, but I find the blooming zones to be too big? Like a line of text some-reason illuminates a 3cm zone even though the actual element being illuminated is 0.5cm. From my understanding the microLEDs are 4mm in size, so it doesn't really made sense at all.
Here is an example I was talking about, here is what the kindle app looks like in the dark. I have nightmode turned off and tried to increase the exposure to match roughly what my eyes are seeing. The image is displayed on my 13 MBP for reference if you want the exact comparison.
Notice how large the zones are. This is consistent with other apps too, even when playing a blooming video test. There is one that moves a 0.5mm box around, it also had a 3cm halo box around it, so it's not just the UI.
From my observation any element roughly illuminates a 3x3cm box. The iPad does not seem to have a 4x4mm fine control over the microLEDs.
My take on this is that yes the dimming zones are physically 4x4mm in size however they can only be controlled in 3x3cm grids similar to the previous gen iPad Pros. So it's kinda marketing tbh. Thoughts? Do you guys have the same experience?
LED size source: https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/19/miniled-backlight-ipad-pro/
Edit: I was sort of right! I found a video that did a tear down and indeed the iPad illuminate areas more than just the elements which explains the blooming. It does have fine control over the MicroLEDS so I was wrong in that regard but it always illuminates the LEDs surrounding the active zone at a dimmer brightness too. I am not quite sure why they do this but at least I know the behaviour is expected.
Pretty much answered my own question haha. I guess I’ll leave this thread up if anyone is curious for future reference.
Generally blooming is not noticeable unless I'm displaying high contrast element. Hence it's not an issue since 95% of the time. But when I do have a high contrast element for me at least I can see it under most conditions even in well let conditions, just it's apparent in a dimly lit condition. I think all reviewers downplay this.
I understand that blooming will be a thing because of the microLEDs, but I find the blooming zones to be too big? Like a line of text some-reason illuminates a 3cm zone even though the actual element being illuminated is 0.5cm. From my understanding the microLEDs are 4mm in size, so it doesn't really made sense at all.
Here is an example I was talking about, here is what the kindle app looks like in the dark. I have nightmode turned off and tried to increase the exposure to match roughly what my eyes are seeing. The image is displayed on my 13 MBP for reference if you want the exact comparison.
Notice how large the zones are. This is consistent with other apps too, even when playing a blooming video test. There is one that moves a 0.5mm box around, it also had a 3cm halo box around it, so it's not just the UI.
From my observation any element roughly illuminates a 3x3cm box. The iPad does not seem to have a 4x4mm fine control over the microLEDs.
My take on this is that yes the dimming zones are physically 4x4mm in size however they can only be controlled in 3x3cm grids similar to the previous gen iPad Pros. So it's kinda marketing tbh. Thoughts? Do you guys have the same experience?
LED size source: https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/19/miniled-backlight-ipad-pro/
Edit: I was sort of right! I found a video that did a tear down and indeed the iPad illuminate areas more than just the elements which explains the blooming. It does have fine control over the MicroLEDS so I was wrong in that regard but it always illuminates the LEDs surrounding the active zone at a dimmer brightness too. I am not quite sure why they do this but at least I know the behaviour is expected.
Pretty much answered my own question haha. I guess I’ll leave this thread up if anyone is curious for future reference.
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