Compared Samsung/LG 2010 MBAs today....
To me the LG looks slightly better. Both are inferior to my 15" MBP Samsung.
I spent sometime calibrating the 13" Samsung panel with my Spyder3 Elite yesterday.
Profiled at 6500k @ 2.2 Gamma. Can't decide if I prefer the original which feels more accurate. Anyhows here's a share, if you have one I'd love to grab it too.
macbook_air_9CF0
This is a storm in a teacup... You do understand that 98% percent of Air owners will never know of the existence of two panels, let alone try to discuss their subjective merits?![]()
That's why they're not on here and we are.
Nope.. Since the graphic in the air are much better than the doomsday scenarios led to believe , panel origin seems to be the de facto issue to complain about![]()
This is a storm in a teacup... You do understand that 98% percent of Air owners will never know of the existence of two panels, let alone try to discuss their subjective merits?![]()
Here's a quick image, ideally you should see all 8 shades of each color...
The 13" prev gen Samsung and new LG Airs, I tried both clipped some of them, 15/17 MBPros were fine.
Monitor calibration will help.
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I was a little bummed cuz I just got back with my new baby and have the LG display (but the Samsung SSD). But it looks really good to me, especially after calibrating with SuperCal. Then I looked at the image and I can clearly see all shades. Overall I'm thrilled!
The only thing that is a little weird is I swear the text isn't as crisp as it should be. It seems a little jagged. I'm going to have to see if there's something I have to tweak.
I was a little bummed cuz I just got back with my new baby and have the LG display (but the Samsung SSD). But it looks really good to me, especially after calibrating with SuperCal. Then I looked at the image and I can clearly see all shades. Overall I'm thrilled!
The only thing that is a little weird is I swear the text isn't as crisp as it should be. It seems a little jagged. I'm going to have to see if there's something I have to tweak.
Did you use the free version of SuperCal?
by the way...notebookcheck and anandtech did a relatively quantitative measures of panels on 13" MBAs.
The notebook check measured the samsung variant 9CF0 (LTH133BT01A01), while anandtech doesn't mention which panel they received.
Here are the measurements for samsung from notebookcheck:
Maximum: 341 cd/m²
Average: 306.8 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 77 %
Center on Battery: 333 cd/m²
Black: 0.52 cd/m²
Contrast: 640:1
Anandtech, on the other hand got this on unspecified panel manufacturer:
White Brightness: 427 cd/m²
Black level: 0.54 cd/m²
Contrast: 785:1
Possibilities:
1. they got different panels and the Samsung is quantitatively worse
2. they got the same panel but their measurement methods are different/calibrated differently
3. they got the same panel, but the manufacturer has crazy variability.
in any case, anandtech is reviewing the newer models now. Perhaps we can ask him this time to specify the panel manufacturer. If that is available, a better comparison could be made.
Good post. Do you know how to contact Anandtech?
I think this debate should be settled once and for all, since it's getting ridiculously speculative.
How difficult is it to do an objective test?
Here's a quick image, ideally you should see all 8 shades of each color...
The 13" prev gen Samsung and new LG Airs, I tried both clipped some of them, 15/17 MBPros were fine.
Monitor calibration will help.
Image
When I look at this from my new Air 13" with an LG display the reds blend. However when I look at the same graphic on the same Air 13" via internet explorer using fusion all the reds separate.
The plot thickens.
How do you like the LG panel in general?