sure judging the video isn't 100% fair but it's the best we can do for now and even if it's not perfectly set up you can still easily see the blooming.
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Meanwhile back at the ranch my iPad order status hasn’t budged a pixel. Although it does appear in my Apple Store App again…
All these clips really do are showing us how good our own display we are watching them on is, lol. 😋 We cannot really gauge how great the screen is without having it in front of our eyes.
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I have never understood videos or pictures trying to show how good a display is. You have to watch it on YOUR display, so the image can't be better than what you are already using.
Hah! I posted almost the exact same thing a few seconds after you did. Can't seem to delete the post...
example. screenshot of the reddit guys video and a photo i just took of my OLED TV (with iPhone 12 Pro Max). i was going to highlight it but it's clear as day. the mini led is glowing up pixels that are meant to be dark. the OLED is only lighting up the bottle itself.
Yep these new iPads Pros are a no-brainer upgrade for pretty much everyone. Even if you bought the 2020 version, you're going to want in on these new models.
Two month lead times on new orders now. Not bad for a product I was recently told on here wouldn't be in high demand, and there would be plenty of stock to go around.
A no-brainer upgrade? Possibly for a 12” iPad, but if you already own an 11” iPP (2018 or 2020), you are not really getting much, are you? Sure, an M1, 5G and more RAM, so what? Your Pages app will open a fraction of a millisecond faster? Most people here are into new tech, so as soon as OLED and mini-LED make their way into smaller iPads, I can bet they will want to try it out for themselves.
Lol that’s a really bad comparison. It makes no sense what you did here.example. screenshot of the reddit guys video and a photo i just took of my OLED TV (with iPhone 12 Pro Max). i was going to highlight it but it's clear as day. the mini led is glowing up pixels that are meant to be dark. the OLED is only lighting up the bottle itself.
All we can do is wait to have a look at it yourself with your own eyes without the distortion a camera brings.
How did you account for the compression of YouTube and the added glare by the phone camera the user shot this on?example. screenshot of the reddit guys video and a photo i just took of my OLED TV (with iPhone 12 Pro Max). i was going to highlight it but it's clear as day. the mini led is glowing up pixels that are meant to be dark. the OLED is only lighting up the bottle itself.
The only new improvement over prior model that is noticeable to the user, is the screen.
The screen IS a large improvement and the only reason I buy IPad pros. But it’s only an incremental upgrade over prior outside of that, and hardly enough to induce such wasteful consumerism as ditching year old iPads for this.
Even with the 12.9" model, the daily usage difference from the current 2020 model is not going to huge. Of course there is the much nicer display and that is about it for your average day to day user, unless said user only takes pictures with the iPad.
People are obsessing over the OLED black levels too much. For one: the XDR has MUCH higher typical brightness and MUCH higher peak brightness. The typical brightness will be 400-500 nits more than it would've been on an OLED iPad and the peak brightness probably about double of what an OLED would've been. What does that mean in practice? HDR movies and tv shows will look much more poppy and impressive on this display than they ever would've on an OLED. Blooming is an acceptable downside , MiniLED is still preferable over OLED for an iPad. Yes, for the living room an OLED might be better where you will watch movies at night with a dimmed room. However an iPad also needs to be able to provide a stunning HDR picture during the daytime, maybe even outside on the beach - or anywhere really. OLED would never be able to do that currently.
Secondly: OLED might not technically have blooming, but you WILL experience blooming even on OLED tv's in real life. Why? It's an optical illusion, but basically your eyes/brain will imagine blooming around bright white objects. If you have an OLED at home just try it; set a completely black background with only a white apple logo in the middle. The apple logo will appear to have a white glow around it; even though it doesn't if you block off part of the picture or pixel peep.
Bloom is gonna happen people; even on OLED; you can blame your eyes for that one.
Secondly: OLED might not technically have blooming, but you WILL experience blooming even on OLED tv's in real life. Why? It's an optical illusion, but basically your eyes/brain will imagine blooming around bright white objects. If you have an OLED at home just try it; set a completely black background with only a white apple logo in the middle. The apple logo will appear to have a white glow around it; even though it doesn't if you block off part of the picture or pixel peep.
Bloom is gonna happen people; even on OLED; you can blame your eyes for that one.
It always amuses me, when People review another kind of Display (like those videos oder an Ad for a television) and be like „wow, what a great picture quality“ - Dude, that’s already your display!! 🤦♂️🤦♂️
my suspicion is right that you have a 12.9" pre ordered
i already said i know it's not a 100% fair comparison but c'mon you're in denial. that image clearly shows the blooming. you'll see it when you turn it on so not really gonna argue with you about it
Agree. When I saw Apple’s new iPad Pro packaging and other marketing collateral, I contacted artist, Gibbs Rounsavall, to congratulate him on the exciting collaboration. He had no idea what I was talking about.
No, you still don't get the point. Trying to refer to my pre-order... low bromy suspicion is right that you have a 12.9" pre ordered
i already said i know it's not a 100% fair comparison but c'mon you're in denial. that image clearly shows the blooming. you'll see it when you turn it on so not really gonna argue with you about it
But that just shows your ignorance.
You have clearly no experience with HDR. Maybe the brightness of the iPad is SO much higher than your Samdung TV. That way the light parts get over saturated within the camera.
What I am saying is that you can only judge it by yourself en your own eyes. If you try to record it you dont know the circumstances at all. Get your head out of the sand mate. Don't blame me.
Yeah I think at this point iPadOS is a slightly more functional iOS, but quite far away from the multitasking of macOS. But, iPadOS, for my usage is just about all I need in a computer and much as I love my M1 Air, were it not for school, I’d probably not own a macOS device.
I just love “meanwhile back at the ranch…”
and “budged a pixel” was the icing on the cake lolol.
I completely agree. i just find my iPad the more enjoyable device to use. and I feel the iPad (pro) is the platform that will evolve the most over the next few years in terms of interesting software.
It's impressive, but let's not get crazy. There's still a visible halo blooming around everything. You'll only ever match, never exceed, an OLED once there's infinite contrast like an OLED has.
A real OS….
Sort of kidding but sort of not.
Seriously, what’s even the point of putting the M1 in an iPad? I’m assuming it’s mostly marketing…. Unless we see some sort of unbelievable iPadOS overhaul at WWDC.