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M4 MacBook Pro Uses Quantum Dot Display Technology

junior said:
He's so kind to us. The storage and memory upgrade costs is just a way for him to make sure we feel more fulfillment and happiness in life by working harder and paying way above market value for those upgrades. His care and kindness to us should hopefully see him rewarded with an extra few hundred million dollars in Apple stock. Love him.
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Well, about fifty million last year. We'll see this year.

I know you're being sarcastic but I really hope Wall Street doesn't think the RAM upgrades are a big deal.

I actually wouldn't mind him seeing a slight boost from this as this was a good year of mostly right moves, Mac-wise anyway.
 
junior said:
He's so kind to us. The storage and memory upgrade costs is just a way for him to make sure we feel more fulfillment and happiness in life by working harder and paying way above market value for those upgrades. His care and kindness to us should hopefully see him rewarded with an extra few hundred million dollars in Apple stock. Love him.
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Yeah. Crazy. Lenovo charges $42 to go from 512GB SSD to 1TB. Not quite the $200 Apple charges, but Apple's SSD chips are way more awesome. smh
 
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i have quantum dot technology qled screen 65 inch toshiba tv and the image quality is exceptional
 
Related recent news since discussing MBPs now with QLED technology.

Samsung to reportedly stop making its own (mini)LED backlights for TVs

After abandoning in-house production of LCD TV panels
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After abandoning in-house production of LCD TV panels, Samsung is planning to also withdraw from LED production, including LED backlights for "QLED" LCD TVs.
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As part of a strategic shift, Samsung will gradually cease LED production by 2030 as it believes the business has lost its competitive edge, according to multiple industry reports.
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- "Samsung Electronics has decided to withdraw its non-core LED business under the DS division and is taking steps to reorganize it. The LED business team is mainly responsible for LED modules for TVs, LEDs for smartphone flash, and LED modules for automobiles. It produces about 2 trillion won in sales annually, but the focus is intended to shift to key areas," reported Maeil Business News Korea.
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According to a source, Samsung will halt production of LED chips for lighting by the first half of 2026 and exit the LED backlight business (for TVs) by the second half of 2026. The final step will be to exit the automotive LED business by 2030.
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Obviously Samsung and Sony are more OLED oriented now.
 
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The fact that an average user didn’t notice this with their own eyes says everything essential. But now that we know this acronym was used on the display, I just have to buy it! Even if I wouldn’t have noticed any difference otherwise.

(Yes I’m being sarcastic)
 
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First MacBook Pro Retina was 2012, but otherwise this is cool news I’ve followed loosely about displays with quantum dot outperforming oled so yes exciting news
 
kerplunknet said:
The new MacBook Pro displays also use PWM (pulse-width modulation), even at 100% brightness. Embarrassing.
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I really would love to buy one, but I'm simply unable to due to the issues caused by Temporal Light Modulation, PWM and Pulse Amplitude Modulation - to me, all MacBook Pro displays since at least the M series have led to bad eyestrain within minutes of use, and an inability to focus properly, especially on text. It looks like everything is under water, text is blurry and seems to float around, and the display seems too dark to me even at full blast.

And no, I don't have any of these issues with older MacBook Pro displays, nor do I experience this with many Windows notebooks (which generally have pretty bad displays, so they come with other problems,
 
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Yggdrasilbury said:
I really would love to buy one, but I'm simply unable to due to the issues caused by Temporal Light Modulation, PWM and Pulse Amplitude Modulation - to me, all MacBook Pro displays since at least the M series have led to bad eyestrain within minutes of use, and an inability to focus properly, especially on text. It looks like everything is under water, text is blurry and seems to float around, and the display seems too dark to me even at full blast.

And no, I don't have any of these issues with older MacBook Pro displays, nor do I experience this with many Windows notebooks (which generally have pretty bad displays, so they come with other problems,
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Did you see this reddit text discussion regarding disabling font smoothing using a terminal command. Might help?
 
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Waiting for the oled panels despite the dead pixels & burn in, its worth the wait.

For the deep blacks, vivid colors & shedded weight off the 16”, which at the moment feels like a brick.
 
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MacRumors said:


The M4 MacBook Pro models feature quantum dot display technology, according to display analyst Ross Young. Apple used a quantum dot film instead of a red KSF phosphor film, a change that provides more vibrant, accurate color results.

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Young says that Apple has opted for KSF for prior MacBook Pro models because it doesn't use toxic element cadmium (typical for quantum dot) and is more efficient (and thus less expensive). Way back in 2015, when Apple introduced the first Retina MacBook Pro models, Apple executives said that quantum dot technology was considered at the time, but rejected because of the cadmium requirement.


There are now cadmium-free quantum dot options that Young says have as good or better color gamut and better motion performance than the KSF film Apple previously used. The KSF phosphor coating Apple added to prior MacBook Pro models boosted color by enhancing shades of red, but quantum dot film is considered superior because it often results in better color accuracy and a wider color gamut.

Quantum dot technology has been used for high-end displays for several years, with companies like Samsung and Sony manufacturing "QLED" displays and TV sets.

Apple didn't highlight specific color improvements with the M4 MacBook Pro models, but max SDR brightness increased to 1,000 nits, up from 600 nits in the prior model.

Article Link: M4 MacBook Pro Uses Quantum Dot Display Technology
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I knew that the screen on my 16 inch 2024 MacBook Pro Max looked different from the M3 max. Colors look truer and response time definitely feels faster.
 
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Yggdrasilbury said:
I really would love to buy one, but I'm simply unable to due to the issues caused by Temporal Light Modulation, PWM and Pulse Amplitude Modulation - to me, all MacBook Pro displays since at least the M series have led to bad eyestrain within minutes of use, and an inability to focus properly, especially on text. It looks like everything is under water, text is blurry and seems to float around, and the display seems too dark to me even at full blast.

And no, I don't have any of these issues with older MacBook Pro displays, nor do I experience this with many Windows notebooks (which generally have pretty bad displays, so they come with other problems,
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I think yours is a sui generis scenario. I've read your previous posts, and they were perplexing.

I am a perfectionist when it comes to laptop displays --every little defect drives me nuts -- and to me modern MacBook pro screens are superior in all aspects to MacBook Air screens and to the screens of antediluvian Apple laptops.

I am sure you've seen a vision specialist already. It's unfortunate that you can't enjoy glorious pro motion displays.
 
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Starscape said:
What a shameless naming scheme. Naturally, with all the talk about quantum computing, Apple has to be the first to apply 'quantum' to another of their markering terms for ordinary tech.
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Apple didn’t invent the name of the technology, and they didn’t even advertise that the tech was being used in these MacBooks.

Quantum dot display - Wikipedia

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Supermallet said:
Apple didn’t invent the name of the technology, and they didn’t even advertise that the tech was being used in these MacBooks.

Quantum dot display - Wikipedia

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I agree, there is little family resemblance between "quantum dot" and "quantum computing". "Quantum" just means something very very small. You wouldn't accuse of Schrödinger or Heisenberg of shameless appropriation when they named their theory of particle interactions Quantum Mechanics.
 
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Starscape said:
What a shameless naming scheme. Naturally, with all the talk about quantum computing, Apple has to be the first to apply 'quantum' to another of their markering terms for ordinary tech.
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Where’s the correlation though? Apple never mentioned “quantum dots” in their press release/keynote… Nor did they come up with that name for them. A physicist did, then the display industry popularized their usage.
 
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