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New MacBook Pros Have Up to 3x Brighter Displays for HDR Content
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The mention it’s a billion colours, so should be approx 10 bit. 1024 x 1024 x 1024 = 1,073,741,824 colors
Fair enough, I'm sure it's a great monitor--I've never used that one.
You don't seem to understand the word 'relative', because you keep throwing out flat numbers to prove your point. Any measurable light next to actual black is going to have high relative contrast. This is why OLEDs claim to have near infinite contrast ratio - because they do. Most of those OLEDs can hit between 500-800 with small highlights, which in a dark room next to dark pixels is pretty freaking bright. Full screen brightness is low, sure, but HDR isn't even meant for that scenario - if the whole screen is already bright, there's not much room to play with additional dynamic range. Like I said, I totally agree with you in medium or brightly lit rooms, OLED simply doesn't cut it. But in a dark environment, OLED has plenty of brightness for proper HDR.
I'm surprised they didn't show a video highlighting the display or bring up Phil the Shill saying something like "Apple engineers crafted each custom Apple nano-pixel on the display to work with the revolutionary micro backlights developed by Apple to create a magical symphony of colors on the brightest screen you've ever seen"...
That's the usual level of marketing BS we're used to (not to mention "Aluuuu-min-neeeee-um")
ohohohoh ,there will be ,definitely.
granted,the new macs have the same amount of leds as the ipad pro,while being considerably larger. 12.9 has 10k mini leds,and same goes for the 14" mac...and guess what ,its also the same amount in the 16" ! enough to make me doubt about buying the 16 ,believe me
Good reason to have both a Mac mini and Apple tv box plugged into same monitor so you don't miss out on some of the best streaming apps in HDR quality (one of my setups).I hate that SDR is still limited to 500nits on all of apples miniLED displays, I was really hoping this would be the first computer I wouldn’t have to squint at outside. Especially now that their 13 pro OLED can do 1000nits for SDR. Guess I’ll have to wait another couple years
Especially considering HDR content on macOS is nearly impossible to find. I really hope all the streaming services port their iPad apps to mac ASAP
Yeah an Apple TV has been my home solution, and an iPad my mobile solution. It just sucks that I need three devices, when one could have easily worked, provided the software was available.
Apple should allow all iPad apps to run on macOS without developer consent, with a warning that it might not work as expected or something. They never will but I would love to see it happen.
Most OLED TV’s can hit 700+ nits, and some (LG c9,g1) can hit 800+. Most HDR content rarely goes above that range anyways.
And you don’t know what the words “relative” or ”contrast” mean.
Yeah, it's almost like they..... don't like the notch.
Watching the announcement video they didn’t hide it so much as downplayed it. In certain shots it’s clearly visible. Given that developers can choose to use the extra space above where the notch is, or not, that seemed like a perfectly reasonable way of showing the new laptops.
So what's standard content? Are everyday windows in the interface able to be in HDR, or is 1000 nits of brightness only for video that's encoded in HDR?
It will be a little worse than on the iPad Pros, it has the same number of mini led backlights as the iPad Pro 12.9”, but more spread out to cover larger screens 14”+ & 16”+ (+ if you count the tab bars on each side of the notch). I would definitely expect more blooming, however some people don’t mind it. So whatever floats your boat.
Folks, I have read the entire thread and still have a question. I have an HP Spectre 15 with an OLED screen (it gets about 380 nits). It is not bright enough for outside usage, even under a porch roof.
I was excited about 1,600 or even 1,000 nits. 500 - pfft. I use my laptop for spreadsheets, PowerPoint, Word, etc. Does this mean that I would only get 500 nits for these programs? If so, I cannot see the need to upgrade. Thanks.
I was excited about 1,600 or even 1,000 nits. 500 - pfft. I use my laptop for spreadsheets, PowerPoint, Word, etc. Does this mean that I would only get 500 nits for these programs? If so, I cannot see the need to upgrade. Thanks.
If you use Apple’s: Numbers, KeyNote, Pages, etc. You will get 1,000 nits. I believe you’ll get 1,000 nits with any Apps made for Apple Silicon. Apple’s Apps do a good job of importing from & exporting to Windows. Different fonts can create issues & Apple’s Apps aren’t roided out like on windows, so some features may be missed. However Apples’s Apps are free so you don’t have to pay Microsoft to keep using them…
The only thing BS is your comment. The peak brightness of HDR displays is routinely measured on a 10% window. In no universe would anyone want to watch an HDR show where the entire screen was 1,600 nits. In fact, the average picture level (APL) of HDR shows is not infrequently lower than that of SDR content.
Not so, not only can one watch HDR content on Vimeo and YouTube, there is also tons of HDR content available on streaming networks Apple TV+ and Netflix. Running on a Mac with macOS!I hate that SDR is still limited to 500nits on all of apples miniLED displays, I was really hoping this would be the first computer I wouldn’t have to squint at outside. Especially now that their 13 pro OLED can do 1000nits for SDR. Guess I’ll have to wait another couple years
Especially considering HDR content on macOS is nearly impossible to find. I really hope all the streaming services port their iPad apps to mac ASAP
Do you know if productivity software such as PowerPoint, Excel, etc. runs at 500 nits, 1,000 nits? Thanks