Another video that shows how Apple has created so much confusion over this. Right at the start the guy notices the PC appears brighter than the MBP and says he doesn’t know why when the MBP should do 1000 nits as he double checks the brightness level
The difference between 600 and 500 nits should not be that noticeable. Tomb Raider on the Windows machine has HDR enabled, just look at how the highlights pop on the Windows machine, but anyway...
500 nits SDR brightness confirmed.
I'm disappointed.
Edit: Just rewatched the video to look for the settings. In-game HDR setting is disabled on the MBP, but disabled and greyed out on the Windows machine. If HDR is in fact disabled on the Windows machine, then the new Liquid Retina XDR display just got pwned by a friggin Lenovo Thinkpad display. Embarrassing.
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