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See the Dramatic Improvement Mini-LED Brings to the M1 iPad Pro's Display
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QUESTION:
when you make a determination justifying an upgrade, I’m curious to understand if you’re in the same boat as the rest of us.
Meaning, are you being provided with the upgrade at no cost or at a significant reduced cost, because of your wonderful following of all things Apple. Because from my point of view, no OCD is gonna make me spew another $2,500 for a new iPad Pro.
I say this with no disrespect or malice.
when you make a determination justifying an upgrade, I’m curious to understand if you’re in the same boat as the rest of us.
Meaning, are you being provided with the upgrade at no cost or at a significant reduced cost, because of your wonderful following of all things Apple. Because from my point of view, no OCD is gonna make me spew another $2,500 for a new iPad Pro.
I say this with no disrespect or malice.
I just got my new 2021 M1 ipad pro 12"
All I can say is the difference in screens is quite noticable, with the 2021 much sharper and clearer. Funny thing is I never had an issue with my 2018 screen, but this one is amazing !
Also the speed is noticeably faster, but obviously everyday use is the same functions..... so far.
However I use it for work everyday so it pays for itself, so budget didnt really come into the decision.
All I can say is the difference in screens is quite noticable, with the 2021 much sharper and clearer. Funny thing is I never had an issue with my 2018 screen, but this one is amazing !
Also the speed is noticeably faster, but obviously everyday use is the same functions..... so far.
However I use it for work everyday so it pays for itself, so budget didnt really come into the decision.
90% of the people just like to use the word "blooming" as they've just recently heard about it and wanted to be part of it.
Legit such an amazing display technology, just for the love of god focus on the good.
Legit such an amazing display technology, just for the love of god focus on the good.
That’s been my experience too. I’ve reverted to my older iPad and will be returning the M1 iPad. A part of me wonders if the blooming I’ve experienced was a bug because that extreme blooming has only happened in very specific situations (example moving the cursor around on a black screen or the video controls on a black background occasionally). At the same time, the display is so good when the annoying blooming hasn’t been triggered that I was willing to overlook the few instances that it happened. BUT the pretty substantial increase in weight tipped the scales for me. Hopefully in a year or two, the weight will come down, and bugs will be ironed out, and I can upgrade at that point.
To me, the blooming effect is real, very noticeable, and quite annoying.
I actually prefer the old display, with brightness turned down if I'm in a dark environment.
OLED picture quality is clearly superior, and any technology with a backlight really just sucks in comparison.
I actually prefer the old display, with brightness turned down if I'm in a dark environment.
OLED picture quality is clearly superior, and any technology with a backlight really just sucks in comparison.
I'm actually hoping for OLED options for Macbook Pro, but it honestly makes more sense from am a product unification standpoint to offer the Liquid XDR panel for the new ones.
Already having a Pro Display XDR and waiting for my 2021 Liquid XDR M1 iPad to come-in, it just makes sense for the Macbook Pro to have a Liquid XDR screen as well for productivity simplicity reasons. I would ultimately more appreciate & prefer a Dolby Vision HDR 120hz OLED panel however.
Then again, the iPhone should have had USB-C like the other Mac devices by now and the iPad & Pro Display should've ideally have had OLED Dolby Vision HDR panels to match their flagship device.
The "none-practical" situations include singular bright content against a black background; that happens pretty frequently in film & focused pro work. This is common knowledge about a MiniLED. Heck, it's noticeable when you boot-up the new iPad Pro.
Apple should be commended to squeeze as many zones as they could to have the 12.9 iPad Pro's cost to them not significantly be jacked up as a result. Apple's flexing their supply chain advantage over other tech companies yet again.
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Could the issue be caused by the bizarre Christmas tree bedecked with lights in the video?
Aside from the M1 chip, Apple's 12.9-inch 2021 iPad Pro models have one other standout feature - the new mini-LED display. It's the best ever display used in an iPad, and there's such a stark difference between the mini-LED display and the display of the 2020 iPad Pro that we had to show it off.
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The iPad Pro's mini-LED display, which Apple calls Liquid Retina XDR, features more than 10,000 LEDs with 2,500 local dimming zones, allowing for much deeper blacks and higher contrast depending on the content that you're viewing.
As you can see in the video up above, with a black background displayed, the 2020 iPad Pro is more of a dark gray with light bleed from the LEDs, while the M1 iPad Pro essentially has the mini-LEDs turned off thanks to local dimming, resulting in a much darker display that's more of a true black.
The difference is easy to see with an all black background, but the increase in display quality is also noticeable in day to day usage, though the disparity between the two displays is not as stark.
Watching HDR content is a much more immersive experience with the 2021 M1 iPad Pro, and it's a much nicer tablet for editing HDR photos and videos. In fact, you're going to see the most improvement with HDR content.
It's worth noting that some users have complained of a blooming effect caused by the extreme brightness of LEDs. Apple says that the design of the iPad Pro is meant to minimize this, but there are situations where more blooming than expected is visible. Blooming is an unavoidable consequence of local dimming technology. When one zone is lit up and one zone is dimmed for a truer black, the light from the lit zone can bleed over.
Right now, blooming seems to vary somewhat from iPad Pro to iPad Pro, and it's something that bothers some users more than others. It's highly apparent in images and less extreme in person, but it is something to be aware of before making an iPad Pro purchase.
Did you get a new 12.9-inch iPad Pro? Let us know what you think about the Liquid Retina XDR display in the comments below.
Article Link: See the Dramatic Improvement Mini-LED Brings to the M1 iPad Pro's Display
Common sense : local dimming sucks.
MacRumors and Apple sheep : fake news, this is the greatest screen Samsung, I mean Apple, has ever made.
I keep seeing comments that almost feel like “you’re viewing it wrong.” I should be able to use this thing in any setting/scenario and not have to change my expectations accordingly. All this “people going out of their way.” Yeah, because I just love dropping $2K on a device and finding out they’re some drawbacks. I was using my iPad Pro with magic keyboard in a dimly lit environment, just taking some notes and I was blown away by how bad the “hazing” was. And no, I didn’t have the brightness “Maxed” out. (Funny how people act like it’s crazy for someone to use the display anyway they see fit) This is the first year I’ve ever seen commentary one the “right and wrong way” to use an iPad display
The photos makes it look about “20% worse….still, that doesn’t mean the issue doesn’t exsist.
The photos makes it look about “20% worse….still, that doesn’t mean the issue doesn’t exsist.
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If you believe blooming is as big an issue as it really is you're the kind of person that waits for a strainer to get filled with water.
Common sense: Mini-LED is cheaper, offers substantial improvements over regular LED, does not suffer from burn in or slow response times.
Also, I gather you are a sheep too if you’re frequenting these forums?
When I read about 'dimming zones' my first thought was, 'Surely any dimming should happen at a pixel level - or not at all?'.
Lo and behold.
Lo and behold.
The issue does exist of course because its the drawback of the tech.
However, I don't think your photo is only 20% worse. It wouldn't even make sense - the white square needs pixels around it to get lit so the leaking will happen slightly of the square because of the dimming zones will not be precise. Now, your 'leakage' is way huge and its not actually on display but its the light that 'emits' and the camera catches.
Don't mix those 2 together.
However, I don't think your photo is only 20% worse. It wouldn't even make sense - the white square needs pixels around it to get lit so the leaking will happen slightly of the square because of the dimming zones will not be precise. Now, your 'leakage' is way huge and its not actually on display but its the light that 'emits' and the camera catches.
Don't mix those 2 together.