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I always wonder when someone is glorifying a display (whether in a laptop or in a phone, IPS or OLED) - are the differences that visible? Or is just oversaturat
by alfanick 10y ago
I always wonder when someone is glorifying a display (whether in a laptop or in a phone, IPS or OLED) - are the differences that visible? Or is just oversaturated profile? Shouldn't color calibration ensure exactly the same look'n'feel?
I am working on calibrated displays, I am assuming that "Once you see it, you can't go back. The reds are so red. The magentas so deep. The oranges so bright." is not really applicable – once you calibrate the display, it should be "reds are as usual, magentas are as usual, oranges are as usual" (maybe sometimes "oh cool a new shade of red/magenta/orange" because of wider gamut).
- snowwrestler 10y agoThe new displays are capable of showing colors that old displays were physically incapable of showing.
- alfanick 10y agoI am sure they are, still it is not a "wow effect", it is just incremental update – "wow" is just oversaturated default profile. Edit: most of recent Apple products are capable of displaying at least full sRGB, since 99.9% (obviously this is a random figure, but almost every content is srgb, until it isn't) available content is sRGB it does not really matter and difference should not be observable (assuming displays are calibrated). Sure, when using a space that is bigger than sRGB (in PS or LR) – you may see some difference, but for most of the time it is not mindblowing.
- snowwrestler 10y agoThe new MacBook Pro display can supposedly cover the full DCI-P3 space. If the default system elements like icons and desktop photos are provided in DCI-P3, which I bet they are, then the difference would be noticeable compared to an old screen at sRGB or less. As for whether it's mindblowing, well, that depends on the person I guess.
- slededit 10y agoI had the wide gamut screen on my 4K iMac. It truly was a breathtaking experience. Going back to a PC monitor was difficult.