Re: Any of the Mac beta/alpha testers out there
Re: Any of the Mac beta/alpha testers out there
- Subject: Re: Any of the Mac beta/alpha testers out there
- From: Scott Martin <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:43:21 -0500
On Oct 14, 2008, at 2:35 PM, Karl Petersson wrote:
Regarding the new "dedicated" laptop screen from apple with LED and
gloss screen.
Has someone already looked at it and has any idea on the quality and
possible color work on it.
While I haven't seen the new displays, the existing glossy iMac and
MacBook displays aren't leaving me with much hope. Phil Schiller's
"You offset the reflection by the brightness, and consumers love it"
comment is disappointing and shows a disconnect with creative
professionals. Consumers *do* love bright, glossy screens. Creative
professionals, however, don't like *either* extreme brightness nor
glare. When calibrating a display, creative professionals typically
turn the brightness down to the 90-150 cd/m2 luminance range and
choose a warmer color temperature for paper white matching. In order
to achieve this critical, display to paper white matching one can't
"offset the reflection by the brightness" as Phil suggests.
I travel through several photography and design studios every week and
the comment I regularly hear about the new iMacs is "I love the
machine except for the terrible, glossy display." In the same fashion,
the new laptops and cinema displays will force creative professionals
to struggle with glare, excess contrast and the perception of extreme
shadow detail. I'll probably recommend that creative professionals
consider non-glossy displays from other quality manufacturers.
Scott Martin
www.on-sight.com
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