Max & Linus Review the Pro Display XDR
https://youtu.be/m_6HaMRg91o Both Max Yuryev and Linus Sebastian give more in-depth reviews of Apple's 6K monitor than we've grown accustomed to seeing on YouTube. Max points out that when connected to the new Mac Pro, because of its older graphics card, the USB 3.1 ports on the XDR behave like twenty-year-old USB 2.0 ports, while Linus... Continue Reading →
Apple Pro Display XDR: Colorist ‘Bummed’
This is a 32-inch 6K display that is brighter (1,600 nits) than almost any display that any of us have seen before and offers groundbreaking color accuracy that could make $30,000 to $40,000 "reference displays" from Sony and Flanders Scientific obsolete. - Cnet For months, we've been inundated with bloated claims by tech writers and... Continue Reading →
Sales Pitch
LG 5K Ultrafine (l), Pro Display XDR (r) Max Yuryev joins the chorus of fellow YouTube influencers iJustine, Jonathan Morrison, Marques Brownlee and others in extolling the picture quality of Apple's XDR to the skies, going seriously overboard in his most recent video comparing the 6K display to LG's 5K Ultrafine display. Blooming "is only... Continue Reading →
Pro Display XDR Blooming, A Colorist’s First Impressions & Cost Reappraisal
A comparison between Apple's 6K monitor, the FSI XM310K (zoned dimming) and XM311K (dual panel). At long last, we're presented with a refreshingly realistic evaluation of the Pro Display XDR that doesn't read like the many puff pieces by tech writers and editors claiming that Apple's display renders OLED reference monitors obsolete. Ryan McNeal writes... Continue Reading →
HDR Calibration: What They Don’t Tell You
The reason production houses spend as much as $40,000 on reference monitors is quite simple: they need to have unwavering confidence that their work is going to be displayed exactly as intended. However, all displays change with time, and the only way to ensure consistent results is to calibrate them on a regular basis.* Yet,... Continue Reading →
XDR in HDR
https://youtu.be/pmXA9IlTKDU As part of his what I presume is his ongoing review of the Pro Display XDR, tech guru Jonathan Morrison shared what I believe is his very first HDR video uploaded to YouTube, and it looks just gorgeous on my LG OLED display. Darn you Sony! When are you going to release a 10-bit... Continue Reading →