Monday, November 23
Never Mind The Quality, Feel The Gamut
So the new 27" Retina iMac isn't much of an upgrade from the previous 27" Retina iMac - very slightly faster processor, graphics, and memory, and a significantly faster SSD, though that was already quite fast.
So the new 27" Retina iMac isn't much of an upgrade from the previous 27" Retina iMac - very slightly faster processor, graphics, and memory, and a significantly faster SSD, though that was already quite fast.
What it does have is a wide-gamut screen calibrated for DCI-P3 - that is, it's designed to display the same colour range as digital cinema projectors, and in the same way. And that colour range is wider than the typical monitor or television - Apple says 25% wider.
Normally you only notice colour gamut when a device is bad, rather than good. The original 2012 Nexus 7 had a noticeably limited colour gamut - everything looked like a rainy winter's day even with the brightness at maximum. (The 2013 model was much improved on this, as on most things.)
And I didn't notice it on my iMac at first either, until the screen saver turned up this image of the Colorado River. It's a striking photo on my old monitor, but on a wide-gamut screen it's eye-popping. I've never seen that shade of orange on an LCD display, and I don't think I've ever seen it on a CRT either.
It's one of those things you have to see for yourself.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at
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