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    Is the retina display a true 8 bit panel?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Dinkleburg, Jul 25, 2014.

  1. Dinkleburg

    Dinkleburg Notebook Consultant

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    To owners out there, can you kindly verify using HWinfo?

    Panelook says the 13" retina display is 8 bit, but the information on the both the 13" and 15" is sparse.
     
    Dinkleburg, Jul 25, 2014
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    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    I havnt bothered to look at HW, but Apple forums say so. however IF it is an 8 bit panel it isn't that good and I suspect a 6 with some form of software interpolation. it really falters to 8 and 10 bit panels I have on desktops and laptops and it isn't consistent enough at times, which could be a driver issue or interpolation errors like I used to get on a couple Mac Pros.
     
    KCETech1, Jul 28, 2014
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    Thank you, then it most probably is a 6 bit display which uses a dithering to achieve 8 bit color like you mentioned, hence not a true 8 bit display.
     
    Dinkleburg, Jul 31, 2014
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    I forgot about this thread, both the 13 and 15" are in actuality 6 bit panels with dithering to 8 according to the panel information. not a lot of true 8 bit panels it seems anymore.
     
    KCETech1, Aug 1, 2014
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