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    What kind of display on the 2012 MacBook Air?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by 1upac, Feb 4, 2013.

  1. 1upac

    1upac Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently purchased an Air and have been continualy impressed by the quality of its display. Having previously owned a Vizio with an IPS display I can honestly say there are little noticeable differences aside from perhaps slightly narrower viewing angles.

    I believe that the retina models were the first to start using IPS technology in their displays but what makes the earlier MacBook displays so good? Just high end TN panel? or something else?
     
    1upac, Feb 4, 2013
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    oc_masta Notebook Enthusiast

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    I believe the displays are higher end TN panels but also being Apple they can have their displays calibrated correctly out of the box, since they control hardware and the software side of things.

    Most windows users have to calibrate their displays with a Spyder or find a calibrated icc profile for their particular panel to get the most from it.
     
    oc_masta, Feb 5, 2013
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  3. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    decent 70% sRGB 8 bit TN panel
     
    KCETech1, Feb 6, 2013
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