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Anyone have a monitor that can run in RGB color mode with Mac Mini M1?
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There is a new beta of MacOS Big Sur. I wonder if anyone is trying that and if it has brought any improvement to the RGB output? :/
Boys i think i may have found the issue, on my end it was the display port version, hdmi was a no go, nothing got it out of limited range ycbcr444, got a usb-c to DP cable, still ycbcr, changed the display port version on my monitor to 1.1 instead of 1.2 with hdr and boom, RGB444 full range, everything looks acurate again 
Not mad about loosing hdr as my monitors max brightness is like 400 cd/m2, nothing special, and the monitors hdr calibration is unchangable and poopoo, but ymmv
This is the cable if anyone wants to give it a try, its pretty cheap, but i imagine any usb-c to DP cable works fine
I also had intermitent ghosting and flickering, but ive been using this for close to an hour without any issues as well but its too soon to tell
Edit: Ocasional flickering and lines across the screen are still definitely present, bummer
Not mad about loosing hdr as my monitors max brightness is like 400 cd/m2, nothing special, and the monitors hdr calibration is unchangable and poopoo, but ymmv
This is the cable if anyone wants to give it a try, its pretty cheap, but i imagine any usb-c to DP cable works fine
I also had intermitent ghosting and flickering, but ive been using this for close to an hour without any issues as well but its too soon to tell
Edit: Ocasional flickering and lines across the screen are still definitely present, bummer
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I just switched my HP V28 to DP 1.1, can't really tell the difference... Time will tell my issue has been what your Edit described thus not very hopeful here...Boys i think i may have found the issue, on my end it was the display port version, hdmi was a no go, nothing got it out of limited range ycbcr444, got a usb-c to DP cable, still ycbcr, changed the display port version on my monitor to 1.1 instead of 1.2 with hdr and boom, RGB444 full range, everything looks acurate again
Not mad about loosing hdr as my monitors max brightness is like 400 cd/m2, nothing special, and the monitors hdr calibration is unchangable and poopoo, but ymmv
This is the cable if anyone wants to give it a try, its pretty cheap, but i imagine any usb-c to DP cable works fine
I also had intermitent ghosting and flickering, but ive been using this for close to an hour without any issues as well but its too soon to tell
Edit: Ocasional flickering and lines across the screen are still definitely present, bummer
Hi all, new to Apple (from Windows and Linux), I had the same problem when connecting my Mac Mini M1 in HDMI to my old good LG 23 inch monitor (1080p) : horrible colors, bad gamma and red text difficult to read. I have inserted an active "HDMI Splitter 1 in 2 Out" in the HDMI path, and the problem is gone. Cost : 12 Euros on amazon.
I keep the Mac of course, but I don't known what to think about Apple now...
I keep the Mac of course, but I don't known what to think about Apple now...
On my LG 4K 27" monitor, this problem seems to be fixed as of Big Sur 11.4. Yesterday I had bad gamma and colors through a Thunderbolt dock to DisplayPort, and today it looks fine. HDMI was always OK, but using DisplayPort bypasses an active adapter which didn't always sync up at 60Hz.
Update, running Monterey beta 9 and my Dell U2720Q now defaults to RGB (USB-C To USB-C) and it looks great! Let's hope it's finally fixed.
Woah, so after almost a year, we’re finally at where we wanted to be? And by default with no changes required?
How are the fonts? Blurry?
Excellent! Can’t wait to try it.
So just to be sure, in Display Settings you’ve got you’re colour profile simply set to RGB?
This issue was fixed at some point during the beta cycle for Monterrey for me and I'm loving it
Good news.
I’m not running any of the Monterey Betas so I’m gonna have to wait for the final release.
Crazy that I’m almost used to the non-sharp display that I’ve currently got as that’s all I’ve known since I got the M1 Mac mini in December 2020.
I’m not running any of the Monterey Betas so I’m gonna have to wait for the final release.
Crazy that I’m almost used to the non-sharp display that I’ve currently got as that’s all I’ve known since I got the M1 Mac mini in December 2020.
Yes it it is a 4K monitor and the fonts are very small by default, too small, at least for me. But I use scaling to get the size that looks good for me. Don't go with a lower resolution monitor, I used a 24" 1080p monitor temporarily and the fonts looked awful.
Can tell me which scaling do you use? If I am not mistaken, macOS will only show images at native 4K resolution only if the Larger Text (looks like 1920 x 1080) or the More Space (3840 x 2160) option is selected.
I use 2560 x 1440 (not ideal apparently) however it looks good enough for me. Font smoothing off
Lots of information here: https://tonsky.me/blog/monitors/
Lots of information here: https://tonsky.me/blog/monitors/
I've been running a M1 MBP to a LG CX 55 for the last year over USB-C to HDMI at 4K60 non HDR without much issue for the last year. I've now upgraded to 16" Max and switched to HDMI out which enables HDR as an option. However the instant it's on, the clarity/perceived resolution (most noticeable in text) takes a noticeable hit, seemingly a subsampling issue?
I'm much of a layman to this, but in going through this thread and a few others I haven't been able to find a clear answer as to if there's a way around it? Is there currently no way to push 4K60 HDR at full capacity through either HDMI or USB-C-to-HDMI to a CX?
I'm much of a layman to this, but in going through this thread and a few others I haven't been able to find a clear answer as to if there's a way around it? Is there currently no way to push 4K60 HDR at full capacity through either HDMI or USB-C-to-HDMI to a CX?
It's not possible as HDMI 2.0 doesn't have enough bandwidth available for 4K @ 60Hz and 10-bit color.
