How good is the M1 MacBook Pro screen really?

[PauloSera]

When I first got the 14" MacBook Pro, I was blown away by how beautiful I found the screen, but I am naive when it comes to good screens and monitors. How does the M1 Pro screen stand up to the competition?

What competition? Lmao.

 

[macsound1]

When you say "good", it would help if you referred to good for what exactly. What a photographer and a gamer might find appropriate are two different things.

Objectively, the screen is excellent. It features mini-LED backlighting for 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio and a peak brightness up to 1,600 nits in the HDR mode. It also has a resolution of 3456 x 2234 (which is 'retina' quality, as Apple likes to say). There's also 120hz refresh rate (Pro Motion).

Furthermore, DCI-P3 is at 99% accuracy. It also has over 90% Adobe RGB, but keep in mind that this can alter from panel to panel, and that Apple doesn't market or push for this since there are panels out there with even higher A-RGB values.

So what does this all mean? On paper it's one of the most well-rounded laptop screens you can get. It has enough accuracy for the overwhelming majority of content creators and a refresh rate to suit video editors well. 'Blooming' isn't an issue provided you use the brightness sensibly.

A full technical analysis can be found here:

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As a photographer and video editor, this is my only gripe.
I need to make non- HDR video and photo content. While there is a setting in Display settings to do this, I’m not 100% that the OS isn’t still rendering this content as HDR and just not showing me.
For this reason alone, I still do some work on a remote Mac mini that has no concept of an HDR display.

 

[Schnegg]

The display is so good that I can‘t buy the Studio Display because it‘s worse.

 

[tstafford]

The MBP 14 is worth every penny and the screen is a big part of why. It's the best looking laptop I've ever seen. People regularly comment on the clarity, sharpness and overall awesomeness of the screen. You couldn't pry mine away from me.

 

[sam_dean]

When I first got the 14" MacBook Pro, I was blown away by how beautiful I found the screen, but I am naive when it comes to good screens and monitors. How does the M1 Pro screen stand up to the competition?

It is not a gamer's display. It is designed for content creators, other creatives and people who value image quality.

It is also designed for power consumption.

You will find some people with complaints about it but it was not designed for their use case.

 

[MrGunny94]

It's my favourite screen for everything.. besides gaming. I mean it's pretty good for content viewing as well especially since I'm always on the go.

But for gaming I'd rather have my LG G2 or my Predator X34A ultra wide.. with refresh rate..

 

[Fred Zed]

Im extremely fussy in regards to screen display quality and consistency. The 14” MBP blew me away in the display department. I was most satisfied.