How much brighter is "32%" or "67%"?

[asherman13]

What baseline is Apple using for their "brighter" screen comparisons on the 15" and 17" MacBook Pro's? Is the 17" 36% brighter than the Powerbook or than the 15" MacBook Pro (as for the former, the processer specs are compared to the PowerBook G4, so I wasn't sure)?

 

[eVolcre]

The 17" MBP is 37% brighter than the last 17" G4.

The 15" MBP is 67% brighter than the last 15" PB G4

Now, both models of the MBP have the same brightness.

eV

 

[someguy]

What unit of measurement and instrument do they use to determine just how much brighter one thing is from another?

 

[eVolcre]

What unit of measurement and instrument do they use to determine just how much brighter one thing is from another?

RDF




(i have no idea)

eV

 

[someguy]

RDF

Heh.. wait, I don't get it.

 

[gekko513]

What unit of measurement and instrument do they use to determine just how much brighter one thing is from another?

Luminance perhaps?

Luminance (also called luminosity) is a photometric measure of the density of luminous intensity in a given direction. It describes the amount of light that passes through or is emitted from a particular area, and falls within a given solid angle. The SI unit for luminosity is candela per square metre (cd/m2).

 

[tweakers_suck]

cd/m^2

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci540843,00.html

 

[m-dogg]

"A little bit brighter."

 

[mkrishnan]

I think it's confounded by the color of the fumes, what with wavelength-dependent absorption and so on.

P.S. I don't smoke the weed, if it ain't purple or blue.

 

[someguy]

I think it's confounded by the color of the fumes, what with wavelength-dependent absorption and so on.

P.S. I don't smoke the weed, if it ain't purple or blue.

Um, did you just quote Styles? (a.k.a Holiday Styles)

 

[mkrishnan]

Um, did you just quote Styles?

Oh no I di-in't!

I *love* that song.

 

[someguy]

And I thought I was the only one on the forum who listened to something other than Jazz and 80's rock. Here it comes..