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iPad Pro iPad Pro 12.9 mini-led display no better than iPad Pro 11 lcd display?

Yeah. The Samsung Tab S7 is LCD and the Tab S7+ has an LED display. Without comparing them side to side lots of people dismiss the S7 due to its LCD display yet it is actually nicer IME. It’s a ‘TRU Black’ panel and it looks absolutely incredible. I have three devices with LED displays and yet the Tab S7 with its LCD panel is the nicest looking display I own. It just goes to show that specs don’t always tell the full story.
 
Watch any content with dark scenes (House of Dragons has PLENTY of those) and observe how the Mini LED display portrays true black areas, while LCD shows them as gray, making it very hard to differentiate elements in the picture.
 
But I would never watch these kind of content on my ipad, because I have a big LG Oled who can do all the things 10 times better than a iPad.
 
Having just picked an M1 12.9 (coming from a 10.5) the screen is very noticeably easier on the eyes as far as eye strain is concerned. At first glance yes, they seem similar, but once you’re on it for more than a store viewing, you really notice how amazing it looks for everything. To me, this is equivalent to the difference between pro motion compared to non pro motion - once you see it, you never go back.
 
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When I was in the market to replace my 2017 9.7" base-model iPad last December, my local Costco had every 2021 model on display. I compared a variety of content on all of them. They all looked good, but, to my eyes, the 12.9" iPad Pro was the best in terms of color vibrancy and black levels. I'm sure I would have been happy with any one of the screens, but since I wanted the largest available screen and the M1 processor, and since I keep my gear for several years, I decided to splurge on the 12.9" iPad Pro. The blooming is visible only with very light content against black backgrounds, and only in a dark room, so it hasn't bothered me enough to overcome how gorgeous the display looks 99% of the time I'm using it.
 
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I actually have two 11 inch M1 iPad pros (picked up a second one yesterday through that amazing target deal )and a 12.9 M1 Pro .

The viewing difference to my eyes is relatively significant ; like a 20 percent more enjoyable experience on the mini-led . It looks very OLED-like and actually looks pretty similar to our lg OLED tv. Blacks and brightness are great . Blooming is slightly noticeable in a dark room but doesn’t bother me all that much .

All in all it does a great OLED impression and is more vivid than the 11 inch.
 
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I often put matte screen protectors on my ipad's due to their portable nature and the difficulty in controlling glare when you're using it out and about ... but after comparing the new miniLED display to the regular 11", it genuinely seemed like I was wasting the benefits of the better display. So off went the matte protector.

I enjoy the HDR more than I thought I would. The photos we take of our kid really pop on that display ... viewed on the 11", the extra bright areas look dimmer and kind of artificially fluorescent in an unnatural way. I also tried some remote play from my PS5, and was shocked at how good the games looked ... apparently the app supports HDR streaming. Truly impressive ... in many ways it looked better than the actual TV and I had to go back and do some tweaking to get my TV closer to the iPad's look!
 
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I have to turn off several settings out the box to get the display to it’s full glory. One of them was reduce white point.
 
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