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iPad Pro No H.265 support No Dolby Vision

In principle, I completely agree that features pulled from one version to the next utterly stinks. In no way whatsoever I am excusing Apple.

However, I’m a little surprised how much people care about HDR on the iPad though. To say it’s underwhelming given the peak brightness of the display is an understatement imo, and the sarcastic remark earlier from someone re: having to find ideal conditions to watch HDR content on the iPad nails it.

As others have expressed previously though, the cynic in me says it’ll be a headline feature in the next, OLED iPad.
 
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TheRealAlex said:
As Steve Jobs was a known Audiophile. I am a novice Videophile. That being said. I am ofended that with an iPad Pro level of tech we are stuck with an 8-bit non HDR10 Display.
It really won't be until OLED 10-bit displays that Apple will shout and tell everyone they Need Dolby Vision and HDR10 because all of the detail and vibrancy they were missing.
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The iPad Pro (my 10.5”) does not have an 8-bit display. It can display Display P3 images on the screen at the same time as sRGB images. They didn’t lower the supported bit depth of sRGB images to accomplish that.
If I look at this image: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jursonovicst/gradient/master/gradient.png I can see 512 bars in the bottom half of the black to white gradient. That is 9 bits of gradation.
 
If the new iPad pros don’t support HDR and Dolby Vision can’t we use VLC player? Does it support it?

I watched a 13gb 4K HDR version of Mad Mad Fury Road on my 10.5 yesterday, I just transferred the video file to VLC.
It looked simply breath taking, the quality was just draw dropping. I had people at the StarBucks I was watching it at commenting at how amazing the picture looked. I’m not even sure if VLC was playing it in HDR or not.
 
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I just found this apple support am I missing something. I admit I'm no expert.
 
I suspect it will have the same support as the 10.9 Pro, no more no less.
Apple went with the approach to not mention it like before because it isn't real HDR supposedly.
 
No HDR, paying an arm and a leg for just a bigger screen with Face ID and the same old LCD screen.
A bit disappointing, but not surprised. I’ll have to wait to see what 2019 brings, for now I’m happy with my 10.5” since it’s plenty fast for me and works flawlessly. Not missing out much other than bigger screen and maybe better camera. The AR feature doesn’t apply to me. Also I am not a designer so pencil drawing is not a priority.
 
From the imore review...

And the quality of the pixels on the iPad Pro display is terrific. They're once again DCI P3, which means you get the much wider color gamut for richer reds and more vivid greens. But at 600 nits, it's still not quite bright enough for full HDR — high dynamic range — like the over 700 nits iPhone X Series. At least not completely.

If you're sitting in the pitch dark, the color space and brightness will get you most of the way there. If you're sitting out in the light, not so much. Some people quibble about all this. Apple seems to have simply settled into calling it EDR — extended dynamic range — instead.

Now, you can still download or stream HDR10 and Dolby Vision formats and it'll do a bang-up job displaying them, regardless of where or how you're watching, but the only way to get what everyone agrees is full-on, proper HDR is to use the new USB-C port — more on that in a cool minute — to output HDR10 or Dolby Vision to a full-on, proper HDR panel.
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iF34R said:
Well that does it for me I guess. :( No buy.
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I’m going to give the 14 days before I decide. Although, my head is telling me to send it back and get the 10.5, hopefully in the holiday sales.
 
 
T-Bob said:
You sure? It isn't mentioned here:

https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2017...st-advanced-display-breakthrough-performance/

Also was no support until iOS 11 in September, although some other features mentioned there are also iOS 11.
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PBG4 Dude said:
The iPad Pro 10.5 was marketed as such when it came out.
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The iPad has the bit-depth and color gamut for HDR. It does not have the contrast ratio. If there was any marketing that referred to the screen on the iPad as HDR, it was wrong.
 
Bravia3d said:
High price, 4gb of ram and no headphone jack is enough... But lack of HDR and Dolby Vision is where I draw the line. My iPad 10.5 can do it, I expect nothing less from these new models.
Is there any way to contact Apple and confirm? I’ll be super pissed if it’s not on newer iPads.
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HDR10 isn't available in the new iPAD according to this review:

https://mobilesyrup.com/2018/11/05/ipad-pro-2018-review/

I knew this was a scam all along...
 
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Zimmy68 said:
I suspect it will have the same support as the 10.9 Pro, no more no less.
Apple went with the approach to not mention it like before because it isn't real HDR supposedly.
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Yep. I'm almost certain this is the case. HDR on the 10.5" never really looked like HDR at all. I just think Apple is trying to avoid being misleading.
 
Well, if it looks anything like the video quality I play on my iPad 10.5, I can live with it. Videos looks amazing on VLC player.
 
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