Hey all,
I'm looking for advice from users of iPad Pro 2022 - 2021 12.9", with XDR display. After 9 years iPad Air 2 (2015) I am in for a new iPad to last another 9 years. So naturally my first look was at the current M4 Pro / M2 Air lineup, tried both but doesn't work for me.
So my question to owners of iPad Pro M1 or M2 12.9" : do you find your iPad Pro XDR displays as good as or close to the MacBook Pro XDR displays? Or if you're not familiar with those, would you say the blacks appear black during movie watching?
If you would share personal experience it could help me a lot!
Thanks!
Pete
Further explanation:
As I crave movie watching on iPad, I am looking for the best display possible. My 16" MBP M1 Max (2021) XDR display has deep blacks. Movies look fantastic on that display. I would like my new iPad to have that too.
What I tried:
Step 1: iPad Pro M4 11" (2024) ordered, fantastic display with deep blacks, brilliant for movies, sadly returned because I could not cope with the OLED display
Step 2: iPad Air M2 11" (2024) ordered, lousy display compared to the M4 OLED.
Then I did some research looking at older iPad Pro specs:
iPad Pro 6th gen 13" (2022) has an XDR display with 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. So has the iPad Pro 5th gen 13" (2021). Both even have FaceID. Curiously, the iPad Pro 4th gen 11" (also 2022) appears to have completely different display technology. This article on apple.com describes the 12.9" 5th and 6th gen XDR display technology. There doesn't appear to be any 11" iPad Pro with XDR display.
I'm looking for advice from users of iPad Pro 2022 - 2021 12.9", with XDR display. After 9 years iPad Air 2 (2015) I am in for a new iPad to last another 9 years. So naturally my first look was at the current M4 Pro / M2 Air lineup, tried both but doesn't work for me.
So my question to owners of iPad Pro M1 or M2 12.9" : do you find your iPad Pro XDR displays as good as or close to the MacBook Pro XDR displays? Or if you're not familiar with those, would you say the blacks appear black during movie watching?
If you would share personal experience it could help me a lot!
Thanks!
Pete
Further explanation:
As I crave movie watching on iPad, I am looking for the best display possible. My 16" MBP M1 Max (2021) XDR display has deep blacks. Movies look fantastic on that display. I would like my new iPad to have that too.
What I tried:
Step 1: iPad Pro M4 11" (2024) ordered, fantastic display with deep blacks, brilliant for movies, sadly returned because I could not cope with the OLED display
Step 2: iPad Air M2 11" (2024) ordered, lousy display compared to the M4 OLED.
Then I did some research looking at older iPad Pro specs:
iPad Pro 6th gen 13" (2022) has an XDR display with 1,000,000:1 contrast ratio. So has the iPad Pro 5th gen 13" (2021). Both even have FaceID. Curiously, the iPad Pro 4th gen 11" (also 2022) appears to have completely different display technology. This article on apple.com describes the 12.9" 5th and 6th gen XDR display technology. There doesn't appear to be any 11" iPad Pro with XDR display.