You forget the most important thing, that I also didn’t knew before I got the nano. It has perfect blacks , a perfect contrast and colors, when you are in a controlled light or dark room. You only loose that when there is a lot of light, like in a Starbucks. The place where I usually would just read and don’t need oled blacks, but where I want no reflections.
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Yes this is what is helping me with the decision process as well.... pluses and minuses of each. Nano is the same in darker environments, even room lighting environments. In brighter lighting, you give up some of the HDR aspects in return for no glare. It's a use case question. I watch movies on it and play video games, but mostly in darker environments. I use it outside in the sun more for work/browsing where the nano is helpful. I also prefer reading on the Nano, it seems more like e-ink and clearer to me, though most prefer the standard screen for reading from what I've seen online. Also love the tactile feeling of the nano glass on my fingers, the pen seems more grippy (again most seem to have the opposite experience). Have both versions still but looking like I will be returning the standard and keeping the nano.
As I wrote in another thread, the relevant aspect that I am not reading that much in the discussions is the price factor. The nano version (assuming it is better and I think it is) is also much more expensive since I guess that the most of the people do not need the 1-2 TB size.
I usually end up putting matte treatments on my larger screen travel devices because that's where uncontrolled glare really impacts the usability of those devices for me. Right now this includes my Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch, and iPad Pro 11". This is always with the understanding that the visual quality of these devices gets impacted a bit by the treatment.
I don't have matte on my phone (super easy to just angle the phone differently) or on my iPad Pro 12.9" (used almost entirely at home, impacting the black levels and HDR performance of the miniLED display seemed very counterproductive).
The few times? The iPad is meant to be a mobile device and I don't know about you but I have a hard time getting rid of glare in public places or sitting outside.
I don't understand why people think the Nano display has a washed out black color, or even a gray color when its supposed to be black.
I recently sold my Pro Display XDR glossy screen for the Nano screen and here is Fury Road on it. The black bars are completely black and even though this isn't OLED, there isn't any type of washed out black color or anything close to a gray color where it should be black.
I recently sold my Pro Display XDR glossy screen for the Nano screen and here is Fury Road on it. The black bars are completely black and even though this isn't OLED, there isn't any type of washed out black color or anything close to a gray color where it should be black.
I don’t know… I hardly see any reflection when I use it. Of course I think you can tell the difference putting them side by side, but maybe being a mobile device somehow I quite always find the way to avoid massive reflections… different thing for monitors or laptops, there I only want matte finish
I also have to admit I rarely use it outside, but the again, I rarely have issues with the iphone (that has the advantage of being smaller, ok).
I see everyone uses it in different environments, for different purposes and has different sensitivity to this issue, I’m not saying it’s not useful but to me and my daily experience, the glossy one (also considering price gap related to 1 TB version) seems to be still the best choice
The elevated black levels of matte displays show up under regular working indoor lighting conditions. You seem to be watching in very dim light here, where the issue would not be visible.
The gray haze then comes from the scattered light. In the same situation, the standard glass should show reflections and is then not really black.
OK, but that's not quite the full context, is it? The standard glass sinks more of the light within itself and the reflections that do happen are localized, which leaves the rest of the display a much deeper black.
True. But even in scattered light you have reflections with the standard glass. For example, in dark scenes of a movie you can see a reflection of your face all the time. That’s very annoying to me. I prefer the less pure blacks of the nano in those situations.
I totally can understand that people prefer the standard class because they dont care about reflections.
I totally can understand that people prefer the standard class because they dont care about reflections.
I can tell that the nano-display makes the display look different, it doesn’t look as contrasty. But what is more important? A deep black or being able to see the display
You would definitely be able to see the 1000 nit glossy display.
My LG G3 OLED TV also has a good coating. Nothing is gray. However, you are sitting far away, so maximum sharpness is no longer important, especially as this is rarely the case with TV programs. You probably need to be aware of where you're using it. At the moment, the reflections don't bother me and are minimal. That's why I'll probably go for Standard, especially as you have to wait until almost the end of June for Nano in Germany.
Someone Reddit has posted a fantastic thread comparing the nano vs the glossy (has them both in hand).
Best feature is I don't have to look at the reflection of my face while I am on the iPad. 😁