Native White Point For Mac

Aug 16, 2017 - If you only use your Mac for browsing the Web, sending and receiving email. Leave 'Use native white point' checked, then click Continue. You can use the Display Calibrator Assistant to set the target white point, which is a set of color values that define the color white. The white point is measured in degrees Kelvin and is a reference to the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that emits the white hue when heated to a specific temperature.

Is anyone noticing a slight variation in screen tint on their 2016 15' MBPs? I am noticing a slightly bluer white on the left quarter and right third of the screen. It appears to go from a bluer white to a warmer white peaking just left of center (where there are hints of yellow) then back to a cooler white. It does appear less pronounced at differing viewing angles, but the left quarter is definitely the coolest section of my screen, and second from left quarter the warmest.

It's something I could live with, but now I've noticed it it's bothering me. For example, if you go to Google News homepage full screen, the images and the first few words of the headline appear to have a bluer background, with a much warmer white section in the second quarter of the screen. Reading text full screen takes me through 3 different white points. Maybe I'm overly sensitive to it, I returned a previous generation pro because the screen uniformity was really bad.

This is nowhere near as extreme but definitely noticeable to me and I'm thinking I'll return this one or at least review Apple Store floor models for screen uniformity. Curious if anyone is seeing anything similar? Any korean mmos for mac 2.

I tried taking a photo but it didn't really convey the white point differences I'm seeing in person. For what it's worth, screen manufacturer is 610, model is A030 with a manufacture date code of D21FB300.

Mine seems overall quite uniform in tint. Maybe some brightness non-uniformity, but that's really difficult to perfect. I'd say overall it's much better than I had anticipated. To be fair here, it's very hard to make a completely uniform display. My 27' PA-series NEC monitor isn't close to uniform in brightness or color and NEC specifically has an advanced feature built-in to compensate for this non-uniformity.

It does a very good job, but even after calibration the display is not perfect. If it bugs you enough I'd say try for an exchange, but finding a flawless display is a very difficult task no matter how good the manufacturer is.

I just returned a 15' 2016 MBP for an uneven screen this morning. It was blue on approx 1/3 of the right hand side. I used it for 5 days to see if it would change or I would get used to it but that didn't happen. I compared it to my 2012 rMBP this morning and the older model has a much more even screen so I made the decision to try another one. Of course no one in the store could see it and it was hard even for me to see it under the bright store lights, but they agreed to an exchange.

I was told they were all like this and I wouldn't get a perfect screen. The new one is not perfect and is slightly bluish on the about 1/4 of the screen on the left, but overall better. I think most likely I will keep this one. Just setting it up now. Click to expand.That's a pretty bad white point warm to cool gradient in my opinion.

Your difference in white point in similar to mine, though mine goes from blue-white-blue instead of white-blue. If I'm reading a site such as reddit where the text is on the far left of the screen, text actually has a smudged ink look to it. Anything in the center is ok as that's where the 'good' section of my screen is, even though that has hints of yellow (especially noticeable if I've been reading more on the cooler side of my screen). Looks like your previous generation is very uniform. I had a 2010 with the hi-res matte screen and it was perfect.

My 12 inch MacBook is perfect. Understand that no screen is 100% but I'm finding this distracting, and difficult to accept on a $3k machine.

I lowered my white point to 6k and it helped a little (you might want to try that), but there is still a visible gradient. I think this one is going back. Click to expand.I think you should try another one. I found the screen on my first 15' very distracting, but while the replacement isn't perfect with a cool (slightly bluish) tint on the left going to white on the rest of the screen, I am using it with no problem. I find it really hard to evaluate any of the screens at the store as they are all at the brightest setting and under bright lights so don't know if there are any really great screens for this model.

At least there is no yellow on my screen - that I can't live with. In all the Retina display devices I've had, I've never had or seen a perfectly uniform display in both backlight and tint. Each one always displayed a 'characteristic'. In my experience that was either yellow stains, blue to white/yellow colour shifts, dark patches or pink to green colour shifts (this is a slightly warped polariser in the screen apparently).

There is no perfect screen out there. If you're unlucky enough to be able to see these characteristics, its about finding a screen that you can live with. Netgear aircard 302u (all others aircard watcher help for mac. Take my 15' TB MBP for example. The screen is uniformly lit (yay!) and has no PinkGreen or BlueYellow colour shifts (yay!). The native White Point is much warmer than my 2014 13' rMBP but I have addressed that in System Preferences by making the screen temperature a little cooler. What I have noticed is the tint of the screen changes at different vertical viewing angles. With the screen facing you head on, the top & bottom of the screen is slightly browner/duller than the middle of the screen.

If I tilt the screen towards me the top of the screen is brighter and whiter and the bottom is browner and duller. If I tilt the screen back, the bottom is brighter and whiter but the top is browner and duller. This is in line with one of the comments made earlier in the thread by about the bottom 3rd of the screen being 'dusty'. That sounds suspiciously like what I'm seeing too. You can easily see the tint change when scrolling this thread up and down and following a block of text with your eyes.

I have no basis for comparison as I've never had a Retina display as large as the 15' before so I'm chalking it down to yet another 'characteristic'. I've played the display lottery before and as the rest of my laptop is A1 perfect, I'm not going to put myself through that again. Its stressful and futile as there is no perfect display. You could end up with something much worse and be stuck with it.

Convincing Genius' in store isn't always easy as these display issues are rarely visible in an Apple Store. Here's my 2014 13' rMBP compared to my 15' I think the photo shows the white point differences. On the 15' the top and bottom posts are slightly browner/duller that the post in the middle. In all the Retina display devices I've had, I've never had or seen a perfectly uniform display in both backlight and tint. Each one always displayed a 'characteristic'. In my experience that was either yellow stains, blue to white/yellow colour shifts, dark patches or pink to green colour shifts (this is a slightly warped polariser in the screen apparently). There is no perfect screen out there.

If you're unlucky enough to be able to see these characteristics, its about finding a screen that you can live with. Take my 15' TB MBP for example.

The screen is uniformly lit (yay!) and has no PinkGreen or BlueYellow colour shifts (yay!). The native White Point is much warmer than my 2014 13' rMBP but I have addressed that in System Preferences by making the screen temperature a little cooler. What I have noticed is the tint of the screen changes at different vertical viewing angles.

With the screen facing you head on, the top & bottom of the screen is slightly browner/duller than the middle of the screen. If I tilt the screen towards me the top of the screen is brighter and whiter and the bottom is browner and duller. Ralink rt2571w driver for mac.

If I tilt the screen back, the bottom is brighter and whiter but the top is browner and duller. This is in line with one of the comments made earlier in the thread by about the bottom 3rd of the screen being 'dusty'. That sounds suspiciously like what I'm seeing too. You can easily see the tint change when scrolling this thread up and down and following a block of text with your eyes. I have no basis for comparison as I've never had a Retina display as large as the 15' before so I'm chalking it down to yet another 'characteristic'. I've played the display lottery before and as the rest of my laptop is A1 perfect, I'm not going to put myself through that again. Its stressful and futile as there is no perfect display.

You could end up with something much worse and be stuck with it. Convincing Genius' in store isn't always easy as these display issues are rarely visible in an Apple Store.

Here's my 2014 13' rMBP compared to my 15' I think the photo shows the white point differences. On the 15' the top and bottom posts are slightly browner/duller that the post in the middle. Click to expand.I agree with you, it's a total lottery. My first 15' w/ TB had a very bad pinkish tint on the left and 2 people at the Apple Store agreed instantly. I was able to get that exchanged.

The replacement is significantly better but now that I'm actively looking for it, I can see a slight warmer tint on the left again. At this point I'm going to stick it out for another week(I have 13 days left to return) to see if I can get used to it, if not I'm going back to my 15' MBPr(mid-2015) - which has a perfect screen.