Re:Apple’s “Extended Dynamic Range” Brings HDR to Non-HDR Di...
by samatman on Saturday December 05, 2020 @11:15PM
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Of course not.
The point of the 6k Pro HDR wasn't to compete with the one or two $40k monitors used to master million dollar motion pictures.
It was to replace the five to ten other $40k monitors used in other parts of the production pipeline, by being accurate/wide/bright enough for that purpose, and to provide good-enough accuracy to a whole swath of jobs where it was dearly needed but far too expensive.
The point of the 6k Pro HDR wasn't to compete with the one or two $40k monitors used to master million dollar motion pictures.
It was to replace the five to ten other $40k monitors used in other parts of the production pipeline, by being accurate/wide/bright enough for that purpose, and to provide good-enough accuracy to a whole swath of jobs where it was dearly needed but far too expensive.