Re:Apple introduces M4 chip
by rsynnott on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:15AM
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The OLED likely adds a fair bit of draw; they're generally somewhat more power-hungry than LCDs these days, assuming like-for-like brightness. Realistically, this will be the case until MicroLEDs are available for non-completely-silly money.
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Re:Apple introduces M4 chip
by CoastalCoder on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @11:29AM
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This surprises me. I thought the big power downside of LCD displays is that they use filtering to turn unwanted color channels into waste heat.
Knowing nothing else about the technology, I assumed that would make OLED displays more efficient.
Re:Apple introduces M4 chip
by mensetmanusman on Tuesday May 07, 2024 @12:42PM
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Can’t beat the thermodynamics of exciton recombination.
OLED will use less for a screen of black and LCD will use less for a screen of white. Now, take whatever average of what content is on the screen and for you, it may be better or may be worse.
White background document editing, etc., will be worse, and this is rather common.