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For those wondering what exactly changed in the latest firmware update for the 32GS, the EOTF has been modified to improve the shadow tones.
3.03 old:
new 3.04:
However, near-black details are still a notch too dark, with the photo below appearing almost entirely black in-person, even in a near pitch-black room. Ideally, the 0.0005-nit square should be just barely visible, with the 0.005-nit square appearing half-way between that and the 0.05-nit sq
Recently, I started noticing RTX HDR softening certain parts of the screen, especially in darker areas. A few days ago, I shared my findings for the feature's paper-white and gamma behavior. Although the overall image contrast is correct, I've noticed that using the correlated settings in RTX HDR could sometimes cause blacks and grays to clump up compared to SDR, even at the default Contrast setting.
I took some screenshots for comparison in Alan Wake 2 SDR, which contains nice dark scenes to demonstrate the issue:
Slidable Comparisons / [Side-by-side crops](http
Took the time today to find out how the new RTX HDR feature upscales from SDR. Here's what I've found:
TLDR; As a temporary solution, you can apply a color profile that "fixes" Windows's HDR tone curve:
https://github.com/dylanraga/win11hdr-srgb-to-gamma2.2-icm#icm-dl (instructions in the link)
Diablo IV in HDR (sRGB tone curve)
Diablo IV in SDR (gamma 2.2 tone curve) / in HDR (after fix)
One reason SDR currently looks better for D4 (and a f
One change that wasn't mentioned in Apple's keynote (that I recall) is the addition of a secondary ambient light sensor. Until now, Apple has only used one front-facing ambient light sensor, used to adjust screen brightness depending on the surrounding light levels. But with the introduction of the iPhone 14, it seems like Apple managed to sneak an additional light sensor on the rear of the phone:
This secondary light sensor is likely located within the upgraded "Adaptive True Tone" flash housing (or with the LiDAR). Compared to other smartphones, this isn't new,
One of the main advertised features of the Pixel 6 Pro that sets it apart from the normal Pixel 6 is the Pro phone's high variable refresh rate (VRR). Specifically, the 6 Pro should be able to lower its refresh rate down to 10 Hz to save battery. The question that many people have had is, does this actually happen?
Some people have (mistakenly) used Android's refresh rate indicator within the Developer Options to come to the conclusion that the 6 Pro's variable refresh rate only goes down to 60 Hz, because that's what the indicator shows when the screen is idle. Howeve
There's been a ton of complaints about terrible auto-brightness on the Pixel 6 phones, from myself included. While it was never that great on Pixels to begin with, I feel that it has been even worse on the Pixel 6, and I think this has to do with a new addition to the lineup:
The Pixel 6/Pro actually has a spectral/flicker sensor on the rear camera setup, next to the flashlight, which doubles as an ambient light sensor.
I first noticed when using the phone in my bedroom in low brightness. When I moved my phone over next to my lamp, with the cameras facing the lamp, my screen grew much brighter. But even before that, I also noticed that when you turn on the Pixel 6 flashlight, the scree
While the mic quality for general purpose voice recordings and noise cancellation doesn't sound as clear to me as Samsung's or iPhone's mics, I took the Pixel 4 out to an EDM concert, and to my surprise, it handles very loud volume and hard thumping bass really well. All previous Pixels clip and harshly distort at loud volumes, so this is great to see that Google significantly improved in this regard.
One example: (out of many; all recordings sounded good)
https://photos.app.goo.gl/sbuzBogrnFgouqtD6
Illenium's Ascend Tour, melodic dubstep
EDIT: I actually just noticed [dxomark just published](https://www.dxomark.com/google-pixel-4-audio-re
I visited my local Verizon store today and spent a good half an hour with the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL. I tried to find out some of the lesser-known things about the device, and reiterate some of the things you all probably already know along with my opinions.
This might be a long read; note that I'm writing this towards enthusiasts.
The Display
As expected, both the phones adhere to the sRGB color gamut right out of the box, extending to support wider color if an app calls for it. I posted a comment earlier about this:
If you're coming from an iPhone, you're not going to have a problem with the display at all. You're going to love it. The people that report that the display is "was
About a week or two ago, Google pushed a beta update for GBoard that added key shadows if borders are enabled. I thought it looked nice but slightly complained to myself that the shadows were a bit too long. Just this morning I got another GBoard update and I was thinking "it'd be pretty cool if they read my mind and shortened the shadows in this update", and holy crap, they did! Most of Google's updates don't actually do anything noticeable so this was even a bigger surprise.
Before: http://i.imgur.com/xuFuKzN.png
After: http://i.imgur.com/OGtiWZ2.png
Thank you Google, we notice these small things.
A lot of users who have software keys have a problem in Snapchat where the navbar will overlap with the Snapchat bottom buttons and the chatbox, making them unusable, like so:
http://i.imgur.com/eHPK9Y4.jpg
Would it be possible to make a module for it that raises the bottom of the app the height of the navbar?
PS: There's people that suggest enabling Expanded Desktop for Snapchat, but it just makes using Snapchat more of a hassle and it causes your snaps to have a huge artifact at the bottom.
