karut It was a DCN panel with PROD+B000000000000+00000000000000000000000000. From what I've read here, I believe my panel was a good one (especially as far as uniformity) compared to some other descriptions, so I suspect the underlying technology is what is bothering me.

I concur that certain brightness levels were more comfortable than others. For me, it seemed to be a very specific tick around or just over 50% that was best.

I'm glad that patching seems to be working for you. I would concede that I might also be able to adjust to it given the right circumstances and enough time.

    karut Changing the "white point" via the Lunar App you can reduce the brightness of your screen without changing real brightness (100%), which will not change the voltage of the screen brightness and PWM. It will be much easier for your eyes

        Hunter20 You're mostly correct in that all of the mini-LED Pros and all of the Airs do in fact have PWM at max —

        however, the one exception is the "touch bar and USB-C only" 2022 M2 model (and possibly the touch bar 2020 M1 as well) which actually does not have PWM on the main internal display at max!

            For me, the worst "feature" of these screens is the the super-bright, angry, unnatural whiteness. This bothers me way more than PWM or dithering.

            If this is you, adjusting the white point can help. This is a different effect than using a NightShift type solution that puts a color tint over the screen. I use BetterDisplay image adjustments control the white point. It does not make the screen all day comfortable though.

            DisplaysShouldNotBeTVs

            But still, if you dim using an overlay on a LCD screen, you will only change the shown colors to appear darker at pixel level, but your backlight will still emitt at 100% strength.

            In theory it should only work for oled panels, because they have no backlight, every pixel emitts its own light (but the panel has ofcourse to be pwm free at 100% brightness)

              If anyone is interested in lowering the white point of the MacBook Pro M2 TB with the good screen, I can share a D55 screen profile generated with a Calibrite Display SL colorimeter. These screens are very accurate after being calibrated to 5500k (Avg DeltaE of 0.5). This is likely to be much more accurate than BetterDisplay tweaks.

              (I've always calibrated all my displays to a warmer white point than the native D65; even apart from the blue light and eye strain angles, D65 has never really made sense to me for reading.)

                karut So is MBP M2 14 really the one?

                And if MBP 2022 14 is the one, why then MBP M3 14 is not the one? In shops they are not even selling brand new M2 anymore.

                    Donux I meant the 13" model. At least under 60% brightness with the internal screen or with an external monitor I almost have no eye strain. Good enough to work with for hours. Display is not totally still though. Might try a matte screen protector.

                    It feels better than the MBA M1 I tried.

                        karut I don't think this forum supports non-image attachments, so here's a link to the calibrated display profile: https://we.tl/t-ZZdQYVUMd9 Let me know what you think 🙂

                        BTW, for these MBP M2 TB machines, I don't recommend disabling Uniformity2D.

                          karut Based on what I am hearing, there is no definite solution. Solution should be solid - no crazy tinkering workarounds. The most what could be done is color profile change, that's it.

                            Donux

                            Avoid 14" M2 MBP at all costs.

                            They're talking about the 13" (USB-C only, with Touch Bar) M2 MBP model, which is different.

                            13" used to be sold in the refurbished store a few months ago, but not anymore. You'll have to buy used.

                            Make sure the seller has a return policy, because there is a screen lottery. Only 13" M2 units that show many 00000000 in the LCD panel ID have potential to be more comfortable. The ones with more "random" looking panel IDs are bad.

                                smilem was the dither test on the s62 pro done on different colors/gradients ?

                                  DisplaysShouldNotBeTVs Ok, I recall, this was kind of one leg in a past type of model, so perhaps they have used some older supply chain parts for it.

                                    Could someone help me with installing this application? When I download it and try to open it, this is the message I get: "Safari can’t open the file “Stillcolor” because no available application can open it."

                                      Hello Guys!
                                      I need a new laptop. Is there any Macbook Air that is flicker free and dither free (even with apps like stillcolor)?

                                      Thanks!

                                        dnm3 Is there any Macbook Air that is flicker free and dither free (even with apps like stillcolor)?

                                        Nope

                                        (Unless you only ever want to use it with an external monitor and never look at the internal screen, but that defeats the point of a laptop)

                                        The closest thing I've been able to achieve to a "portable" "Mac" that doesn't mess with my eyes - is just streaming a Mac (with it's display closed) to a really old and comfortable Windows 8 laptop via the NoMachine app, and then using the Windows laptop as both the monitor and the keyboard/mouse

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