IanCutress: Part of the problem there is that whereever I have my laptop, I also have my phone.Photo appears to saturate evenly across all colors, while cinema mode compresses some while pushing out others. In short, both the photo and cinema modes oversaturate just in different ways. I’ve also included all of the CIE diagrams and test swatch comparisons in a gallery below if you want to have a closer look at what the AMOLED modes do. I ran our display suite through all of the modes on the Galaxy Tab S 10.5 to illustrate the difference: The two AMOLED modes trade off color accuracy for more saturation. It’s actually the new basic mode that most closely tracks with sRGB. There are three predefined color settings, down from the five on Galaxy S5, if you prefer something a bit more predictable.Īlthough Cinema ends up being the most accurate on the GS5, AMOLED Cinema doesn’t get the same treatment on the Galaxy Tab S. The new displays have the same adaptive setting as the GS5, which adjusts display tint based on ambient light temperature. In bringing AMOLED to its tablet lineup, I wondered if Samsung would do the same here. With the Galaxy S5, Samsung finally delivered a reasonably accurate out of box display calibration as an option. I will admit that I’ve never been the most sensitive to PenTile or PenTile-like sub pixel arrangements, so your mileage may vary. Thankfully the pixel density on the Galaxy Tab S 8.4 is high enough that I wasn’t able to discern individual pixels or be bothered by the diamond PenTile layout. This is similar to what we saw on the Galaxy Note 3, and just like before you get two subpixels per unit pixel instead of three in a traditional RGB stripe. Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, Diamond PenTile The 8.4-inch model by comparison uses a diamond PenTile RG,BG layout: The uneven spacing is something new for the Galaxy Tab S 10.5, as the design looked far more structured back in the Note 2 days. Through balancing of subpixel size and drive power this design should allowed for equal luminance among all three subpixels. The 10.5-inch model features a derivative of the S-Stripe RGB subpixel layout and geometry we first saw in the Galaxy Note 2.Įach pixel features loosely spaced red, green and blue subpixels, with the latter being a thin strip in comparison to the more traditional rectangular red and green subpixels:Ĭhoosing different geometries for the blue subpixels makes sense as they have lower luminous efficiency than their red and green counterparts. Both devices feature a 2560 x 1600 Super AMOLED panel.
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In addition to the dramatically reduced chassis thickness, the move to a Super AMOLED display is the other flagship feature of the Galaxy Tab S lineup.