alt Hacker NewsApple introduced variable refresh rate back in 2015. That’s over a decade ago, I’m sure there’s some new tech involved here, but quite the omission.
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hu3 • today at 5:03 AM
Apple might have convinced some gullible customers that this was something new.
But to the rest of the world variable refresh rate existed for years by then. As is with most Apple "inventions".
In this case the patent goes back to 1982: https://patents.google.com/patent/US4511892A/en
thelastgallon • today at 1:06 AM
Apple doesn't manufacture panels, they buy from others. I wonder how Apple can claim they have this feature.
embedding-shape • yesterday at 11:42 PM
Stroke CRT displays been able to do variable refresh rate since like the 80s, quite the omission there buddy.
And if Apple introduced it a decade ago, then it's at least five years older than that.
What's new here is the 1 Hz minimum.