Help identifying instrument from Apple event

[Fungus]

It raises an interesting question though: Why are displays on testgear sometimes lacking in contrast/brightness/whatever.

They don't need to be color calibrated or any of the other stuff that makes high-end PC monitors so expensive but there doesn't seem any excuse for them to be dim or lacking in contrast.

[bd139]

That’ll be bean counters. A decent display costs a few more pennies. There’s a whole market out there of half decent cheap IPS panels from phones and tablets. I’m surprised they don’t use them. Also if it has to be touch screen based they have capacitive digitisers in them.

The notable exception to this is the OLED displays that were more expensive but wore out very quickly 

[james_s]

It raises an interesting question though: Why are displays on testgear sometimes lacking in contrast/brightness/whatever.

They don't need to be color calibrated or any of the other stuff that makes high-end PC monitors so expensive but there doesn't seem any excuse for them to be dim or lacking in contrast.

When I've encountered this it's usually because the display is old and the backlight is worn out from many years of use. Is there a particular model of modern gear that you find has a dim display? If it's low cost modern gear then it probably has the absolute cheapest display available, good quality equipment should have a display that is at least reasonable with good brightness and contrast.