Theater Mode is a technology of the Apple Studio Display 17 (ADC), and works with Apple's media playing software: QuickTime Player, iMovie, and Apple DVD Player. It enhances the brightness and contrast of video content that is presented at full screen size. Theater Mode produces a more lifelike image by increasing brightness up to three times and improving color saturation.
Theater Mode is enabled automatically in these applications. You may disable Theater Mode in the Monitors control panel as shown in Figure 1.
The versions of software that enable Theater Mode on the Apple Studio Display 17 (ADC) are:
- QuickTime version 4.1.2 and later
- Apple DVD Player version 2.2.1 and later
- iMovie 2.0 and later
Theater Mode is enabled automatically in these applications. You may disable Theater Mode in the Monitors control panel as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Theater Mode Preferences