Do you notice any immediate difference between the AUO and Samsung panels?
Superficially it appears more vibrant. I'll post a follow up after I've used the replacement for a bit. Glad I caught this now thanks to the color calib...
Do you notice any immediate difference between the AUO and Samsung panels?
Superficially it appears more vibrant. I'll post a follow up after I've used the replacement for a bit. Glad I caught this now thanks to the color calib...
To the Apple store we go!
If the difference isn't huge I'm not going to ask for a replacement because of the minor hassle of Time Machine backup/restore/7-pass erase.
Can't wait to see what everyone's talking about. Part of me wishes that I'll not see a huge difference and just walk home with mine.
Depends on the person: what they say and whether they like it or not. Some people like more darker pictures while others like brighter ones. Same for colour temperature: some like cool, some like hot (cool can be too blueish, hotter looks more white; the other way around: hot looks yellowish, blue looks more white).
What the colorimeter does at least is take out the subjectiveness of the individual. It doesn't favour a particular colour, or colour temperature. It just sees what it sees.
That would be a rather difficult survey because of all the possibilities. With the Pro you have various screen sizes as well as glossy vs antiglare and normal resolution vs high resolution. That is more like comparing every car there is and picking the best one out of the lot.
Superficially it appears more vibrant. I'll post a follow up after I've used the replacement for a bit. Glad I caught this now thanks to the color calib...
13" MBA i7/8/256 from Education Apple Store
I noticed the washed out display immediately. No surprise, I have the LG display. I took it to my local Apple store for comparison. All 4 floor models have the Samsung display. The color and contrast superiority of the Samsung is undeniable, both in text and images. Calibration helps, but is not sufficient mostly with respect to the text.
It's a shame, but this MBA is getting returned. If anyone can answer these questions I'd appreciate it:
1. Can a customer demand the Samsung Display?
2. How many times can a customer return a technically undefective product to Apple?
Apple, I love your stuff when you get it right, but it should be (and probably is) a crime to display a product in your store and then deliver a different, inferior, product to customer.
Here are 3 profiles created using Apple's calibration wizard, let me know what you think.
The article is here, though it compares air vs pro overall, so not that deep look onto the screens. But feel free to check it out for more info (you'll probably need google translate if you're not swedish).
Foot in mouth. After using the calib file for AUO that was posted, I immediately saw banding on every single piece of scrollable content. Took it to the Apple Store and swapped for a new one. Now have Samsung Display and Samsung SSD.
Anyone made any direct comparisons between the AUO and LG panels?
Has anyone tried calibrating the LG and/or Samsung screens with real calibration software and colorimeter (e.g. - Spyder 3 Pro)? (as opposed to just calibrating by eye with the step by step options in the settings on the MBA)
My 2012 MacBook Air arrives today and thanks to this thread, I'm worried about getting an LG screen! I have Spyder 3 Pro that I used to calibrate my 2009 MacBook Pro, and I plan to use it on my MacBook Air. I'm wondering if the disappointment in the LG screen is just based on the factory settings/default profile, or if it really is lacking when compared to the Samsung and if, even after calibration software, it still is subpar compared to the Samsung.
i find the lg screen really bad.
My 2012 MacBook Air arrives today and thanks to this thread, I'm worried about getting an LG screen!
yes. i find the AUO much better than LG.
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It's amazing that so many people are worried about getting a non Samsung panel with a new MBA. What are you going to do, rip open the box, immediately fire up Terminal and either experience joy or despair? Then if it's not a Samsung return it for a cycle to get the "better" panel.
I have a 2011 11'' with an LG panel and I tried the MacRumors profile and I actually prefer the stock. As much as I want to hate the LG based on these posts, I can't. It's a great screen.
I'm still within my return windows but I don't know what to do... I really don't want to order another BTO model and not have a computer for another week. Ugh.