17 inch Unibody Pro owners -- which display make and color profile?

[macbook123]

My wife had her 17 inch Macbook Pro repaired and according to the repair list they replaced the display (although that wasn't the reason she brought it in). She feels that the new display is less clear (looks "washed out") and bright.

I checked the command from the Macbook Air forums:

ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

And am finding that the new display is an LG (above command returns something starting in LP). I'm hoping some new calibration profile will make this display as good as her previous one.

Could folks with a 17" Unibody Pro copy and paste the above command into a Terminal window on post the make of their displays here?

Additionally, if you do have a calibrated profile for the LG display, it would be fantastic if you could provide it!

 

[mellowrush]

try hitting

Command option control peroid

in that order
it's the shortcut to increase screen contrast and that always brings out the colors
you can hold command option control and press period up to 20 times
then to decrease contrast just hold command option control and hit the comma button

hope this helps! let me know if it does

 

[macbook123]

Thank you but no that doesn't help unfortunately.

No 17 inch MBP users in this forum?

 

[Krafty]

No 17 inch MBP users in this forum?

This is what I get:

LTN170CT10
Color LCD

Which seems to be Samsung: http://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-LTN170CT10-LAPTOP-SUBSTITUTE-REPLACEMENT/dp/B003TQ6ILC

 

[Macman45]

Late 2011 17" Samsung display no issues at all.

OP:

Try re-setting your SMC (see link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964

 

[macbook123]

Too bad they replaced the display. Given the qualitative differences, apparently the previous one was a Samsung. There was no reason to replace it anyway, the Genius just said he wanted to make sure she had a new display before her warranty runs out.

 

[7DSniper]

Mine is

LP171WU6-TLA2

No issues with mine

 

[InuNacho]

Early 2011 17 inch here.

LTN170CT10 so it's a Samsung

I used the profile in this thread, it's worth trying out just to see if it helps.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/903606/

 

[tbn002]

Late 2011 17" with LTN170CT10.

Each display will have a different tone to it. You can try other people's colour profile but your best bet will be to calibrate your own display using a colorimeter and software. The spider 4 express is pretty good but is about $100.