Anyone who has bought rMBP 15 inch 2013 model that has a LG display

[maxosx]

Of the many 15" MBPr's we have at work, I'd estimate about 20 out of approx 65 are in the Art Dept. The manager is extremely picky, deeply experienced & brand neutral regarding components. Most of these are less than two months old.

They're all are subjected to rigorous testing & setup before being put into service. He feels there's nominal difference, well within specs, between LG & Samsung. IR has not been a problem, and now that Apple's issued the update to fix the fan problem that affected nearly all of them, they're all functioning very well.

 

[Kaske]

I have had LG

The yellow of the Samsung doesn't bother me at all as I calibrate my screens, so they essentially look the same once calibrated. Unlike the yellow on my 27" iMac, the yellow on the Samsung screen is consistent over the whole screen. so it's easily correctable through calibration.

I’ve calibrated my yellow Samsung screen with Spyder3Pro but the result is very warm and reddish look, I’m more than certain it’s not good enough, I even managed to get better results by hand calibrating it after a number of attempts.

However, I’m still not satisfied with the result as my first LG had way better everything regarding color, even the factory default was better.

Do you have any advice on how to calibrate it to remove the yellow in terms of process, software, equipment? Could you post the screenshots of your calibrated Samsung so I can see the results better?

Thanks.

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Nice attitude there dude.
For the record, on average, Samsung's are brighter, but have worse colour reproduction (even after calibration), and lower contrast levels. The LGs are dimmer, but have much better blacks and colour reproduction.

It is possible my perception is only mine, but I am quite convinced that my Samsung screen is at least 15% lower in brightness then the LG I had. I couldn’t possibly crank up the brightness on LG and feel comfortable, while on Samsung everything below 85% starts to look dim.

There is strong possibility that there are different panels involved here, even for the same screen brand.

 

[slicecom]

I’ve calibrated my yellow Samsung screen with Spyder3Pro but the result is very warm and reddish look, I’m more than certain it’s not good enough, I even managed to get better results by hand calibrating it after a number of attempts.

However, I’m still not satisfied with the result as my first LG had way better everything regarding color, even the factory default was better.

Do you have any advice on how to calibrate it to remove the yellow in terms of process, software, equipment? Could you post the screenshots of your calibrated Samsung so I can see the results better?

Thanks.

That's weird. There shouldn't be a big difference between freshly calibrated screens assuming you used the same settings. You could try adjust to a cooler colour temperature, but then that kind of defeats the purpose of calibration depending on what type of work you're using it for. If you don't use your MBP for colour sensitive work, then maybe try a colour temperature of 7000K. That would make it more blue and thus less yellow.

 

[Kaske]

That's weird. There shouldn't be a big difference between freshly calibrated screens assuming you used the same settings. You could try adjust to a cooler colour temperature, but then that kind of defeats the purpose of calibration depending on what type of work you're using it for. If you don't use your MBP for colour sensitive work, then maybe try a colour temperature of 7000K. That would make it more blue and thus less yellow.

After a lot of hassle I managed to remove the yellows with a decently balanced result, but only after cranking it up to ~ 8000k and ~ 1.9 gamma. The majority of my work resides in Web and I need an „averaged” color profile that matches the mostly lower quality screens most users own so I don’t end up with huge differences, but I also need a profile perfectly calibrated for print from time to time, so I’ll need to use the calibrator, but alas it’s so reddish and yellow result!

 

[Asdasdisback]

I bought an early 2013 macbook retina, 2.7/512/16 and have an LG screen SJA2, so is not the 2012 screen, that is names SJA1 in the terminal

No image retention At this moment, doing stuff with avid and final cut that are damn grey

 

[fskywalker]

So what is the best software for a DIY color calibration?