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Are these new iMac displays ok as far as yellow screen issues?
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There's been a few complaints about light bleed, yellow screens, and bad shadows in the corners. Some pics posted of the issues as well. Looks like we'll never escape these issues on iMacs.
Its the exact same panel as the previous model so you will still get those issues, just less glare and dust behind the screen.
I did see one bad 21" posted but haven't heard any other complaints?
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It's more to do with QC and bad manufacturers don't think it being the same res as the old one means anything
My new 2012 27" iMac is fairly yellow down towards the bottom third of the screen. It shows up in photos (I'll post one soon). Not sure if I'm going to return it, or wait it out for a week and see if it gets better on my eyes get used to it.
Considering I have had every iMac since the G5 model, this is one of the most yellow I've ever seen.
Considering I have had every iMac since the G5 model, this is one of the most yellow I've ever seen.
I received my 2012 iMac today (3.4GHz i7, 8GB, 3TB Fusion, 2GB 680MX GPU), got it out of the box, fired it up, immediately noticed major display non-uniformity (yellow on the bottom right, blue on the top left, significant brightness variance), and packed it up for a refund. I'm not going through numerous swap-outs again to try to get a good display.
Besides, as I was staring at my new iMac, I realized it's just not enough of an upgrade over my mid-2011 iMac (3.4GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD+2TB HDD, 2GB HD 6970M) to justify the expense. I'll wait to see what the mid-year Haswell update brings, or better yet what the new Mac Pros bring, before I get rid of my 2011 iMac.
Besides, as I was staring at my new iMac, I realized it's just not enough of an upgrade over my mid-2011 iMac (3.4GHz i7, 16GB RAM, 256GB SSD+2TB HDD, 2GB HD 6970M) to justify the expense. I'll wait to see what the mid-year Haswell update brings, or better yet what the new Mac Pros bring, before I get rid of my 2011 iMac.
That's too bad was worried about the displays as that's why I made this thread turned out well for me though its flawless. Deep blacks and uniform across. No yellowing or dead pixels, no scuffs etc..