I always get a bit amazed after I buy a new Apple product. I am on this forum every day and read a lot of comments about manufactyuring problems. In 2012 for me it was the rMBP--I eventually got one from Amazon and it was perfect--at least to my standards. So this year it is an iPad--so off to the Apple store to get my new Air--again--looks perfect to me. And for me this is the same story for every Apple product I've bought. Maybe I am just not critical enough. 🙄
Maybe lucky, maybe not critical enough. 🙂 If not for reading all the issues people have had here I would probably consider the screens on my current iPad Air and rMini "perfect". No IR, no back light bleeding and bright screens. But if I really look closely on a white background the left side of the screen on the Air and the lower part of the screen on the mini aren't quite as bright probably because of the new lighting and it is not an issue for me. Not noticeable in everyday use. However the first 3 Airs I got had yellowish-green tinted screens and I didn't have to come here to see that they weren't acceptable to me. I've also seen some in the Apple store with color shifts that I wouldn't want either. I still think most of the new iPads probably have good screens and the ones who received them aren't here commenting.