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Does anyone have a RMBP without image retention

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bsen4961

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Jun 28, 2012
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Hi Everyone,

I am looking to buy a rmbp and have purchased three in the past all had image retention. I am hoping that i can get one with out that horrible feature. I would be more comfortable in purchasing a rmbp after finding out other people situations

Do you have image retention?
How long have you had you machine?
What manufacturer is your panel (LG or Samsung)?

Thank you!
 
bsen4961 said:
Hi Everyone,

I am looking to buy a rmbp and have purchased three in the past all had image retention. I am hoping that i can get one with out that horrible feature. I would be more comfortable in purchasing a rmbp after finding out other people situations

Do you have image retention?
How long have you had you machine?
What manufacturer is your panel (LG or Samsung)?

Thank you!
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Mine is fine. Had my machine since August 2012. Samsung Screen
 
If you ask me, IR is a very relative thing. For example, some people say their screen has IR when the the checkerboard is visible on grey background after 10-15 minutes, for others IR is when they can see the screen they've been looking for 5+ minutes after they have closed it.

From my experience, even if you have a Samsung screen, you'll still have IR but very very light after running a special test. Some LG screens are more susceptible and can be visible in normal usage scenarios. Time is also something to consider because some screens' IR gets worse with time.
 
bsen4961 said:
Hi Everyone,

I am looking to buy a rmbp and have purchased three in the past all had image retention. I am hoping that i can get one with out that horrible feature. I would be more comfortable in purchasing a rmbp after finding out other people situations

Do you have image retention?
How long have you had you machine?
What manufacturer is your panel (LG or Samsung)?

Thank you!
Click to expand...

I've had mine, with an LG screen, for about 2-3 weeks now. So far I've had no issues with image retention at all, even after running the checker board pattern test on it for varying lengths of time. Not sure if that will change in the future, but as of now everything is fine.
 
Had mine since Aug with no issues. How does one find out if the screen is Samsung or LG, which is better?
 
I have four or five here for different things, mix of both companies. No issues at all.
 
My rMBP has an LG-Screen but i never noticed any sort of ir in my daily use (Programming in Eclipse surfing and writing some text) I Bought it used so its 4 months old.
 
Just curious, this IR test seems to be prevalent in rMBP.

How many of you have tested this in other models? Say your iMac or old MBP or even your other monitors?

Am going to do it on my iMac and see what happens.


Also had another thought, for the sake of argument with Apple.

Forget the checkerboard test, as the consensus is that, under normal use we don't really do that.

So the closest in real world use for that test would be the Apple Chess program under games. Change the color scheme of the board that has high contrast and do the test and see if their is image retention.

Considering that a chess game stays lit on the screen for more than 20 mins on average for a game, that would be the deal breaker.

Try the "Marble Board" and "Metal Pieces" as thats closest to that test. You might play a game or two that you hated, while you are at it.. :)
 
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