Does this make your (MBP) screen flicker (like crazy)?

[Sbrocket]

Ok, let me revise what I said above. If I open the image in Firefox and magnify it so its actual size, I get the crazy flickering. However if I open the image in Preview and blow it up the actual size...no flickering.

Odd.

 

[compuguy1088]

I just noticed that this particular pattern makes my MacBook Pro's screen (LG) go crazy, and I have no idea why. What are your results? Open it up in full screen, with the images original size.

Just out of curiosity, how did you come up with this pattern, to the naked eye, it seems black to me...

 

[Taylor C]

Nope, nothing for me.

 

[ingenious]

Am I the only person seeing a totally blank (black) image?

No, that's all I get, too on my 20" iMac G5.

 

[boobooq88]

Mine Flickers!! YAY!!! Im not the odd man out! JK... but still is wierd

9C68 (Samsung)

 

[deadpixels]

No, that's all I get, too on my 20" iMac G5.

Open in preview and if you zoom in enough, you'll see the pattern.
doesn't flicker on my screen but my machine is a 2.16 (no led screen)

 

[rendezvouscp]

I didn't think my screen flickered at all until I brought up the brightness; now, I can see the flickering at about three clicks of brightness and higher.
-Chasen

 

[Nermal]

No, that's all I get, too on my 20" iMac G5.

Actually, now that I'm back home and not in the sunlight, I can actually see faint dark gray lines there too. But it doesn't make my screen flicker.

 

[bobcan]

Same w/ Samsung...

Yeah I downloaded it and opened it in Preview, actual size and zoomed in & out a few times - it just looks like a grey striped pattern but I didn't notice any flicker!

I've got the 2.4GHz 15" MBP with a Samsung display.

Looks fine on my 2.4 w/ Samsung as well...

 

[Diatribe]

Mine flickers also, a lot. Got a new LG screen, with my new SR MBP a week ago. Pretty weird.

 

[other]

Like some people have noticed: the flicker is most obvious if you turn your brightness up (to full, preferably).

It's weird that it doesn't seem to flicker for some people, even though others with the same panel get the flicker. I don't know what to make of this.

Just out of curiosity, how did you come up with this pattern, to the naked eye, it seems black to me...

/.../ That's actually my semi-transparent terminal laying on top of Operas error page. That's how I noticed it.

Are you sure you didn't just download the thumbnail?

 

[G.F.]

It flickers not only on my SR MBP's Samsung screen, but also on my 20" Dell LCD connected to my MBP. The flicker on the Dell is not so apparent, but nevertheless I'm sure it's there. Moreover, I've used the Dell for over two years with various computers, and I can't remember having problems like this before.

I guess this might indicate that it's actually the GPU that's causing the problem, not the panel.

 

[dancoleman007]

doesn't flicker for me!

 

[otispunkmeyer]

finalgear.coms front page features a rectangular pattern down the left and right sides of the main news column and that makes my LG screened macbookpro go crazy as well,

why does it do that?

also with the rather narrow viewing angles i cant really determine if i have that yellow tint problem or whether its just viewing angles, i think tis just vieing angles because when i view portions of the screen head on...all seems well.

also got some wierd back light bleed, i dont mind when its even but i have like a dark mountain shape 2 inches from the bottom left corner and the bottom right corner is also totally black, how it should be.

along the top there is a thin line that is brighter than everything else, probably the row of LEDs doing this, the rest of the panel has the usual really dark grey look which does look black in some lights. ill try get a shot of it.

 

[compuguy1088]

Like some people have noticed: the flicker is most obvious if you turn your brightness up (to full, preferably).

It's weird that it doesn't seem to flicker for some people, even though others with the same panel get the flicker. I don't know what to make of this.






Are you sure you didn't just download the thumbnail?

It does flicker for me, though when I changed the color profile from the default LCD profile, the flicker doesn't seem as bad, but is still there if you look closely. I'm still curious how you ran into this particular gradient that flickers on some macbook screens.

 

[klymr]

Very very slight flicker on full screen brightness. I can hardly see it on my 1920x1200 MBP.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

LG screen here, flickers like mad till you zoom in

 

[nightelf]

Yes it flickers in my MBP 2.2.

Maybe is the refresh rate or something?

 

[BlackMax]

I have a second gen MBP and it doesn't flicker. The picture just looks black to me. My panel model number is 9C60

I have a second generation MB C2D and it just looks black to me also. No flicker what-so-ever. Am I missing something?

EDIT: My panel model is 9C5F

 

[iMouse]

iPhone

No flicker on the iPhone. I assume someone had to try it...why not me?!

 

[brewno]

9C67 screen here and it flickers like crazy.

 

[scotthayes]

Am I the only person seeing a totally blank (black) image?

Nope, I just see a blank image. But if I move my head up and down really really fast I get the flicker, and a headache

 

[Mr. B]

Am I the only person seeing a totally blank (black) image?

yeah, I see the same thing. (ibook g4)

 

[other]

The flicker is related to the SR MBPs, so it's not weird that your older MBP or whatever other mac you have, show no signs of flicker.

But like someone said, it may be related to the GPU and not the screen.

 

[other]

It flickers not only on my SR MBP's Samsung screen, but also on my 20" Dell LCD connected to my MBP. The flicker on the Dell is not so apparent, but nevertheless I'm sure it's there. Moreover, I've used the Dell for over two years with various computers, and I can't remember having problems like this before.

I guess this might indicate that it's actually the GPU that's causing the problem, not the panel.

That's true. I didn't try connecting the MBP to my Dell screen, that's what I should've done.