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Damn, that was the same production week as my original rMBP and I myself and the ghosting. I returned it a few days later, here is hoping that both of our replacements won't have the issue.
Update on my cousin's rMBP
I left the ' Verge ' open for about 20 minutes [ dark grey background on the desktop and max brightness ] and could see some ghosting!! Can see some text and grid lines
Display type: A00F
Manufacture week : 25 [ June ]
Waiting for the 15" cMBP HR replacement to decide which to keep and then act accordingly. But, its disappointing!
Oh, and the right side [ around the right speaker ] creaks too...
I left the ' Verge ' open for about 20 minutes [ dark grey background on the desktop and max brightness ] and could see some ghosting!! Can see some text and grid lines
Display type: A00F
Manufacture week : 25 [ June ]
Waiting for the 15" cMBP HR replacement to decide which to keep and then act accordingly. But, its disappointing!
Oh, and the right side [ around the right speaker ] creaks too...
I took mine to Apple... clearly saw the issue. If they have your model rMBP in stock they'll swap it. Since they didn't have the maxed out one in stock they just refunded me and I bought a new one.
Update on my cousin's rMBP
I left the ' Verge ' open for about 20 minutes [ dark grey background on the desktop and max brightness ] and could see some ghosting!! Can see some text and grid lines
Display type: A00F
Manufacture week : 25 [ June ]
Waiting for the 15" cMBP HR replacement to decide which to keep and then act accordingly. But, its disappointing!
Oh, and the right side [ around the right speaker ] creaks too...
Damn why is week 25 getting the crap!
Just to add to the discussion, you can find out who manufactured your display by putting this into the terminal: ioreg -lw0 | grep \"EDID\" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
If the resulting string begins LP it's an LG Philips display, if it begins LSN then it's a Samsung display. Having asked around, it seems that what ColourSync reports as model A00E is the Samsung display, and A00F is the LG Philips.
I've got a Samsung screen with no ghosting, but it has a nasty yellow tint towards along the left edge of the screen and around the bottom left corner. Sending it back for a replacement. This one was actually a replacement for another rMBP with a dodgy trackpad, and that one had an LG display which had no problems whatsoever.
If the resulting string begins LP it's an LG Philips display, if it begins LSN then it's a Samsung display. Having asked around, it seems that what ColourSync reports as model A00E is the Samsung display, and A00F is the LG Philips.
I've got a Samsung screen with no ghosting, but it has a nasty yellow tint towards along the left edge of the screen and around the bottom left corner. Sending it back for a replacement. This one was actually a replacement for another rMBP with a dodgy trackpad, and that one had an LG display which had no problems whatsoever.
So A00E= Samsung and then A00F= LG?
Thanks for this info! I'm still waiting on my replacement
