iMac #4 within 10 months with image retention issues. 1 2007 24" iMac, 1 2006 24" iMac, 1 2010 21.5" iMac, and 1 2010 27" iMac. These all display image retention or "ghost" images on their displays. The 2007 is by far the worst, within moments I have an image in it, and if I use a browser for more than about 30 minutes I end up with a sharp line on the display where the window border was, sometimes for hours and hours. 2006 has it too, but not as horrible. If I'm in iTunes for 10+ minutes and leave I can see the track names in the screen, but it fades fairly quickly.
The 21.5" has minimal retention. My Dock is always burned in, and I get a few light scenes of retention but not horrible. 27" I'm still testing with but it seems like after 5+ minutes a window is retained. This one does appear to fade much quicker thank the others. Going to test the browser retention on it, to see if it retains the border for a long time. I also have a 15" G4 that displays some retention but it's outside the Early Intel scope I'm in.
Now my question is, how on Earth can I have gotten 4 machines within 10 months affected by this? Now, doing research LG panels are the absolute suck, and both of my 24"s have them. The 24" actually seems to be Plagued with this issue quite specifically, forum threads here and elsewhere going back 14 years talking about this. However, on the 2009-11 series of iMacs I cannot find any info on retention at all. Unsure of panel type on the 21.5" would have to check, but the 27" seems to be a Samsung panel. I am using fan control programs on all of these machines and it doesn't seem to make any difference overall. This has gotten really tiresome. I will never buy another iMac again. Not unless I have to replace my trusty 2006 models I use in the backroom. I'm curious if any pre 2012 iMac owners have IR as well, please give your machine specs and if possible panel mmod info.
The 21.5" has minimal retention. My Dock is always burned in, and I get a few light scenes of retention but not horrible. 27" I'm still testing with but it seems like after 5+ minutes a window is retained. This one does appear to fade much quicker thank the others. Going to test the browser retention on it, to see if it retains the border for a long time. I also have a 15" G4 that displays some retention but it's outside the Early Intel scope I'm in.
Now my question is, how on Earth can I have gotten 4 machines within 10 months affected by this? Now, doing research LG panels are the absolute suck, and both of my 24"s have them. The 24" actually seems to be Plagued with this issue quite specifically, forum threads here and elsewhere going back 14 years talking about this. However, on the 2009-11 series of iMacs I cannot find any info on retention at all. Unsure of panel type on the 21.5" would have to check, but the 27" seems to be a Samsung panel. I am using fan control programs on all of these machines and it doesn't seem to make any difference overall. This has gotten really tiresome. I will never buy another iMac again. Not unless I have to replace my trusty 2006 models I use in the backroom. I'm curious if any pre 2012 iMac owners have IR as well, please give your machine specs and if possible panel mmod info.
