MBP LG display replaced with crappy Chi Mei 9C6D--help!

[drasil]

So, I borrowed a prosumer colorimeter (a Spyder) this morning and gave it a run through.

And, years of color-correcting photos (not the digital variety, as many assumed above, but traditional-process photgraphy--you know... analog) turned out not to have been in vain as the software put my display almost exactly where I had it calibrated by eye.

And so, I took it to the genius bar just now. Verdict?

The display is defective. They're giving me a new one, hopefully without a hyperactive blue response. They still wouldn't tell me if the Chi Meis are generally susceptible to these kinds of problems. I hope I don't get another one as a replacement.

Thanks for the guesses, guys. I appreciate it.

 

[l.a.rossmann]

I'm officially too confused to render opinions on this anymore.

On the 15.4" Unibody Macbook Pro, the chi mei N154C6-L04 is the warm one and the LG is the blue one.

 

[l.a.rossmann]

I think it's interesting that nobody has pointed out that I probably shouldn't be color-correcting photos on a notebook display, which is true. But then, so's this:



...or if you don't have the money to upgrade.

People shouldn't be mixing records in their bedrooms on macbooks either, they should do it in a proper acoustic space so they can properly judge what they hear, like avatar's studio G or bennett, but people do it anyway. Welcome to the 2000s, the return of consumerism to professionalism!

 

[timxyz]

My thoughts

Back when there was an aluminum MacBook I got one and had the same issue -- a blatantly blue hue discolouring everything on the display. I can only assume it was the same display (except in smaller footprint). I returned it by simply putting it next to a normal one in the apple store. It's a bit more tricky in your situation given that it was a replacement display, but two solutions come to mind:

A) get an inexpensive external display

B) bring it back to the apple store and see if they will re-replace the display -- the geniuses have the power to do so

no colour adjustment will fully solve the issue -- its just a display with annoyingly blueish liquid crystal. I guess the best consolation is knowing that it's an older MacBook, and the display is only but a means to view the heart of the computer itself.

 

[drasil]

Back when there was an aluminum MacBook I got one and had the same issue -- a blatantly blue hue discolouring everything on the display. I can only assume it was the same display (except in smaller footprint). I returned it by simply putting it next to a normal one in the apple store. It's a bit more tricky in your situation given that it was a replacement display, but two solutions come to mind:

A) get an inexpensive external display

B) bring it back to the apple store and see if they will re-replace the display -- the geniuses have the power to do so

no colour adjustment will fully solve the issue -- its just a display with annoyingly blueish liquid crystal. I guess the best consolation is knowing that it's an older MacBook, and the display is only but a means to view the heart of the computer itself.

This. Thank you.