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New MBP Owners (since 8/13/07), Do You Have The Bottom 3rd Yellowing Issue?
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you guys are looking at the wrong number. it's the SERIAL #. This is located on the box to your MBP (under the bar codes), or you can go to the apple menu, click "about this mac" click "more info" and read the serial # from there.
The number should start with W87... the next two numbers are the week number. It should be 38 if you just got it, or possibly 39 now.
It's beginning to look like 9C68 and 9C6D have it. I wonder what the deal is with the D model??
The number should start with W87... the next two numbers are the week number. It should be 38 if you just got it, or possibly 39 now.
It's beginning to look like 9C68 and 9C6D have it. I wonder what the deal is with the D model??
I also have a week 38 glossy samsung with the yellowing, most of the people on here are complaining about the week 38--- I cant understand for the life of me why samsung is sending out such ****** displays when their televisions are flawless and their display screens!
Shame on Samsung and double that for Apple for not officially addressing the issue and/or resolving it almost 4 months later.
Shame on Samsung and double that for Apple for not officially addressing the issue and/or resolving it almost 4 months later.
LG - 9c67
Week 38
Glossy
There is no yellowing when viewing straight on.
Shipped on the Sept. 24th but sat in limbo for several days.
Here's my observations:
There is a slightly lighter band across the very bottom of the screen approx 1/4 of on inch wide. It closes without any gap. I turned the box upside down and let gravity place it in my hand instead of trying to dig it out of the styrofoam.
The system is slightly warmer than the previous one. When standing to the side the amount of yellowing is no where near as much as with the Samsung. The bottom right corner of the screen starts to turn yellow first when slightly askew. The dock appears to be blanched out in color as if the entire screen was brighter in color. I am going to callibrate and see how she looks. The first MBP I had made some louder noises with the hard drive, this one seems to be quieter. I won't revel in my luck as I feel for others who are without.
Week 38
Glossy
There is no yellowing when viewing straight on.
Shipped on the Sept. 24th but sat in limbo for several days.
Here's my observations:
There is a slightly lighter band across the very bottom of the screen approx 1/4 of on inch wide. It closes without any gap. I turned the box upside down and let gravity place it in my hand instead of trying to dig it out of the styrofoam.
The system is slightly warmer than the previous one. When standing to the side the amount of yellowing is no where near as much as with the Samsung. The bottom right corner of the screen starts to turn yellow first when slightly askew. The dock appears to be blanched out in color as if the entire screen was brighter in color. I am going to callibrate and see how she looks. The first MBP I had made some louder noises with the hard drive, this one seems to be quieter. I won't revel in my luck as I feel for others who are without.
I had the same light band @bottom on mine (backlight bleed) and returned it.
Sounds more and more like that is typical with LG displays. I think
they crank up the backlight towards the bottom to overcome the yellow on LGs.
So you get an annoying oozing backlight bleeding LG or a piss yellow Samsung screen.
And talk about WASHED OUT colors. Damn these LED displays SUCK!
If the next display I get isn't tolerable, I'm NOT going to try my
luck on a third, but will wait for Penryn. Hopefully the display technology
will improve by then. Higher resolution 15" maybe?
I had the same light band @bottom on mine (backlight bleed) and returned it.
Sounds more and more like that is typical with LG displays. I think
they crank up the backlight towards the bottom to overcome the yellow on LGs.
So you get an annoying oozing backlight bleeding LG or a piss yellow Samsung screen.
And talk about WASHED OUT colors. Damn these LED displays SUCK!
If the next display I get isn't tolerable, I'm NOT going to try my
luck on a third, but will wait for Penryn. Hopefully the display technology
will improve by then. Higher resolution 15" maybe?
lol ....
I just had a post last page that I got my screen replaced, and have a perfect LG screen right now. after your post I've noticed that I have backlight bleeding a little bit
i was so excited with the new view that I didn't notice that. so heres the thing :either have a yellowish samsung or LG with bleeding ...
I'm not gonna tak it back to store though... I'm quite happy with this beautiful screen.
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By the way ... does any one have a good calibrated profile for LG ? the one that I just had for the samsung is not working on this
Iced Angel: Glad the repair worked for you too.
My LG certainly has a bleed to it and as I noted, on repair they actually handled the screen pretty poorly as there is some exposed metal on the bottom edge of the screen.
Still, I don't want to play the lotto. The screen is white and that's what my goal was. If anything, I just want to pass some feedback on to apple about how the screen was handled, but like I said, I don't want to have to go through the lotto.
I still recommend the repair as long as you're willing to deal with possibly arguing with the apple technician at the repair facility that there's something wrong (the genius saw it, but the repair guy didn't)
My LG certainly has a bleed to it and as I noted, on repair they actually handled the screen pretty poorly as there is some exposed metal on the bottom edge of the screen.
Still, I don't want to play the lotto. The screen is white and that's what my goal was. If anything, I just want to pass some feedback on to apple about how the screen was handled, but like I said, I don't want to have to go through the lotto.
I still recommend the repair as long as you're willing to deal with possibly arguing with the apple technician at the repair facility that there's something wrong (the genius saw it, but the repair guy didn't)
you're right ... although there is a bit of liking, as long as it's bright and white, I'm quite happy. And this licking is only noticeable on dark Grey color. neither black or white (even light grey)
the only thing that concerns me right now is, when I look at the bottom of the screen from the top where the iSight camera is with a very low angle (my eyes almost parallel to the screen) I can see two little gap in each corner at the bottom, and I can see the LED light through those tiny gap. is this normal ?
every time I close its led, I can see it, specially at night.
you're right ... although there is a bit of liking, as long as it's bright and white, I'm quite happy. And this licking is only noticeable on dark Grey color. neither black or white (even light grey)
the only thing that concerns me right now is, when I look at the bottom of the screen from the top where the iSight camera is with a very low angle (my eyes almost parallel to the screen) I can see two little gap in each corner at the bottom, and I can see the LED light through those tiny gap. is this normal ?
yes, i see that too. i've seen that on many other LCD screens too. sometimes looking at it from the side, not the top. its fine.
For myself, the light bleed issue is minuscule compared to the yellow problem. I know the screen's background color matters but I think the the ambient light matters when seeing the issue. (I have turned off the feature to adjust the brightness automatically.)
Mine isn't too bad, my main concern is the colors not being as vibrant as the Samsung. Maybe I am a broken man and just want a MBP.
Mine isn't too bad, my main concern is the colors not being as vibrant as the Samsung. Maybe I am a broken man and just want a MBP.
what do you mean by more vibrant? my samsung just looks yellow all over. that's not vibrant to me. im sure you could fix that with calibration.
My old one was yellow on the bottom and clear on the other 2/3 of the screen. Using the test image it was pure white on the top and dingy on the bottom.
Are you saying both boxes on the test image are the same dingy color? If yes, do a calibration. If the top box isn't pure white it would surprise me.
This new monitor makes the colors look washed out like they were pastels. The screen saver I am using should show some bright brilliant colors. I would like to see a Samsung and LG side by side.
I saw my bad screen and my new on side by side, I never want a samsung screen again...this is cleaner and brighter....nothing washed out here
Can you post a pic of your new screen next to the macbook (just like your original post where you had your bad screen next to the mb?
If it's too bright, which can cause the colors to be washed out, why not lower the brightness?
Thanks LOL, on my old TV it had a brightness knob and a color knob. That's what I want on the MBP. I think the calibration will help it out. I am getting used to how things work on it though. I'll give the calibration a try tonight. I wish Apple stores would do it for you using some gizmo. I guess they won't unless you want to cough up some coin.
the "washed out" can defintely be fixed by calibration. the default profile for my samsung was very washed out. but i calibrated with supercal and there is much more contrast and vibrance.
however, i can't seem to get the whites to be white. i am using a very cold and blue profile but all the whites (especially at the bottom, but still slightly at the top) have a yellowish tinge.
anyway, definitely try calibrating with supercal and it should not look washed out if you do it right. just need some gamma adjustment and other adjustments.
however, i can't seem to get the whites to be white. i am using a very cold and blue profile but all the whites (especially at the bottom, but still slightly at the top) have a yellowish tinge.
anyway, definitely try calibrating with supercal and it should not look washed out if you do it right. just need some gamma adjustment and other adjustments.
Great.
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I agree that there is "backlight licking" on some of the LG screens but it's a very narrow area ... I could say only quarter of an inch, probably 1/10 of the screen, but the yellowish problem on my previous Samsung LCD had affected a larger area, about 1/3, which is why I don't give a damn about this backlight lick
So earlier in the week, I was told I would get an e-mail with instructions on how to return my yellowed MBP within 48 hours. Well it's been more than 3 days. I called AppleCare this afternoon and after being put on hold for 15 minutes, I was told I would have to call back tomorrow (Sunday) because sales support was closed, yet the rep didn't know whether sales support would be open on Sunday.
I don't mind having to go through the exchange process but I find unknowledgeable reps (though friendly) just about as annoying as being given certain expectations (i.e. e-mail in 48 hours) and the company failing to meet those expecatations.
I don't mind having to go through the exchange process but I find unknowledgeable reps (though friendly) just about as annoying as being given certain expectations (i.e. e-mail in 48 hours) and the company failing to meet those expecatations.
If it was a web order you can go to the Apple store and put in your original order number it should indicate the return is being processed. The instructions are a link to a FedEx label you print out. I think they'll be there tomorrow.