First, to SMM: It's really pathetic to put me down and question my credibility for having valid criticism of Apple's current MBP displays. It's not as though I'm alone with my criticisms. I challenge anybody to compare them side-by--side the average COmpusa or BestBuy PC laptops (not dell)and tell me that the MBPs have a better display. Regardless, my frustration comes from wanting to understand better WHY Apple is using theses displays, or why these displays look worse than most of the competition. It just doesn't makes sense that a lot lesser companies are able to afford to put in good displays while Apple can't or won't. It's the one thing that should never be compromised on a portable computer. Your nasty post reminds me of people who say that putting down Bush is being unpatriotic (I'd argue that putting down Bush IS patriotic, just like criticising Apple for using poor displays is indicative of my desire to stay with the company - if not, I'd simply switch to a Thinkpad at this point).
I don't like the displays APple is using, but I have only very positive things to say about Apple support and attempts to resolve my issues. they have literally bent over backward to help me get a laptop that has a good display. The people working to help have been stuck with the limits of the hardware they actually have - the same displays that people are complaining about. There is, however, quite a bit of variance between units so it's possible to get lucky! For those who love their first generation MBPs: apaprently they used the samsung displays which were of higher quality. The current units have the AU optronics displays...
As I mentioned, I handed in my MBP yesterday at 11am and had a call at 5.30pm telling me it was ready! Unbelievably fast! These are my observations of the new display, which is also an LG:
- Overall, the shifts in brightness are not as bad at all. Looking left to right, there is almost no discernable difference in brightness except for -perhaps- the left side being ever so slightly less illuminated. Still, it's fine.With a solid color background, I can see some darker blotches/areas, especially above the bright strip at the bottom. I think it's an optical illusion caused by the contrast between the bright strip and the rest. With certain darker colors, the blotches are more apparent.
- My previous LCD did not have a bright strip along the bottom. It had slight light leakage on the right bottom and left side, but very difused. This one has the infamous thin bright strip along the bottom. It's really not that bad unless there's a darkish solid background, but it's still there nonetheless. If this somehow is related to more even brightness overall, I'm ok with the trade-off. There is also some bleeding on the top across the display.
- This display seems brighter. The other one I kep pressing the brightness key because I wanted just a little more. This one feels perfect brightness-wise.
Like Iwoot, I'm going to get used to the display and makes peace with it. This one doesn't annoy me in the ways the other one did and, given the current display situation, I can't ask for more than that.
Hi,
Can you tell is what model display you have? If you go to system preferences - display -colors -choose ColorLCD-click to the right on open profile and then scroll down in the new window to #13. What does it say there?
I think you may have one of the earlier displays made by samsung 09C56? Would be interesting to know.
