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Red/Green tint on RMBP

jhuang said:
Alright guys, here are some pictures of my new Retina vs. my 2007 MacBook (yes.. it was time for an upgrade!).

I can't say I noticed it before but I guess it is there. I'd love to compare it in person to another RMBP to see if it's anything I can get fixed.


1. Full brightness on both. RMBP is obviously much brighter so hard to tell.
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2. Lowered RMBP brightness a bit. It sways more purple, the 2007 sways more green.
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3. Apples. Definitely more noticeably purple. That's the thing that concerned me a bit. It's not like this on the old MBP right?
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4. Just for kicks... retina vs. old display :)
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And, not to start any more -gates, but the new MagSafe kinda sucks. I hated the bar design and was happy to return to the T-shape, but it dislodges so easily. But I guess it doesn't matter now that my battery actually works!
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Yikes. Your new MBPR is very reddish/purplish, and it looks EXACTLY like mine does. Same with the logo. I'm hoping they are not all like this.
 
Raftysworld said:
Yikes. Your new MBPR is very reddish/purplish, and it looks EXACTLY like mine does. Same with the logo. I'm hoping they are not all like this.
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Yeah, I'm not rushing to the Apple Store, though. Not like they can give me a replacement right now! I figure I'll wait until the stock gets better... don't want to deprive someone else of the purple retina experience ;)
 
Lol yup the pinkish Apple logo is what really confirmed it for me that there's a tint on mine. I have a Genius appointment today. Not sure how much they'll actually be able to do, but maybe they'll put priority on my RMBP replacement if they get stock seeing as I already bought mine.
 
I brought mine to the Apple store today. I drove 40 minutes, and all that the "Genius" did there was calibrate it. The "Genius" actually just took it to the back for a "technician" to look at it. And they did a HORRIBLE job. It looked WORSE than it already did. It was totally blue. I don't know how the woman working there called it calibrated with a straight face, and expected me to be satisfied. They told me that because I bought it at Best Buy, they couldn't give me a replacement anyway. Wtf?! How does it matter where I buy it from? AppleCare applies either way... well I wasn't necessarily surprised, that store had awful reviews. I should've drove the extra 10 miles to one of the other stores. This store that I went to was Ridgedale.

On our way back, I figured I'd call the Best Buy that's not far from where I'm staying. They said they would exchange mine because of the issue. I got the exchange, and the people were real nice about it. They brought up the Geek Squad warranty or whatever it's called, and I really don't understand why people buy AppleCare when they could have that instead? It's the same price for the 2 years, and from Best Buy you're covered if you accidentally break it. Sounds like an awesome deal to me... I'll definitely be stopping back within the 30 days to buy it.

Unfortunately, this new one has the same exact tint issue as the other one. I know I'm not crazy, the other people I've asked can see it too. I calibrated it again and it looks a little better, but the whites still don't compare to my iPhone 4S. If I could have the colors like that, it would be PERFECT. At this point, I think I'm just going to keep it. Maybe I'll wait once stores start getting more and exchange for another one, but I don't want to take the opportunity away from anyone else because of the issue.

Is there any better way to calibrate it than in the System Prefs? I keep trying to calibrate it but it never turns out much better.
 
Raftysworld said:
Yikes. Your new MBPR is very reddish/purplish, and it looks EXACTLY like mine does. Same with the logo. I'm hoping they are not all like this.
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The color on that new MBP looks so much better than your MacBook in that photo.
 
I can understand if there's an issue with the actual screen, but are you guys really complaining about the color of the flipping Apple logo on the back? Yeah, mine looks a bit purple too, so what?

It's the ****ing logo. Sheesh.
 
You might have to get a Spyder or i1 Profiler to properly calibrate the white point.
 
Eriksrocks said:
I can understand if there's an issue with the actual screen, but are you guys really complaining about the color of the flipping Apple logo on the back? Yeah, mine looks a bit purple too, so what?

It's the ****ing logo. Sheesh.
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If the logo is purple, then the screen is tinted too. They both use the same backlight.

MacBird said:
You might have to get a Spyder or i1 Profiler to properly calibrate the white point.
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Thanks, I'll check that out.
 
The 'cold' color backlight which sways to purple/blue is typical of LED backlight that all recent Apple screens use. I don't think that's an issue the OT was describing at all.
 
Jamesesesesess said:
If the logo is purple, then the screen is tinted too. They both use the same backlight.
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Same back light, but not the same surface in front of the back light. My Apple logo does look slightly purple but the whites on my screen are fine. You can't directly compare them.
 
Eriksrocks said:
Same back light, but not the same surface in front of the back light. My Apple logo does look slightly purple but the whites on my screen are fine. You can't directly compare them.
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Well then why does my screen have the tint on both the Apple logo and the screen but yours is only on the Apple logo? If the purple is coming from the backlight... I don't understand how yours wouldn't have the tint but mine does. Unless the LCD itself is also causing it.
 
Mine has a bluish/purple logo, but the whites on screen are fantastic.

The color of one is not indicative of the other.
 
corvus32 said:
Mine has a bluish/purple logo, but the whites on screen are fantastic.

The color of one is not indicative of the other.
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Well it's good to know that other people have colored logos - I'd never noticed it on other MBPs but mine was strikingly purple when I looked at it.

My work iMac's whites seem whiter, but I don't have my RMBP to compare - might look at a buddy's this weekend.
 
Same issue as OP, exchanging mine...guess now Ill have to wait weeks for the replacement to arrive :mad:
 
corvus32 said:
Mine has a bluish/purple logo, but the whites on screen are fantastic.

The color of one is not indicative of the other.
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On mine, in a dimly lit room, the logo looks slightly purplish up close but at a distance, it doesn't. The whites on the screen look white though.
 
Whites on mine were terrible compared to my MBA standing next to it, Id say they were muddy grey more than white if anything.
 
Well I picked up a base model a little over a week ago. Straight away I noticed that the left side was brighter than the right. I tried to ignore it but last night decided to take it back to the apple store. The manager tried to tell me this is normal but he will replace it for me anyway.

I was first told they don't have any in stock and I would get a call when the replacement came in. I asked him could he please double check and surprise he found one out the back. Very convenient. Anyway I was happy until I got home and opened it up. The right side is tinted pink and in the bottom left corner there is a green patch :(

Now I wish I had of kept the first one I took back :( I have placed an order online and will use this one for 2 weeks then take it back.

After spending that much money, is it too much to ask for one that doesn't have these issues? So disappointed :(
 
The white on my rmbp looks better than the white on my 2010 MBP. I did a side by side comparison..
Oh yeah and the logo, the 2010 MBP is clearly white and the rMBP is tinted purple. How neat! :D
 
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To everyone suggesting to just calibrate: it is not the way. You cannot change the native white point on an LCD, so any shift of white point just means you force the display to show a blue image through a yellow screen in the hope that the sum of both is somewhat white. This works for minor corrections, but it is still always recommended to stay with your native white points on your LCDs. Large corrections of the white point result in a terrible loss of brightness and color gamut.

And this is where it becomes unacceptable from Apple's part: if they label this machine as "Pro", they should at least have someone sitting at the end of the production line with a Spyder, who tosses the units which have a white point outside of a tolerance. From what I've seen so far, most retina MacBook Pros are very far outside any reasonable tolerance.

Here are the two units I've received and returned so far:

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unit 1 received July 2nd

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replacement unit received July 11th

The replacement unit is also more yellow towards the left of the screen. When calibrating, it seems that it needs a white point correction of 1500 Kelvin. That is seriously not acceptable. A 3rd replacement is underway now.
 
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