Small amount of light leak = normal?

[Mark.W]

My 2010 13" Pro seems to have some blue/magenta light leaking from the bottom of the screen. This is only visible with the brightness turned up and against a black background (i.e. when watching a letterbox movie). It's quite different from the "typical" white light leak that I've witnessed on other lcds. Would this be "normal"?

Also - and this may seem like nit-picking - but my caps lock key feels a bit flimsier than the rest of the keys. Again - is this "normal"?

 

[Hackint0sh]

I don't see any leak on my 13 MBP.

 

[Insulin Junkie]

The light leak is not normal, as for the key, you'd have to try and better describe how 'flimsy' it is. It's quite normal for keys to move around a bit.

 

[brandonb123]

Hi,

I just got my BTO 15'' HR glossy yesterday, my enter key is the same way and I also have a little bit of this "light leak" you speak of but I figure its all under warranty so I'm not too worried about it. I could send it back but these are minor problems and I could get one back with stuck pix or something so it's good for me 🙂

 

[shadygrove]

My new MBP is actually one of the only panels I own that has ZERO light leak. I wouldn't settle for one of those screen IMO. I don't have any issues with my screen.

 

[Bulldog321]

My 15" HR screen has slight light leak. It is not apparent, unless I switch the wallpaper to pure black.

Also, both my caps lock key and my enter key have more "wiggle" (they rock forward and backwards) than the other keys.

 

[shadygrove]

I don't have loose keys either... Maybe I have just been using this style of keyboard for a long time now. I actually think my MBP keyboard is more durable than the PC laptops I have used.

 

[Mark.W]

Thanks everyone. The light leak I'm referring to is only visible against a pure black background, with brightness turned all the way up and looking at the screen from above.

 

[Garrus]

This is normal with ccfl backlight lcd screen... but with led backlight... 😕

 

[Mark.W]

This is normal with ccfl backlight lcd screen... but with led backlight... 😕

It looks like this, except the blue at the bottom is less pronounced: