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SR MBP LED LCD yellowish and gradients issue

The problem with taking pictures of monitor is interference. The thin lines of pixels at monitor interfering with pattern on CCD chip of camera. The lines will interfere to each other, that's the wierd pattern.;)
I wanted to take pictures of mine as well but I don't think its possible to do it crystal visible, maybe just a big detail will do it.:cool:

I'm also wondering if it's first generation fault or it's just bad shipment from factory. When I was buying it the :apple: guy told me "first you will see this yellowish picture, but will go fine" so maybe they are aware of it. And:apple: they count that normal user without comparison can't see it cos eyes will accommodate to anything (as yellow light of bulb appearing to you white every day-night:rolleyes: )

So please keep testing :)
 
dartzorichalcos said:
I recommend the color icc calibration file from this thread.
NOTE: it's located at the middle of the page.
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Thanks for that, but the whole picture goes purple, that's showing that each display needs to be calibrated individually. This doesnt help, going to apple store for replacement, hope they are restocked and will not get flicker or popup trackpad or worser yellowish tint.
 
dartzorichalcos said:
Well, you just got to get used to it. I think it's pretty good. When you get used to it, everything will look normal.
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Then the whole discussion loosing it's point if you don't care if your picture is green, purple, yellow or bluish, then if you do some serious work you off-set and you drifting....common it's 2700$ machine i don't want miracles and be precise in color, i want STANDARD!
 
issic said:
Then the whole discussion loosing it's point if you don't care if your picture is green, purple, yellow or bluish, then if you do some serious work you off-set and you drifting....common it's 2700$ machine i don't want miracles and be precise in color, i want STANDARD!
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I don't know if I'm imagining things, or if it's because I've become aware of it now, but I feel my displays is more yellow now that when first got it. When I first got it, I was struck by how white whites were and gorgeous the displays was. Now all whites have a yellowish/off-white tint and none of the whites ever look crisp like before...

Could it be that its getting more yellow? Or am I just imagining it?
 
DoFoT9 said:
hahah how could you not be sure??? mine is also a bit like that, and its darker towards the left side of the screen than compared to the right. it doesnt really bother me tho i spose. not gonna let a little light (or lack of it) get in my way!!
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Mine's like this too! It's a little noticeable on the default blue Apple background, but when switching to any of the Nature ones I can hardly tell. I'm not doing any photo editing so no biggie for me at all! It seems a lot of people have been complaining, but I'm very happy with my purchase. The battery seems to last A LOT LOT longer than I thought it would...I'm actually getting antsy trying to drain the battery to calibrate it
 
Andrew07 said:
Mine's like this too! It's a little noticeable on the default blue Apple background, but when switching to any of the Nature ones I can hardly tell. I'm not doing any photo editing so no biggie for me at all! It seems a lot of people have been complaining, but I'm very happy with my purchase. The battery seems to last A LOT LOT longer than I thought it would...I'm actually getting antsy trying to drain the battery to calibrate it
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yeap im really happy with my purchase aswell. its the best computer ive ever had, easily!! my battery is getting pretty old now, im planning to take it back to get a replacelemt because it blacks out occasionally on 30%. the screen issue doesnt really bother me, only when i have the brightness turned right down can i notice it.
 
Well, so I went to Apple Shop and give a try for another model and it's issue of all models as i think. It's just the new technology I believe version 4 in October or December will be better, I'm dissapointed with LED right know but I believe in the feature. This is just not for me. So giving it back and hope for 17" old mercury tube HD model Santa Rosa. But if the shipping is more then week I will just get money back. And thanks for the whole people in local apple store, they really trying, hope we will solve it tmrw. Thanks ! :apple: rulez
 
issic said:
So now the hard part,

so if there is a flicker issue as posted on several forums

and

now it's this uneven yellowish tint on different places of display (mine bottom, somebody's side)

so if I will go to Apple Store and replace this unit, for sure I will get the flicker one, then another yelowish and so on and on and on...

As I work mainly for colorgrading this is a issue for me (and yeah I should buy a Cinemadisplay and I will but...) in field work I need to get a good performing display!

So change or wait till last moment? (BTW How is it? You can return it or change it in month after purchase, so if I will pick new one will it automat. extend the month period? Or this issues are covered by 1 year warranty...
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Isn't it just the crappy viewing angles which gives you these problems? That is you look at the bottom of the screen at another angle. Do you have this issue at the bottom if you lower your head?

Regarding the cinema displays isn't dells display a better choice? Much cheaper here, and if you are going to pay as much as you have to for a cinema display why not get one of necs instead? Over here their A-S-IPS display cost the same as the cinema display.
 
powerocool said:
Well after the calibration the screen would look super purple when you move your head down and look up to the screen. Green when you move your head up and look down. And while looking at it straight on, top is a little purple, middle is white, bottom is a little green. It's just weird. I would take pictures but my camera isn't here at the moment.
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Sounds even more like an issue with the 120/110 degrees viewing angles.
 
aliquis- said:
Isn't it just the crappy viewing angles which gives you these problems? That is you look at the bottom of the screen at another angle. Do you have this issue at the bottom if you lower your head?

Regarding the cinema displays isn't dells display a better choice? Much cheaper here, and if you are going to pay as much as you have to for a cinema display why not get one of necs instead? Over here their A-S-IPS display cost the same as the cinema display.
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The viewing angle has something to do with it and definitely it's somehow effecting it, but I'm now sure that this 1st generation LED has 10-20% of bottom display covered in yellowish tint. I took my MBP with mercury LCD and the 'new" MBP with LED display and showed to several people around me, all of them didn't like the new one. There is a psychological issue with the yellow color as well, yellow will make everything appear dirty, it's habit we have, and unfortunately eyes can adapt to whole tinted picture, but when they have comparatives they will see the difference and that's case of this LED's. 1/4 is slightly yellowish then 3/4 you can notice it, I can and it annoying me.:mad:

But be cool :apple: guys I have trained eyes :cool: for that so I think for 60% of user, they will not notice anything for first time:D , especially in Apple Store - you can see sh** in the lighting they have there.:(

But definetly the LED technology is good in brightness, environment, dimming and battery life! Just NOT in color, viewing angle and neutrality.
 
issic said:
Just NOT in color, viewing angle and neutrality.
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I would guess a good panel can be just as good with led backlightning as regular, but what do I know. Viewing angles are very surely a thing which has to do with this specific panel and not anything to do with the fact that it uses led for backlightning, but still what do I know :D

Is this on issue on all MBPs? Dare I order one? ;/
 
aliquis- said:
I would guess a good panel can be just as good with led backlightning as regular, but what do I know. Viewing angles are very surely a thing which has to do with this specific panel and not anything to do with the fact that it uses led for backlightning, but still what do I know :D

Is this on issue on all MBPs? Dare I order one? ;/
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I'm going to go by the NYC 5th ave store today to check out the other and see if there is a yellow tint on all of them. Will let you know later.
 
PDE said:
I'm going to go by the NYC 5th ave store today to check out the other and see if there is a yellow tint on all of them. Will let you know later.
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Thanks, to bad one can't look at glossy and matte somewhere, I live in Sweden and here most towns are small so I don't even think we have any store which sells Apple machines here, much less an actually Apple store, even less one which has both glossy and matte ;/
 
yea I have the same issue as well, and noticed it the first day I got it. I guess i'm not the only one, I wonder if this issue is affecting a small portion of people because I cant find much information on this or other threads with people complaining, well not very much. Try this too, in a dark room turn on your mbp to full brightness. Then tilt the mbp to where you can see the top of the edge where the back light is shining down. And to my surprise it is bright white and if you look at the bottom edge of the screen, under the dock, that edge with the backlight looks yellow. Are there two different lights top and bottom that are covering the backlight of the screen?? Anyone else notice this?? Also anyone here that has a all white and even balanced top to bottom screen that did an extensive testing. I know for sure its not because of the way your looking at the led screen, it does make a difference by tilting the screen back or sitting below the mbp because of the anti glare coat but either way the yellow tint is always there.
 
PDE said:
I'm going to go by the NYC 5th ave store today to check out the other and see if there is a yellow tint on all of them. Will let you know later.
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Please keep us posted. If this turn out to be a wide spread issue, then definitely we need to inform Apple about it.

issic said:
But definetly the LED technology is good in brightness, environment, dimming and battery life! Just NOT in color, viewing angle and neutrality.
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I concurred. Even I do not prefer SR chipset that much over the Napa chipset, I'm quite pleased with LED brightness and evenly lit screen on the SR MBP. However, if the initial batch of LED panel got issues, you better inform Apple now so the SR (3.2) will get the fixed version.
 
Illicit said:
so is the general consensus and advice for new SRMBP owners to NOT calibrate their screen if the yellow mask is invisible?
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The problem is if color accuracy is important to you, then you HAVE to calibrate your display....

For everyday usage - if you don't need accuracy - perhaps the best way is to use the default ColorLCD profile. But if you need better color accuracy or if you have an external monitor, you're going to want to calibrate it.
 
PDE said:
The problem is if color accuracy is important to you, then you HAVE to calibrate your display....

For everyday usage - if you don't need accuracy - perhaps the best way is to use the default ColorLCD profile. But if you need better color accuracy or if you have an external monitor, you're going to want to calibrate it.
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Can one calibrate both screens to different settings?
 
Last week I too had bought the new macbook pro only to get it home and discover the yellowish tint towards left and on the bottom. Fortunately the IR remote system wasn't working either so they let me return it to the apple store. I swapped it for a blackbook but now this screen is noticably brighter towards the bottom, but thats for another thread.

So yes, another recipient here of a yellow tinted macbook pro.
 
So who's know where to write a official complain about this LED tint issue?

Should we start a page?
 
I went to the apple store to get it exchanged, and the genius checked my gradients and told me there was a flaw so I went ahead and got the matte screen exchanged (I almost got the glossy one though but I liked the matte better). Any ways I'm at home and I can confirm that its 100% evenly lit and I dont see the yellow tint anymore and no back light bleeding, only barely about a mm on each bottom corner but other than that the screen is superb. Go and get it exchanged I think some of the screens just has that flaw. Also the mbp 15" led glossy that I saw on display had the yellow tint just as my first one, I checked and tested at the apple store for about an hour this morning and the led matte display next to this glossy one had no yellow tint so I went ahead and went home and came back and did the exchange. =D Now all is good!! and no dead pixels either very nice quality!!
 
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