LG, zero issues (I literally took to the screen with a magnifying glass the first day I got it)
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Test for rMBP screen manufacturer
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I've been reading up in anticipation for my RMPB purchase, and, after reading this thread, I began to wonder if when I go to buy my Mac (in store), if I can say I want one with a Samsung screen. I would reference the high rate of LG's vs the Samsungs and run that code in store to see if I got one. If not, I'd ask them to take it back and give me a different one. I am fully aware there is no way they can tell through just the packaging.
LG screen, noticed the burn-in, then found the thread about it, confirming my suspicions it seems!
I have tried to live with it but it seems to be getting worse... Outside of the 14 days now, it wasn't so bad in that period, but now after a few minutes there are strong ghost images left. Tried to capture it, but it doesn't look as pronounced:
You should be able to make out the PS transparency grid in a square window in the middle, and a bunch of text down the left from another app...
Hoping I can demonstrate it in the shop, and they do something about it, because it makes my work impossible (I spend a lot of time on very subtle tweaks to effects and images, so something like this makes it impossible to judge.) Really gutted I need to return this machine, after the last MBP with three (8600) gpu failures, white bruising on the screen (part of which came from one of the repairs, which they claimed I had done), a bad yellow tint and a battery which was completely dead after 6 months... I really thought I had a winner here!
I honestly don't look for flaws, I only took the last one back because it physically died. But this particular problem is just too visible to ignore, when I rely on faithful representation of what I'm working on, not some blend of that and what I did ten mins ago
I have tried to live with it but it seems to be getting worse... Outside of the 14 days now, it wasn't so bad in that period, but now after a few minutes there are strong ghost images left. Tried to capture it, but it doesn't look as pronounced:
Hoping I can demonstrate it in the shop, and they do something about it, because it makes my work impossible (I spend a lot of time on very subtle tweaks to effects and images, so something like this makes it impossible to judge.) Really gutted I need to return this machine, after the last MBP with three (8600) gpu failures, white bruising on the screen (part of which came from one of the repairs, which they claimed I had done), a bad yellow tint and a battery which was completely dead after 6 months... I really thought I had a winner here!
I honestly don't look for flaws, I only took the last one back because it physically died. But this particular problem is just too visible to ignore, when I rely on faithful representation of what I'm working on, not some blend of that and what I did ten mins ago
LG with a bit of image retention here.
Got it on 8/10, and didn't see any image retention then. Tried again today, and it's definitely there if I go from Google search to a dark grey background.
Honestly, if this is as bad as it gets I don't think I'll notice it in day to day use. Even knowing exactly where to look, I can't really see it on my normal wallpaper, and I've never noticed it intruding on another app. If it gets worse down the road, well, that's what 3 year AppleCare is for.
The screen is otherwise outstanding, no dead pixels still.
Got it on 8/10, and didn't see any image retention then. Tried again today, and it's definitely there if I go from Google search to a dark grey background.
Honestly, if this is as bad as it gets I don't think I'll notice it in day to day use. Even knowing exactly where to look, I can't really see it on my normal wallpaper, and I've never noticed it intruding on another app. If it gets worse down the road, well, that's what 3 year AppleCare is for.
The screen is otherwise outstanding, no dead pixels still.
my datapoint
ioreg -lw0 | grep \"EDID\" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
Color LCD
LP154WT1-SJA1
DCN22441MW8DMJ0AD
And the display is perfect no issues at all.
ioreg -lw0 | grep \"EDID\" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6
Color LCD
LP154WT1-SJA1
DCN22441MW8DMJ0AD
And the display is perfect no issues at all.
I was convinced that my LG screen was perfect and that I had no image retention issue until I ran this test. Now I can see that my LG screen does display image retention. If Samsung screen's don't do this it makes me feel like I got something inferior to someone who paid the same money and received a Samsung screen.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1422669/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1422669/
Waaaaah!
Do you often put up a checkered image, full screen, for 15 minutes and then stare at a gray background?
OK, everyone had me freaked out. I unboxed my new rMBP, 2.7 GHz, 16GB RAM, 768 GB SSD this morning and ran every test that was listed in the forums. It seems that I have a Samsung display with zero issues thus far, do I need to wait a week or so and try it again, or just live with the perfection?
LSN154YL01001
DLM23160024F49GBR
It shipped on 8/10 and arrived this morning.
LSN154YL01001
DLM23160024F49GBR
It shipped on 8/10 and arrived this morning.
No, not often.
But as others have noted, some that have experienced the issue have seen this get progressively worse. It's hard to take that chance when you spend as much money as we do on these devices. I think a lot of users would prefer not to have to take it in for service if they can head it off ahead of time by swapping it and winning the panel lottery.Wowww, I just called Apple support to exchange my current RMBP with a yellow tint and after 30 minutes I finally hung up because my iPhone is nearly dead and I had already been on hold for 10 minutes, plus another 10 minutes when I was waiting to get to a rep and when he was talking to his supervisor. The guy didn't sound too useful either. After the long wait time, I got a message saying "Please wait until we connect you to an Apple representative", so the hold time must've been so long that their system reconnected me. I'll need to call back tomorrow afternoon and hopefully get someone a little more enthusiastic.
uh. its a diagnostic test to see if the screen exhibits retention. if it does it on a checker it does it on everything. do you think it only magically happens on checkerboards? people are trying to see if if it happens at all, period, because theres a chance itll get worse and theyll go past the return period.
how can you not get that?
"waah?" .. why would you write that? is that you calling people a crybaby for wanting a normal screen like you have? truly bizarre..
My replacement is a Samsung! Couldn't be happier.
I'm even willing to overlook small casing blemish for this. Order date: August 2nd.
I'm even willing to overlook small casing blemish for this. Order date: August 2nd.
