Meh, I've seen plenty of LG screens on the previous 17" MBPs and they vary wildly in quality. Personally I think Samsung makes better stuff. However, I doubt there is much difference between a calibrated LG and a calibrated Samsung.
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The High-Res (1920x1200) Matte LED screen thread
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Meh, I've seen plenty of LG screens on the previous 17" MBPs and they vary wildly in quality. Personally I think Samsung makes better stuff. However, I doubt there is much difference between a calibrated LG and a calibrated Samsung.
Yea I've seen alot previous screens as well and all well calibrated at a professional level too and I do prefer samsung... deep inside me still wants a samsung screen
Even if the samsung screen is a tiny bit non cream white on the bottom as to the top(doesnt really bother me anymore I accept its just the nature of the backlighting that apple uses and its perfectly normal), I still prefer it more since the colors are amazing on the samsung screens, such pop, such vibrant colors.
I ended up with a 9c7a and it looks great!
I guess lg of hi def screens are a much better quality than the sr mbp were equiped with.
All I have to say to you guys is that damn penryn is much cooler even coming from santa rosa.
I got the 17" Hi-Res Matte and when I first started it up during the grey screen I noticed a slight discoloration along the bottom. It just seems a bit darker, like an irregular up and down shape (like a cardiogram or alpha wave pattern along the bottom). It is fairly slight sometimes easier to catch in your peripheral vision. I also noticed it in the blue screen during the hardware test, the bottom looks just a bit darker blue or almost purple. Is this typical or should I return it?
EDIT: Is it even possible to get a perfectly evenly lit screen?
EDIT: Is it even possible to get a perfectly evenly lit screen?
Which screen do you have? I have the 9C7A and also a slight "cardiogram" wave due to the backlighting but ONLY if I have a plain, light background up...like if I'm looking for the yellowing problem. It is also more noticeable if I look at the screen from the sides. But if I look at it straight on, I don't really notice it that much.
Other than that the screen is perfect! It is very bright (I usually keep it at full - 5 or 6 ticks) and the display when I have pictures up look amazing. Try watching some HD clips from Quicktime and see if you still notice the backlighting.
If you don't have any yellowing or dead pixels I would consider sticking with what you have. But if your lighting issue is more severe than what I described you may want to bring it back. Bottom line: you paid a lot of money for your machine...you should be happy with it.
Hold on a sec. I'll have to get SwitchRes as going to Displays>Color>Open System Profile doensn't give me the display model.
Thanks for your reply Zamboni52.
Ok, I have the 9C79. And like I said earlier it has a slight dimness across the bottom in kind of an irregular shape like an alpha wave mostly noticeable in a light solid color background, but it's not terrible. I could probably live with it just as long as it doesn't get worse.
Do most up you download the full version of SwitchRes or just the control panel?
Thanks!
Ok, I have the 9C79. And like I said earlier it has a slight dimness across the bottom in kind of an irregular shape like an alpha wave mostly noticeable in a light solid color background, but it's not terrible. I could probably live with it just as long as it doesn't get worse.
Do most up you download the full version of SwitchRes or just the control panel?
Thanks!
Open the display system preference and click on the color tab. Click on open profile. In the window that comes up scroll down to the entry marked as item 13 and click on that. You should see the 4 digit hex code displayed.
I'm sorry for this question, but I'm new into macs and my knowledge is very small at this moment.
How do you find the model of the display as 97CA and the 9C79 on my mac?
Thanks
How do you find the model of the display as 97CA and the 9C79 on my mac?
Thanks
Loose Display
My 08 MBP 17" 2.6ghz HiRes Matte arrived mid march. I sent the machine back because the display was unusually loose. Fine if the machine was on a desk but when the machine was angled anything more than 30 degrees then display drops down and wont remain firmly in position. Received the second machine yesterday, exactly the same problem. Sent this back as well as it is no useable in this state.
Anyone else have this problem? Hold the base of the machine horizontal with the display at 90 degrees, now raise the rear of the machine past 30 degrees, does it drop down on your hand that is holding it?
I can tilt my 4 other Powerbooks past 90 degrees and the display remains firmly in position.
My 08 MBP 17" 2.6ghz HiRes Matte arrived mid march. I sent the machine back because the display was unusually loose. Fine if the machine was on a desk but when the machine was angled anything more than 30 degrees then display drops down and wont remain firmly in position. Received the second machine yesterday, exactly the same problem. Sent this back as well as it is no useable in this state.
Anyone else have this problem? Hold the base of the machine horizontal with the display at 90 degrees, now raise the rear of the machine past 30 degrees, does it drop down on your hand that is holding it?
I can tilt my 4 other Powerbooks past 90 degrees and the display remains firmly in position.
Nope, sorry. Mine's so tight it creaks when I move it in any direction. Guess I have the opposite problem!
Were your others 17"? I've had both 17" PowerBook G4 and MacBook Pros (I have a 15" at the moment). The 17" hinge is different than the 15" and works this way. It sounds perfectly normal to me. The 17" is counterbalanced due to the weight of all the glass. That way it's easy to adjust but will close when not level. The 15" and smaller displays use a friction type hinge.
the other machines i have are all 15".
i find it hard to believe the 17" is manufactured like the ones I have. when opening from a closed position, the first 4 inches is tight, but from that point to 100 degrees its loose then slightly tight again from 100 to the maximum. I expect the hinge to be tight/firm from closed to fully opened because it cannot be normal to have the screen crashing down on my fingers when i tilt the machine forward.
least one user says his is tight all the way hrm i think i have had dud's.
I've had two 17" PowerBook G4 and four total 17" MacBook Pros (two are for my kids and are in their rooms right now). That's the way the hinge is designed, I'm very familiar with it. If there is a store near you go there and try it you will see it's the same. Don't send back for another it will be exactly the same.
thanks for the reply.
well if that is the way it is supposed to be then ill be getting a refund, because this is not useful for me.
i created a pair of short videos of the issue... maybe this is something you can relate to
http://drayond.xsmail.com/Firm_Display_PBG4.MOV
http://drayond.xsmail.com/Loose_Display_MBP.MOV
here is a u toob vid of the same thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJXAzHaCUgc
Yup, that's the hinge on the 17". That is honestly one reason I got the 15" with the latest version. I love the real estate on the hi-res 17" but it's really not made to use as a laptop, it's really meant to be at home on a desk.
Hey rezonat0r, so this profile is the one called "Backlight +8 B" under System Preferences>Displays>Color>"Display Profile:" box? It certainly looks more contrasty than the washed out look that my MBP came with.
Thanks for your patience everyone.
HI received the new mbp yesterday
feel like the screen is too bright on the left but its ok i guess i just wanna be sure actually
i used SwitchResX
what do you think of the results ?
how should i interpret them?
good or bad :s
DDC block report generated by SwitchResX for display
Color LCD
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
-----------------------------------------------------
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 06 10 7A 9C 00 00 00 00
1 | 21 11 01 03 80 25 17 78 0A B0 15 97 58 56 8A 28
2 | 21 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 B8 3D 80 B8 70 B0 33 40 30 20
4 | 36 00 6F E6 10 00 00 18 00 00 00 01 00 06 10 30
5 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 20 00 00 00 FE 00 4C
6 | 50 31 37 31 57 55 34 2D 54 4C 41 31 00 00 00 FE
7 | 00 43 6F 6C 6F 72 20 4C 43 44 0A 20 20 20 00 F5
-----------------------------------------------------
Valid DDC block: checksum passed
EDID Version........1.3
Manufacturer........APP
Product Code........31388 (7A9C) (9C7A)
Serial Number.......0
Manufactured........Week 33 of year 2007
Max H Size..........37 cm
Max V Size..........23 cm
Gamma...............2.20
DPMS Supported Features:
------------------------
Display type:
-------------
RGB color display
Input signal & sync:
--------------------
Digital
Color info:
------------
Red x = 0.592 Green x = 0.336 Blue x = 0.156 White x = 0.313
Red y = 0.347 Green y = 0.539 Blue y = 0.130 White y = 0.329
Established Timings:
--------------------
Manufacturer Reserved Timings:
------------------------------
Standard Timing Identification:
-------------------------------
Monitor Description blocks:
---------------------------
Descriptor #0 is Timing definition:
Mode = 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz
Pixel Clock.............158.00 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active..................1920 pixels 1200 lines
Front Porch............. 48 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 32 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 104 pixels 42 lines
Blanking................ 184 pixels 51 lines
Total...................2104 pixels 1251 lines
Scan Rate............... 75.10 kHz 60.03 Hz
Image Size.............. 367 mm 230 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Negative vertical polarity
* Negative horizontal polarity
Descriptor #1 is Manufacturer specific data (not interpreted here)
Descriptor #2 is ASCII data:
LP171WU4-TLA1
Descriptor #3 is ASCII data:
Color LCD
feel like the screen is too bright on the left but its ok i guess i just wanna be sure actually
i used SwitchResX
what do you think of the results ?
how should i interpret them?
good or bad :s
DDC block report generated by SwitchResX for display
Color LCD
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
-----------------------------------------------------
0 | 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF 00 06 10 7A 9C 00 00 00 00
1 | 21 11 01 03 80 25 17 78 0A B0 15 97 58 56 8A 28
2 | 21 50 54 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01
3 | 01 01 01 01 01 01 B8 3D 80 B8 70 B0 33 40 30 20
4 | 36 00 6F E6 10 00 00 18 00 00 00 01 00 06 10 30
5 | 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0A 20 00 00 00 FE 00 4C
6 | 50 31 37 31 57 55 34 2D 54 4C 41 31 00 00 00 FE
7 | 00 43 6F 6C 6F 72 20 4C 43 44 0A 20 20 20 00 F5
-----------------------------------------------------
Valid DDC block: checksum passed
EDID Version........1.3
Manufacturer........APP
Product Code........31388 (7A9C) (9C7A)
Serial Number.......0
Manufactured........Week 33 of year 2007
Max H Size..........37 cm
Max V Size..........23 cm
Gamma...............2.20
DPMS Supported Features:
------------------------
Display type:
-------------
RGB color display
Input signal & sync:
--------------------
Digital
Color info:
------------
Red x = 0.592 Green x = 0.336 Blue x = 0.156 White x = 0.313
Red y = 0.347 Green y = 0.539 Blue y = 0.130 White y = 0.329
Established Timings:
--------------------
Manufacturer Reserved Timings:
------------------------------
Standard Timing Identification:
-------------------------------
Monitor Description blocks:
---------------------------
Descriptor #0 is Timing definition:
Mode = 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz
Pixel Clock.............158.00 MHz Non-Interlaced
Horizontal Vertical
Active..................1920 pixels 1200 lines
Front Porch............. 48 pixels 3 lines
Sync Width.............. 32 pixels 6 lines
Back Porch.............. 104 pixels 42 lines
Blanking................ 184 pixels 51 lines
Total...................2104 pixels 1251 lines
Scan Rate............... 75.10 kHz 60.03 Hz
Image Size.............. 367 mm 230 mm
Border.................. 0 pixels 0 lines
Sync: Digital separate with
* Negative vertical polarity
* Negative horizontal polarity
Descriptor #1 is Manufacturer specific data (not interpreted here)
Descriptor #2 is ASCII data:
LP171WU4-TLA1
Descriptor #3 is ASCII data:
Color LCD
I have the 9c79 Hi-Res Matte 17" MBP, and if there's any yellowing it's very slight (or I could just be paranoid). How do you tell anyway? How bad is/was the yellowing issue in previous and current versions? This is my first Mac or Laptop so I've nothing to compare it to.
On a side note, I'm looking to calibrate my display and was wondering which hardware you'd suggest. Looking at the Spyder3Elite and Pro, is there a significant difference between the two? Or would you suggest a different product? I'm a graphic/web designer, and any print stuff I do (which is little to none) gets sent out for printing, so what do you suggest? Sorry to hijack the thread, but the one I posted in the Graphic Design forum hasn't even had a single view yet...
On a side note, I'm looking to calibrate my display and was wondering which hardware you'd suggest. Looking at the Spyder3Elite and Pro, is there a significant difference between the two? Or would you suggest a different product? I'm a graphic/web designer, and any print stuff I do (which is little to none) gets sent out for printing, so what do you suggest? Sorry to hijack the thread, but the one I posted in the Graphic Design forum hasn't even had a single view yet...