The iPhone camera does that. It looks perfect in person. I hope everyone is not going on iPhone picture of a screen. I only posted mine because it was requested. It looks perfect in person, without any issues.
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Uneven Tint Uniformity on $1500 2016 MBP
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The iPhone camera does that. It looks perfect in person. I hope everyone is not going on iPhone picture of a screen. I only posted mine because it was requested. It looks perfect in person, without any issues.
It definitely looks better in the second photo. I think in general photos of screens look far worse than what you see in real life (at least my photos do). I think if you aren't happy with it you should return it however.
Thank's a lot. I changed color profile a bit. I wonder if I can get rid of darker right side. It bothers my vision.
Though in other this laptop looks ok, like all buttons works fine. For example, on the previous one the space button seemed ok but it's left side didn't work properly. I thought maybe it was created like that but now I know it wasn't.
Just got my 1st replacement 15" TB MBP, and it's got an uneven screen. I'm tempted not to get it replaced again or else the new one may show up with other issues (battery, scratches, loose Touch ID). Would any of you recommend just bringing it to Apple to get the display replaced under repairs?
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Or should I insist on another replacement?
Why do you hesitate to return it? Do you have to wait a long time for a replacement? Is there no way for you to examine one before you buy it?
I don't think Apple will repair unless the screen is pretty bad.
Yeah it takes a long time to return it and get a replacement since it's a BTO unit. Also, this one's perfect cosmetically and I don't wanna risk any other new issues I can't deal with hahaha.
I have absolutely the same issue with the 2nd unit of MacBook Pro 13 nTb. And today is my last day I have a chance to return it. Still not sure what to do but I think I'm gonna live with this uneven screen
Changing color profiles changes everything on screen. There's no way to adjust the left differently from the right. It changes how things are processed per pixel or fragment. That means it can't impact something as broad as one side vs another.
Thanks. Yeah i got it. The right side is always darker. I guess with time I'm getting used to it. I wonder what's the chance to get closer to perfect screen on this generation of MacBook?
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It is not darker. I think it is more into green due to maybe the anti-glare filter they use. my screen is the same.. right side is more into green and left more into pink.. but I'm finally starting to get used to it.
But I don't excuse Apple for this.. I really hopped for better !!
Mine was the same, just sent back the replacement for a refund and will wait for the next refresh.
Can't wait to play the screen lottery when the 2017 MBPs come out. 
My standard approach with Apple products: buy two and return the one with the crappier screen.
My standard approach with Apple products: buy two and return the one with the crappier screen.
It might. I rarely buy other brands. Though I went with a Surface Pro after multiple screen issues with the iPad Pro, and got a green screen the first time.
If you can wait that's a good move from you but for me I already waited half a year without a Mac and can't live without it. If the next refresh got screen improvement I will sell mine and replace it.
Yeah you are right, pinkish left side and greenish right side. And this makes left side lighter.
I decided to keep it. I almost don't notice it now or don't pay attention...
Yeah sure, you got ripped off. Go exchange it ten times.
The problem is, people come to these threads and all of a sudden they try these stupid tests and see that theirs isn't perfect, so they become obsessed, and so forth, and so on.
Mass hysteria.
People will follow the herd right off the cliff. You can't help but wonder if yours is defective.
These threads go like this: A borderline OCD person posts photos. You look at them, and of course don't see anything. Then someone says: "Oh yes I see that, it's very clear, you got a bad one, go exchange it". Then a person will proudly post that theirs suffers nothing and is "Perfect". (This doesn't help, trust me
It goes on like this sucking in others and growing like a cancer.
I can't say that I disagree with you, knowing full well that I sometimes tend to fall into this trap. Ever since seeing this thread this AM, I have been pulling up test images and scrutinizing them. Tilting my head right, tilting my head left, turning up display brightness, turning down display brightness, adjusting the angle of the screen, viewing in a light room, viewing in a dark trying to find fault in something that I didn't have an issue with before.
I finally came to the conclusion that if I have to try that damned hard to find fault in my display, it is good enough for what I use it for.
I am more than happy with mine. Manufacturer: 00000610 / Model: 0000A031
They all have some faults. The methods you mentioned work well if you're trying to confirm something that presents a minor issue during normal use.
I am sure they do, but I got to the point where I figured if I had to look that hard for a fault, I just don't have a fault with mine worth my worrying about.
mine sounds like it is identical. i just think of it as my new salmon tinted screen. keeping because the lottery takes way too much out of me (emotionally and physically)
LOL! You nailed the routine. So happy I am not the only one to go through these weird rituals. This has been going on for me since I found fault in every color CRT starting in the early 1990s. Anyone remember obsessively degaussing these old CRTs and adjusting speaker positioning to counteract the inevitable imbalance of the internal magnets?
I will say that I can't wait for it all to go to OLED. My Samsung Tab2 tablet is truly perfect.
I hope too that it turns out all roses when the OLED panels start to ship but I'm not that confident that our suffering will cease so quickly.
I can't speak for current OLED screens but the psvita for instance. 1st gen was OLED and screen had lots of artifacts, like vertical lines and stains. 2nd gen with LCD was perfect. You barely hear any complaint about those LCDs but that was an effort by sony I believe.
LCD can still be amazing and OLED can still suck. It always goes down to the company in the end. Will Apple make the effort to pick the best OLES panels? Will they even agknowledge their 2016 screens had issues with uniformity? Will they finally include a decent QC for screen cast/color/uniformity?
Having owned several phones with OLED displays I can attest to the fact that OLED screens suffer from uneven color uniformity, especially white point uniformity, as well.
my biggest gripe with the OLEDs ive tested long term is that UI elements that are constantly on screen get burned in over time. right now, every time i look at my desk neighbors S7, i shudder when i see how her status bar is basically a permanent shadow whenever she is any full screen environment. so gross. that being said, i love the color saturation.