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Oct 10, 2010 6:44 PMby wessew,Is this some kind of joke? It seems obvious the unit needs to be returned as defective if what you are reporting is true. Why would you waste time with this kind of a "jury rigged" device? Return it for a new one! If they are all defective, then buy another product!!! -
Oct 15, 2010 6:50 AMby Robot Human,I just brought the 27" and its a great monitor and I really like it but the chemical odor is very strong, so strong in fact its causing minor respiratory problems. I don't have any allergies whatsoever but within a couple of hours of getting it I started getting mild throat/chest pain. Problem is I'm in a small studio with bad ventilation and the hole room stinks of this new Apple smell. Any idea's how I can reduce it? I've had to go back to laptop only and store the monitor. -
Oct 15, 2010 12:26 PMby lauber1322,snifff Mmmm that is the best part of the new display.
No seriously though, I am confident this smell will go away. It's probably just from factory-fresh glues continuing to set and dry. It will probably fade after a few weeks. Until then, you will be high as a kite when playing on your Mac! -
Oct 25, 2010 3:29 PMby daveyostcom,Apple reads these discussions! A great guy from AppleCare called me to talk about this. He had me return it at the local store, and they gave me a new one. The new one has the same problem, but it's now evident to me that most of the odor is residue from the adhesive around the edges on the clear protective cover that goes over the front. In fact, the odor is very strong when you just open the box.
This time, I cleaned the adhesive-residue areas several times with generous amounts of Goof-Off (xylene) and then Everclear (ethanol). I got a lot more of it off this time, so the odor is quite a bit less, but it is still there (and moreso the warmer it gets), and I'm using my diverter contraption again.
The representative said they would be investigating this. I hope they get their manufacturer to mend their ways by using nontoxic, low-VOC adhesive and by clearing up any PC board odor problem that might be there.
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Dec 4, 2010 11:57 PMby IslandOwl,The smell is so intense on my new display I have unplugged it and gone back to my laptop screen. Has anyone had the experience of the smell actually going away? It seems that people are just suggesting that "it should" or "it will" but I do not see that anyone has actually had a strong smell at first and then experienced it no longer being a problem.
I am also having trouble with my display flickering when it is warm. But I will post to a different thread about that. It seems I am not alone in that problem either.
This is day two of owning/using this display. When it worked well at first I LOVED it. Hope I can get that to reoccur and continue. -
Dec 5, 2010 2:39 AMby X423424X,Ok, this discussion has got me curious. You guys who are complaining about the smell. By any chance is the _box and packing materials_ the display came in near by? I say that because, yes, there was a smell when I took my display out of its box. But it wasn't the display that was causing the smell it was all that Styrofoam packing material, particularity that flexible thin stuff they wrap the display in. But even that was hardly noticeable after a day or two -- to me anyway. -
Feb 17, 2011 1:43 AMby Andrea_Maticad,I have the same problem as you: brand new LED Cinema Display 27'' which emits very unpleasant (and I hope not toxic) odor, especially when hot.
I also own an iMac, same odor when new but disappeared after few days; instead the LED Cinema Display still continues to emit it even after two weeks of usage … I’m very disappointed, except for this problem it is a great display.
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Feb 18, 2011 12:22 AMby Andrea_Maticad,After further investigation, I've found that 70% of the odor does not come from the display but from the keyboard; I replaced the keyboard and now the situation is a lot better.
I think that Apple uses some cleaning chemical on all of its products, in fact the odor is present in every Apple product I have. Perhaps the keyboard has some plastic or rubber part that absorb a lot of it and it is quite unusable when new; same thing for the display given its big dimensions, but being made of glass the odor goes away sooner.
Thanks
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Mar 18, 2011 9:05 AMby David Losada,I'm also hoping it's not toxic... But i'm worried since I work in a very small office. The smell is really intense and disgusting. Brand new Apple LED 27 just bought in Spain. Let's see what happens in a few days, but considering the ergonomy problems and this kind of chemical emissions I doubt that this thing could pass a security at work audit.
