Macbook Pro 17 Anti-Glare LCD Problem

my unibody 17" pro machine has antiglare with a LTPN170CT10 panel from Samsung (model 9CAC) and it has problems too.

1) uneven lighting/brightness and uneven patches of light grey clouds around the screen (using a solid white or light grey background). This is enhanced by the fact that it is a 17" wide screen with a wide view.
2) pinkish/reddish tint at a certain angles that causes the the colors to saturated towards a more of a purplish look rather than a natural blue.
3) a constant flickering effect that actually tires out the eyes especially when reading.

does anyone have a different panel that is from LG instead?

typo error. should be LTN170CT10.

to find LTN170CT10, under Applications ->Utilities -> Terminal -> type

ioreg -lw0 | grep IODisplayEDID | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

you should see the following lines

LTN170CT10
Color LCD

to know what model it is, under System Preferences -> Display -> Click Color TAB -> Click Open Profile -> scroll down to #13 and click on it

you should see the following

Model 00009CAC

I learnt this from surfing the internet. I really hope apple will source display panels from reliable and quality manufacturers considering we are buying a pro machine. I don't mind forking a extra premium for a optional quality IPS panel that is void of such display design problems.

However, apart from the display problems that plagued apple products, i really find the apple's design and software/interface excellent, with a small exception of the trackpad "clicking" which personally i find it better on the previous model.

and btw, I'm guessing that the display is other than an IPS panel. you can try applying a little pressure on the screen and you'll notice the color smudges. an IPS panel will not have such results.

I have a 17" macbook pro unibody anti-glare model 9CAC and I have none of the problems you mention.
- Pure black at 100% brightness with lights off yields minor leakage
- Pure white at 100% brightness looks clean with NO uneven patches
- No flickering at all - at least not yet - have been using for three days

I would be interested in others experiences.

Thanks

I'm happy that you like your LCD display.

to prove my point further, i own a 4 year old pioneer 42" plasma TV and it gave me no such problems. (please forget the technology behind the display (LCD or plasma) as we are all end users)

the light is steady and focused, no slight flickers hence i can watch DVD for hours without tiring my eyes.

no white patches/clouds or unevenness in brightness or light leakages either

before i purchase this TV, i had a philips plasma tv which gave me migraine because it flickers at a fast steady pace unnoticed to an untrained eye and it's light is not focused but very much diffused hence the glare and shimmer. it had a cloudy grey patch too. the salesman showed me a samsung tv and yes it was worse. i returned the philips tv for a pioneer from japan.

this experience taught me what a quality display should be. the basic screen should be without such problems before you can add all the colors to it. otherwise the colors will be inaccurate or spoilt by the greyish clouds for eg.

unfortunately this samsung lcd in this 17" UMBP has similar problems to my philips plasma i owned 4 years back for a week before i returned it for a made in japan pioneer.

Hi everyone!

I've just noticed some problems with mine 1 week from NEW MacBook Pro 17-inch Unibody Hi-Resolution Antiglare Widescreen Display (UK specification, display model: 9CAC):

Display illumination is UNEVEN and can be seen when working with dark backgrounds (B&W photos etc.).

I actually noticed it when I start working with my photographs and then decide to check it out with 100% BLACK BACKGROUND.

I can see it while working with some B&W photographs in alight room but I took this photos in the darkness to increase the clearness.

ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE for such PROfessional laptop as MacBook Pro:

I can't understand why Apple would release a matte screen- which is aimed at high end designers, photographers, photo editors, etc, unless it was great quality.

I'm hoping that the comments here are isolated and not all matte screens share the issues.

I've already arranged a replacement from Online Apple Store and my Build-To-Order Unibody MBP 17" Antiglare replacement is on the way now.

So I STILL WANT an ANTIGLARE option.

But if a replacement unit still doesn't look good - I will try and try so on till they manage to produce, quality control and deliver an appropriate quality product APPLE declare to be a flagship of PRO line.

2.3 million pixels of perfection.

With the high-resolution LED-backlit widescreen display on the 17-inch MacBook Pro, you get desktop-quality color in an Apple notebook for the first time. The moment you open your MacBook Pro, you’re greeted instantly by full, corner-to-corner screen brightness. The 1920-by-1200-pixel resolution (133 pixels per inch) means you can view more palettes and windows or watch HD video in its native 1920-by-1080 resolution. Perfect whether you’re working in the studio or out in the field, the display offers a 60 percent greater color gamut than previous generations for richer, more vibrant colors and a 700:1 contrast ratio that makes whites brighter and blacks blacker. In addition, the seamless glass enclosure makes the display stronger and more durable. Because it’s power efficient and the glass is mercury- and arsenic-free, it’s greener than ever. And now you can choose a standard glossy display or an optional antiglare display, depending on your needs.

I took some photographs of my display with the following setup:

1) photos taken using tripod and CANON EOS 30D camera in the darkness to increase the clearness
2) full brightness of the display
3) completely even 100% black background in Photoshop's full screen mode
4) no any adjustments applied to these photographs and I've tried to receive pictures of what and how I seeing it
5) photos processed and saved for WEB in Adobe Lightroom

Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/freelancer.by/MyMacBookPro17Unibody?authkey=Gv1sRgCJ nPjbCPk4TVTg#

I'll definitely let you know how it goes with my replacement unit when it arrived.

Thanks

Wow. That looks bad. Hopefully Apple will make it right. It appears your 17 has a black border like the glossy screens. Is that a UK spec or all of them shipping like that? I thought the matte 17's had silver borders.

Thanks for your reply.

No it's actually silver borders - possibly it is look like black border because of shoot in the darkness and exposition of the camera set to show the display in the way i see it.

You can actually see the little alight line - edge of aluminum bezel in the bottom of the screen almost on every photo.

Regards

I finally saw an Anti-Glare 17" unit in the Apple store, and shocked at the purple cast on the screen. It was really purple. Looking at the supposed white areas, they were anything but white. Hoping this was a bad unit. To say it was was less bright than the Glossy is not necessary a bad thing, but in the case of this unit, it certainly went too far. Contrast was terrible. Was terribly disappointed. Someone tell me that other 17" anti-glare look better.

(Hey, I was hoping and even ready to buy, and take no pleasure in what I saw at the store. Someone tell me it isn't so.)

angus,

does your replacement anti-glare still have the light bleed?