MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

Sorry Millerrh512. I was asking Drew84's serial number, and my bad. Was supposed to be asking for the 4th and 5th characters - this tells the week number.

I received and returned total four new machines，some of these were fixed with screen replacement，the fourth screen replacement，i got the samsung。

I have a question about difference between Samsung and LG screens. Have you any experiences about is Samsung warmer and yellow tinted then LG?

I have heard of Samsungs being yellower, but if you calibrate your screens it should account for that. Some guy on Mac Rumors even said using the built-in calibrator in OSX fixed it for him. An external calibration hardware would be even better.

I have used a monitor calibrator for years now and could not imagine going back. Especially on my Windows computer at work, it almost hurts my eyes to look at it when it's not calibrated.

So for me, it's a non-issue. I'll take a color shift I can correct later vs. image retention which I can't.

Yes, I understand. But... That is a huge risk to change screen because I had experience about that... If I get a patched screen, the Hungarian policy of Apple doesn't allows to rechange it...

Gabor, it's strictly a software calibration. It's no different from using OSX's built in calibration utility. I don't claim to know the Hungarian policies, but it seems unreasonable that calibrating your screen would make it non-returnable. It doesn't actually do anything to the screen. It's just how OSX handles the colors.

To be honest, it is my "weakness" point in my life regarding computer: the screen :-) I saw lot of terrible screen from Samsung, but yes, my wife uses Air with Samsung lcd which is correct. Without IR the current LG screen is the best what I have saw ever... It is the reason for my hesistancy :-)

Received my Macbook Pro Retina 2.6/16/256 (CTO) from China on November 21st. Used appleserialnumberinfo and it says its was built 47 (November). Ran the all powerful terminal test and it's a SAMMY! Perfect screen. No muras, dead pixels, or bleeding. Good luck to you guys

It is truth，Not only warmer and yellow than LG，but also the colour is bad than LG.But these aren't very distinct.

Mine's 2J, as well.

It doesn't have any IR out of the box that I can tell, but with the nearest Apple Store 175 miles away, I can't afford to deal with repairs nor play this silly lottery. Placing an order for a cMBP and hopefully Apple will have their stuff together on this Retina tech in five years.

Pardon @Drew84, what's the 4th and 5th character of the serial number?

I've had my Macbook Retina three weeks and I too have an LG screen with horrific IR. I am a trader who requires web pages to remain on for prolonged periods. The burn in on mine is that bad that after switching it on in the morning I can immediately see the IR on the test screen, without even going onto any web pages. Mine is not temporary but permanent burn in after only three weeks. I have a genius appointment tomorrow afternoon and will be demanding a samsung screen replacement. Cannot believe that my first ever Mac after converting from windows is turning out to be a very expensive nightmare.

Same issue here after 2-3 months of "heavy" use... LG display as well.

I'm a programmer who has Xcode open for almost all day long and it's horrible to work with all those persistent images, not to mention it's impossible to test retina apps using the iPhone/iPad simulator.

I power on my rMBP in the morning and after 5 minutes it already shows IR.

I wish there was an official response from Apple regarding this issue.

My main worry is that unless mine is replaced with a sammy I am going to be visiting the apple store every three weeks or so for a replacement screen as I require a laptop that I can depend on to be used heavily and for two grand you certainly would expect that and unfortunately a screen saver is not an option for me.

Mine comes on Friday. If I have an LG screen I have three options:

1) Exchange it right away regardless of whether it has IR because I know it will get it.

2) Wait for IR to show up and deal with getting my screen replaced - not sure I want to deal with the hassle.

3) Return it right away regardless of whether it has IR and just make due until second gen MBPRs come out

I really am at a loss of what the best thing is. I'm tempted to keep it as long as it doesn't display IR, but I know I'm probably just asking for trouble. A little part of me has hope this is a manufacturing issue that might have been resolved in the newest LG monotirs.

Does anyone have an idea of whether you are more likely to get a new Samsung display new or if you take it in for service?