MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

I've been using my rMBP for a little over a month now, got it on July 5. My rMBP is 2.6/16/512. I notice some IR when i was on Lion, but it was very light, almost unnoticable. After i clean format to ML it got worst. As it turns out i have the LG, LP154WT1-SJA1 to be exact. I already made an appointment on wednesday to the bar. The bar i'm heading to is in Los Angeles at The Grove. Have anyone gone to that location for a replacement? if so, do they have any replacement, with my spec, in stock?

I just recieved my rMBP 2.6 Ghz base model, week of production - 32. Unfortunately i got an LG screen. My first impressions were that it's a bit dimmer comparing to my 2010 Macbook Pro or 2011 Macbook Air. Also the whites have purple/pink cast. I can't really say how much of this would also show on a Samsung screen, but Im just not amazed. I will test it for retention and if its also there then it goes back to Apple...

Dear UltraMax,

Could you please tell me how to find out if I have LG or Samsung screen, any help would be appericated

I have a strong feeling that I got LG screen but want to confirm that.

cheers

oldmaster78 wrote:

Dear UltraMax,

Could you please tell me how to find out if I have LG or Samsung screen, any help would be appericated

I have a strong feeling that I got LG screen but want to confirm that.

cheers

Open Terminal copy & paste this and press enter:

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

If it says LPXXXXXX is LG, if it says LSNXXXXXX it's a Samsung

Many thanks for your post mate

I got this output which I assume it's LG ...could you please confirm ?

P .00 6

B133EW07 V1

Color LCD

many thanks in advanced

Wow, thats new.. you got an AUO

http://www.panelook.com/B133EW07%20V2_AUO_13.3_LCM_invitemdetail_10612.html

Very interested in it's performance, I had a MBA with one, it was very dull...did not display colors well at all

I've had two laptops with AUO screens, and they were the most absolutely horrid things I've ever laid eyes on. One of them was on my last machine, a Dell XPS 17, and the anti-glare "coating" that they put on it looked like someone just rubbed the screen down with sandpaper. It was absolutely dismal.

I finally took my rMBP back Sunday evening and swapped it out. I lucked out and ended up with a Samsung display. So far so good. No IR, better color, and brighter screen.

Wishing luck to everyone else with this problem.

Dear itsamacthing

thanks for the info , I think the screen is truly spectacular in terms of gaming performance and photography

I use DSLR Nikon Camera and honstely the photos on the retina display are nice however still getting screen problems and I think apple should sort it out or recall their first batches.

Having read all this, I'm cancelling my rMBP. Fix this, Apple, fix immediately.😠

All - got my week 33 / 2.6 / 512 / 16 last night. Fortunatly, it's a Samsung. That being said, i've talked to a few of my friends who recently ordered there's as well (week 32+) and noone has had any IR issues as of yet (andthose that have LG aren't able to reproduce). My unit is absoultuly perfect and this is screen is definitly superb.

Based on this thread (and a few others out there around the world on other sties), I'm getting the sense that the LG's have been remedied and people in the latest shipments aren't really reproducing any sort of IR with either screen. I wouldn't cancel an order quiet yet and take the chances.

Hi oldmaster, glad to hear you love it... I use a Sony DSLR, but thinking about jumping ship to Nikon due to the endless selection of glass...but thats another forum 😀 I'm still trying to work out my MBA purchase due to screen issues. Once that is resolved, I can start to ready myself for the Retina Lottery.... "Sad days indeed" I remember when buying an Apple was full proof.

Schultzer wrote:

All - got my week 33 / 2.6 / 512 / 16 last night. Fortunatly, it's a Samsung. That being said, i've talked to a few of my friends who recently ordered there's as well (week 32+) and noone has had any IR issues as of yet (andthose that have LG aren't able to reproduce). My unit is absoultuly perfect and this is screen is definitly superb.

Based on this thread (and a few others out there around the world on other sties), I'm getting the sense that the LG's have been remedied and people in the latest shipments aren't really reproducing any sort of IR with either screen. I wouldn't cancel an order quiet yet and take the chances.

I got mine just today and it has quite visible IR. It's enough to leave Google main page for a few mins to see the shapes of the letters, so...no. The problem is not solved and Apple still builds rMBP with crappy LG screens.

what week? Assuming LG?

I'm coming up to the 2 week mark of having my LG rMBP, and i've had the Dark Grey background on ever since it arrived and have constantly tested for IR.

I have yet to see an IR apart from after leaving it for an hour, where I could just about make out the sides of the window, that was it, and it faded away very quickly.

I guess I must have a good. I'm not going to put my machine through the absolute extreme tests that some of you have mentioned on here as i'm happy that my machine is not broken.

I will stick around here for a few more days, then I shall unsubscribe from this thread and set my nice Mountain Lion background back.

I think this whole issue may be a poor QA issue as there would be thousands more people complaining if it was all LG screens that where bad. Plenty have reported good LG screens and I have seen at least 4 reports of bad Samsung screens.

Regards.

Schultzer wrote:

what week? Assuming LG?

LG, week of production - 32. Also getting a bit of pink/purple hue and when looking at grey background there is a visible image refreshing. Reminds me of old times, when my standard CRT monitor was workin on 60hz...