MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

The ones I have seen do have very mild yellow gradient and in fact it's so mild I would imagine 98% of people wouldn't notice it. The screens I have seen are much better than the last models, my concern with this model was I would get a Samsung screen with horrible yellow, that is not the case anymore with my experience so far, the colour on the Samsungs are much much better.

As far as the machine itself the rMBPs are brilliant machines, I've been using Apple products for 25 years and the rMBP perdormance wise is definitely the best machine I have owned.

If you get a chance why not go and look at one in Store and see what you think.

Another thing I would like to add about the mild gradient is it only tends to be visible on white so if any other colour is showing you'll not notice it (presuming you notice on white!).

Thanks for the fast reply Chris.

I think I'll wait a couple of days to see the opinions of the other customers on this forum.

(Just for curiosity... Do you know if a MacBook purchased online can be returned in an Apple Store?)

Probably not such a bad idea to wait a few days.

Having said that it's only people with issues that will generally come onto this forum and post so you need to bear in mind there will thousands of others who don't have a problem or it's so mild they don't notice it.

As for buying online I believe you can't return to a store but Apple do all the donkey work for year as far as I am aware, get it picked up etc.

I understand.

I'm worrying about this laptop 'cause I work and study in a Hospital where I look at lots of radiography and some artefacts like ghosting can let you see something that isn't really there.

A mild yellow gradient will not be a serious problem, at least (I think) out of the Tomography field.

Thanks for the replies! I'll let this forum know how this situation will end.

I've been waiting quite impatiently for a retina MBP since the first release. Finally decided to dive in, and before I could buy one, stumbled upon this thread. Y'all gave me jitters!

Seeing as I could always take the machine back if I had issues, I decided to get the new, stock $2600 15" MBP w/retina.

I had a long day of reinstalling apps and grinding over of all my files (I decided I'd start from a clean install instead of doing the Mac to Mac transfer).

Clearly, with all that transfering going on, the screen would have been exposed to a chance of image retention. As hard as I look, (on solid gray, solid white), I do NOT have ANY symptoms of image retention...nor the yellow-ish gradient people are bringing up. I have to say it, it's the most gorgeous display I've EVER seen!

I see some folks demanding system breakdowns, I'm willing to post mine if those very requesters are willing to point me/link me as to how to do that satisfactorily (is that a word?).

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TL;DR I was scared by this thread before finally plunging into retina bliss; bought a rMBP anyway. After a long day of static screens due to software installations, I see ZERO symptoms of IR/yellowing/gradual discolorations on my new Haswell 15".

I wanna ask you brother that the image retention you are talking about happned in which model of rmbp ??? the previous generation ones or the haswell ones..??

It was the previous models (not Haswell....so far it would seem anyway) and the LG screens. The Samsung screens had yellowing.

@Kirk - To find out which diaply you have use Spotlight and search Terminal (it will be the top hit) open Terminal and a window will appear copy and paste the following:

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

And hit 'return', the first thing you'll see is Color LCD then immediately below that you'll see numbers and letters. If the letters start with LSN that means it's a Samsung display. The second line will look something like:

LSN154YL01-A01

Thanks for helping us out. Do you know if Image persistence is absent on new 13 inch macbook pro. I am a firsttime buyer of macbook so a bit cautious.

Thanks! (FYI for Anyone reading through this, I needed to install developer tools to make the above Terminal command work)

Yup, it must be a Samsung:

LSN154YL01-A01

DLM33720124FF0PAK

Color LCD

I'm assuming that's good? Or will I be eating image retention crow in due time? 😝

(Had a Plasma TV in my time...know FULL WELL how annoying image retention can be. Thought I'd share that!)

exactly this is what i thought ...lets c what mr.airikh has to say

It would seem they're only putting Samsung's into the latest iteration, but in the case of lel62 the command isn't giving a result. This could mean he has an LG, but the output is formatted differently. What you can try is break the command apart to see what changed. For example try this:

ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID"

You should get an output like this:

| | | | | | | "EDID" = <00ffffffffffff0006100fa00000000010150104a5211578026fb1a7554c9e250c505400000001 010101010101010101010101010101ef8340a0b0083470302036004bcf1000001a000000fc00436f 6c6f72204c43440a2020200000001000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000 0000000000000000e700000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 004c503135345754312d534a41320a200044434e333330313031335446445233414b0a2020202020 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 0000000000000000000000000000000000>

| | | | | | "FeatureControl" = {"GPUInterruptHandling"=1,"UseInterruptFilter"=1,"EDPDownSpreadDisable"=0,"Fast DisplayDetectDisable"=0,"SpreadON"=1,"PowerStates"=1,"IgnorePanelTimings"=0,"Gam maAdjustDisable"=0,"DisableDynamicFBC"=0,"RCxEIModeEnable"=1,"EnableDeepDisplay" =1,"MaximumSelfRefreshLevel"=3,"DPM"=1,"DeepRC6"=1,"CachedEDIDDisable"=0,"ASRDis able"=0,"Gamma"=1,"FBC"=1,"EnableConnectionState"=1,"RenderStandby"=1,"SetRC6Vol tage"=0,"UseProgrammedCoefficients"=0,"Watermarks"=1}

| | | | | "IODisplayEDID" = <00ffffffffffff0006100fa00000000010150104a5211578026fb1a7554c9e250c505400000001 010101010101010101010101010101ef8340a0b0083470302036004bcf1000001a000000fc00436f 6c6f72204c43440a2020200000001000000000000000000000000000000000001000000000000000 0000000000000000e7>

Then you can take it a step further and try this:

ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///"

Which should give you something like this:

00ffffffffffff0006100fa00000000010150104a5211578026fb1a7554c9e250c50540000000101 0101010101010101010101010101ef8340a0b0083470302036004bcf1000001a000000fc00436f6c 6f72204c43440a202020000000100000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000000 00000000000000e70000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 4c503135345754312d534a41320a200044434e333330313031335446445233414b0a202020202000 00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000>

| | | | | | "FeatureControl" = {"GPUInterruptHandling"=1,"UseInterruptFilter"=1,"EDPDownSpreadDisable"=0,"Fast DisplayDetectDisable"=0,"SpreadON"=1,"PowerStates"=1,"IgnorePanelTimings"=0,"Gam maAdjustDisable"=0,"DisableDynamicFBC"=0,"RCxEIModeEnable"=1,"EnableDeepDisplay" =1,"MaximumSelfRefreshLevel"=3,"DPM"=1,"DeepRC6"=1,"CachedEDIDDisable"=0,"ASRDis able"=0,"Gamma"=1,"FBC"=1,"EnableConnectionState"=1,"RenderStandby"=1,"SetRC6Vol tage"=0,"UseProgrammedCoefficients"=0,"Watermarks"=1}

00ffffffffffff0006100fa00000000010150104a5211578026fb1a7554c9e250c50540000000101 0101010101010101010101010101ef8340a0b0083470302036004bcf1000001a000000fc00436f6c 6f72204c43440a202020000000100000000000000000000000000000000000100000000000000000 00000000000000e7>

And finally you can try this:

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

Which will give you a more raw result:

????????!xo??UL?%

PT?@?4p0 6K??Color LCD

?LP154WT1-SJA2

DCN3301013TFDR3AK

????????!xo??UL?%

PT?@?4p0 6K??Color LCD

If they're only using Samsung I wonder what they'll be putting into the first gen rMBPs next year or the year after when we come back with IR problems. I've still got 2 years of AppleCare, so if the IR does come back I wonder if they'll even have any LGs to give me.

Even if they are using mostly Samsung's screens in the 15", 13" users are still going to get IR as reported earlier in this theard as LG is the only supplier of 13" retina screen. Morality : If you want an IR Free Retina MBP, get a 15" or wait for Apple to change his screen technology next year probably (with IGZO screens).

I'm not sure if it's me confused or others but from what I understand it's only LG that have the IR issues not the Samsung displays. The Samsung displays suffered with yellowing screens and gradients from left to right.

Has anyone brought 13". I guess new IRIS Pro can handle 13" better than 15". the reason I want to buy 13" but am afraid of this burn in issue