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mittense Author

Level 1

8 points

MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

I first noticed this after my MBP [Retina] had gone to sleep, but: when returning to the login screen (since I have it set to require a password whenever the computer is idle long enough) I noticed what appeared to a very faint ghosting primarily noticeable on darker backgrounds.

After messing around with it a bit, there seems to be a fairly consistent in-display ghosting that occurs without much time at all; I was able to leave my screen on (a little above half-brightness) for about 10-15 minutes and the ghosted "burn" would be of the screen I left it on (which I deliberately reconfigured so that everything would be a new position).

Has anyone else experienced this? Is this a normal thing that I just have to get used to? It's not really noticeable at all in standard use.

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 16, 2012 10:26 PM

9,629 replies

Aug 14, 2012 5:12 PM in response to Community User

I posted here before... I think I missed putting the build week. Week 31 lg with ir issues. Sent back and new one on it's way.

Aug 14, 2012 5:15 PM in response to Community User

Samsung week32 - all good

Aug 14, 2012 5:26 PM in response to btollenaar

After crying like baby in the apple store , I managed to replace my macbook pro

ended up with Samsung screen , seems muchhhhhhhhhh better than my old S$$$ LG

thanks guys you are great ..thx once again for the info , keep updating will test the new machine again

screen info > SN: Week 47

Color LCD

LSN154YL01001

DLM22850241F49GA4

ehntoo

Level 1

0 points

Aug 14, 2012 5:40 PM in response to oldmaster78

Never again will I buy a first-gen Apple product. I went into the local Apple Store, and they said they'd order a display immediately but need to keep my machine for 'testing'. I'm a Software Developer, I need this thing for work. Every day.

Calling Apple Care was no better, I got a sympathetic rep (Derek), but a manager who insisted there was nothing to be done outside of bringing it back to the store or mailing it in.

Apple has seriously damaged their reputation in my eyes. Assuming the rest of the laptop market will follow with high-res IPS displays (hopefully not made by LG), I won't be buying a Mac again.

Week 29 w/ LG Display.

Aug 14, 2012 5:46 PM in response to ehntoo

Last update of faulty or perfect display stats before going to sleep:

LG week unknown (5x)

LG week 23

LG week 26

LG week 23

LG week 29 (2x)

LG week 30

LG week 31

LG week 32

LG week 33

Unknown week 24

LG week unknown

LG week 29

LG week 33 (2x)

Samsung week unknown

Samsung week 32

Samsung week 33

Find out your build week: http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php Put the serial in the top left corner bar

Find out your display manufacturer: Open Terminal, copy & paste:

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

and then press Enter. If the result starts with LP it's an LG, if it starts with LSN it's a Samsung.

bcar1ton

Level 1

5 points

Aug 14, 2012 6:12 PM in response to Community User

LG week 32 with IR and yellow screen.

Aug 14, 2012 6:31 PM in response to Community User

i have LG week 28 - not listed on the responses above! i wonder what that means???

vertigro

Level 1

0 points

Aug 14, 2012 6:41 PM in response to Davidiblackman

it means tell us if you have IR or not, and we'll include it in the list 😉

JMF

Level 3

752 points

Aug 14, 2012 6:46 PM in response to bcar1ton

Hey, maybe us LG folks suffer from "photogene". I found this slightly ironic, considering Apple posted it:

i4mac

Level 1

0 points

Aug 14, 2012 6:49 PM in response to mittense

I have a

Model:	- MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
Codename:	- No codename assigned.
Build Country:	- This unit was built in China
Build Year:	- This unit was built in the first half of 2012.
Build Week	- Week 26 (June)
Production Nr.:	- This unit was number 474 to be built that week.

Terminal script showed it to have an LG display.

But i have NOT seen any ghosting or IR issues... do i need to test more?

Are ALL rMBP with these stats showing the burn issues??

Hope that helps the stats

Aug 14, 2012 6:56 PM in response to i4mac

2.7/16/768 with Samsung screen (LSN154YL01001)

No issues at all. I can't tell you what week it was built as the serial # site doesn't recognize my system, but it shipped with Lion installed so definitely built in July I'd imagine.

Maziyar

Level 1

15 points

Aug 14, 2012 7:13 PM in response to mittense

http://m.tuaw.com/2012/08/14/are-retina-macbooks-displaying-screen-issues/

Aug 14, 2012 7:15 PM in response to Maziyar

I have a week 26 LG. I tested with ghosting, seems like theres nothing. What's IR? And should I test for ghosting in some other ways because my week is labelled as red in a previous thread.

Maziyar

Level 1

15 points

Aug 14, 2012 7:17 PM in response to mittense

Week 30 Samsung LCD panel.

2.3/16/256 no sign of IR.

Aug 14, 2012 7:37 PM in response to mittense

I have week 26 LG and I do have the ghosting issue.

MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?