MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

tlaskows wrote:

Hmm,

I think mine was fine originally, but it started to get worse the older it got. I had this happen to a really old 20" IPS Benq panel.

Better test it well.

-Tom

Yeah, I'm going test it tonight.

Google if there's a way to find out if you have an LG or Samsung screen. I think there's a terminal command to do it, but I'm not sure. I know I have the ****** one. No apple care, it was too much. Blew $2500 CAD on this door stop.

Cheers mr canuck,

-Tom

tlaskows wrote:

Google if there's a way to find out if you have an LG or Samsung screen. I think there's a terminal command to do it, but I'm not sure. I know I have the ****** one. No apple care, it was too much. Blew $2500 CAD on this door stop.

Cheers mr canuck,

-Tom

I originally had an LG, but, after discovering horrible IR using the checkerboard test, I brought my rMBP into an authorized Apple shop (not the Apple Store) and had it replaced with a flawless, and IR-free, Samsung. BTW, I just ran the test again and it's still fine.

Does anyone know if the New 2015 Macbook Pro Retina 15 inch still has the Image-Retention issue?

Does the old terminal command: ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6 work on the New 2015 15 inch?

This command seems to run fine on my 2012 macbook. I just ordered a screen from china for 165 USD. Will take care of it myself...

-Tom

Hi tlaskows

I´m thinking of buying one in china myself.

Can you post a link on the screen you ordered?

- Per

Hi,

This is the one, but why don't you wait until I fix mine and see how well it works.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/251765871103?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK %3AMEBIDX%3AIT

thanks.

Good point! :-) Will you keep me posted then ?

- Per

Yes. I will post it on my website with some pictures...

-Tom

Hi guys,

My screen just came in from China. Declared value was 20$ USD so no duty/taxes. Paid $200 CAD on ebay with free shipping. Will be installing it in the next two to three days...

-Tom

I don't know why Apple doesn't fix this. It happened to all of my friends who have one. I think it's the display manufacturer, because the Dell XPS 12 displays have the same problem.

Well,

Only 2012s seem to have the issue so I am pretty sure they are aware of it and just don't want to admit it... Anyways, if it gets recalled, they will pay me ke$h for the money and time I spent fixing the glitch.

And yes, it's a display quality issue. If you google it, they had them with LG and Samsung screens. Only the LG screens had the issue...

-Tom

Unfortunately not only the 2012 has the IR issue, but the 2013 MBPr has it as well. Originally I had my 2013 15" with the Samsung display (played the lottery with 5 MBPr till I got the Samsung). After a year my Samsung screen had a cluster of dead pixels and I went to Apple, they replaced it with no hustles, but now I have the LG screen. When they installed it, there was no IR, but now a year later when I test with the http://www.marco.org/rmbp-irtest.html I can see a slight image retention lingering for about a minute.

I'm just wondering if the issue is still there on the newly released 2015 MBP Retina 15 inch. No body has responded yet. Nobody has responded about terminal command either. I know that it works on the 2012 and 2013 15 Inch MBPr, but what about the 2015?

I think it takes some time for the ghosting to happen...

I have a 10 year old Benq IPS 20" that did not have ghosting until 5 years of use 😟

-Tom

I went to the apple store and tried the terminal command on all 2015 MBPr 15 inch display with no success. After copying and pasting the command (ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6) into the terminal, I received the message that I need to install some kind of X-code, but when I installed it and I restarted the computer it asked me again to install the X-code.

I think Apple is aware of the terminal command and does not want people to know what display they have "won in the Apple lottery", because some will keep on exchanging till they get an Samsung screen.

I want to think that the problem with IR if fixed, but after my screen was replaced in August of 2014 with the LP154WT1-SJA2, now I can see a very slight image retention after 10 min test. My hunch is that they have reduced the speed with which the LG screens deteriorate into Image Retention, yet the problem still exists and the LG screens soon or later get it.