MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

Congrats,I wanted to know if the serial number on your second mbpr starts with "C02"? (The Samsung one)

Yup, also a C02 here (samsung week 32) - no IR

Okay, dude that looks like crap. you need to get that replaced or repaired

Is there a difference in brightness? That is the real thing I am noticing at the moment about this LG. NOOO ghosting, but I can't really get it very bright without going to the top two notches.

So, been testing my model 2.6/16/256. Build week I THINK was 35/36, seems to have no apparent IR issues and yes, it is an LG screen.

There ARE a couple issues that I wonder if anyone can shed some light on. I can't seem to get the screen very bright. Historically, with my older MBP's I was able to get the BRIGHTNESS to a good level for indoors with some good lighting, at about THREE notches from highest, on battery. At this point, I can only really get the brightness on this new RETINA at about full, or ONE notch from highest. Seems pretty high to run it, battery life and all, just to get brightness the same as before. Would this sort of thing be different on the samsung vs. the LG?

Second thing is, this is a BTO 2.6/16/256 (low model, up armored to higher RAM and CPU)

But, all the sites listed here for checking ones mac serial number show this as a 2.3 model, with 16GB RAM and 256GB SSD. Is this normal, the CPU upgrade doesn't properly get into the mac serial number database?

Now I'm a bit confused, my retina ser. starts with C02, and it's LG build in (marsian calendar) week 28 - no issues. I'm in Quebec City on business trip and went for supper, left it spin like advised, just returned and all is fine. Go figure.

Can I also know if your serial number stats with "C02"?

MTFR, to my knowledge all retina display models start with C02. At least all three that I have had did.

Thanks vertigo becuase I thought that the serial maybe has got something to do with the lg/Samsung pannels btw I will just wait after a month becuase apple will set a major hardware (pannels) update to fix this issue :)

Links: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4048624?answerId=18754002022#18754002022

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/06/25/apple-reportedly-replacing-retina-macbook -pro-models-that-show-signs-of-screen-ghosting/

http://www.cultofmac.com/175871/retina-macbook-pro-shipping-delayed-by-up-to-a-m onth-report/

That's a good step from apple to look at thins biiiiggg thread about burn in (it know the most famous thread about more that 82 pages and more coming !!

Forgot to mention my replacement macbook has scuff marks to the right of the trackpad. I am not going to return it because it's a Samsung. What a curse, haha.. :|

Just went to the Apple store in Vegas, Fashion Show Mall. I tested 3 MPr and two were LG with the issue, one was a lot worse than the other and you could see individual text and other details within a few minutes. The other was not as bad, but you could still see lines from safari. The third one was a samsung and had no issues that I could tell. I wanted to see the difference between the two displays to confirm for myself that the samsung is brighter and has more color saturation. I found this to be true and definitely distinguishable side by side. Not as noticeable as I thought it would be though.

My replacement LG (that also has IR) has a scratch on the top, to the left of the Apple. AppleCare appeared more worried about the scratch than the IR, but it just made it that much easier to convince them to give me another replacement. Let's hope the third time is the charm!

Despite the IR and scratch, this Lg's white point seemed notably better than the last. It still wasn't as bright as the Samsungs on display in the store, but it was a step up from my first rMBP.

My three rMBPs are as bright as early 2011 MBP Hi-Res at 50% brightness, or equally as mid 2011 Macbook Air at around 40% brightness. These LG panels seem much dimmer.

These LG displays are all over the board. It's a shame Samsung copied Apple's designs and wound up in a legal battle, or we would probably have more Samsung displays and less problems

It seems there might be a few more problems with these, could everybody available do a simples test on both the SANSUNG AND LG displays. Just place a floating windows over the dark gray background and check for its shadows, check if you can see some color banding, like the one in the screen grab attached.