MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

My MBPR had the problem,used LG IPS.Today i went to genius bar and changed the screen,the new one was still LG screen,but it is OK!No burn-in

That's great, let us know again in 15 and then 30 days. Really hope your woes are over! :)

Please reply fast on : Do you know if the middle east (Dubai, UAE) can replace my rmbp with a new one or repar it with apple care like you guys have in the US/CA and Europe?,

Becuase I want to know fast so I could take a dissision

Have you checked with Apple Care? I think you should call them and find out those details.

Btw... Apple support in Dubai 8000 444 0407 - pretty easy to find on google

kobestarr wrote:

Last night was the first that i had to use my rMBP

It is a custom build 16/2.7/512 and my heart sank when i went to the terminal to find it was a LG screen

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I have done the checkerboard test though and cannot see any traces of IR

should i carry on checking to hope they "fail"

Cheers

Kobestarr,

my 2.6/16/512 arrived yesterday, and my heart also sank when I saw it had an LG screen! But I don't seem to have any IR as of yet. I'm a little disappointed by the yellow tinge to the screen however, and I can't seem to get a good calibration manually either. This alone is making me think about a return while I still can.

Just wondering from people in general who have received LG LP154WT1-SJA1 screens - are you returning them anyway? I am still thinking that a Samsung screen sounds superior colour-wise, and even if I haven't got IR (yet!) I still would prefer a samsung (for photo editing), and for longer-term pice of mind.

I could just get a full refund on this one and wait. But do we know when Apple are likely to finally sort this out i.e. admit there is a problem, and use ONE screen which works for everyone, instead of this ridiculous lottery?!

Hello all,

I got my screen replaced yesterday. As per my previous posts, I had an LG screen with image retention (after five minutes top, and very obvious):

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My 2nd display, I discovered, is also an LG alas, same bloody numbers and all... :-(

(manufacture date: C9CE8C80)

HAVING SAID THAT, it appears *not* to suffer from image retention! I tested on three different occasions so far with a chessboard background and a dark grey desktop. I tested for 5, 10, and 15 minutes twice yesterday, then 5, 10, 15, 30 minutes this morning.

No IR so far...

Screen appears a bit on the warm side (yellowish) just like my first one, compared to my Apple Cinema Display which appears more on the cool side (blueish). Any of you kind gentlefolks can suggest useful tips to easily calibrate the display? I am not very familiar with the calibration procedure.

LG can screens have yellowish displays...sometimes poor brightness, blowout colors, and other qualities that are hard to live with when you own other macs with bright, crisp, and colorful displays. Don't waste your time with calibrations, you gain one thing and loose another. The default Apple calibration is the best one

Btw... Hope your IR is gone for good.

Which is pretty 'ironic' since the Apple Cinema displays use LG panels, and only LG panels 😉

itsamacthing wrote:

LG can screens have yellowish displays...sometimes poor brightness, blowout colors, and other qualities that are hard to live with when you own other macs with bright, crisp, and colorful displays. Don't waste your time with calibrations, you gain one thing and loose another. The default Apple calibration is the best one

bjiibj,

Thanks for your reply. I actually did some tessts using a few 8-bit gradients and the monitor DOES look like it is only a 6-bit IPS that replicates the 8-bit colors through dithering. Color banding is quite bad even when editing 8-bit images or videos. Increasing the the color range (sRGB Gamut) without incireasing the bit depth is QUITE a disappointment with Apple. I am going to make a few tests with the Sansung display in the store, but I also think it is a simple 6-bit IPS as well.

Not only that, I hear LG was the first supplier os Retina Displays for the mobile devices. My old Macbooks Pro are al LG and work fine.

I have to say this again, but the IR problem can't be replicate in the Boot Screen or in the Recovery Mode, there is some issue with the display configuration. Leave the chessboard on your screen for 10 or 15 minutes, check the gray background, you will see the IR. Immediately restart, you won't see ANY IR on the boot screen. You can also play with the background in the recovery mode using the terminal window, no IR at all there.

I hate all of this... Just wish these monitors were working correctly :(

Truth is, Apple today is far form the great and old "Made in USA" Apple!

High-Death wrote:

I have to say this again, but the IR problem can't be replicate in the Boot Screen or in the Recovery Mode, there is some issue with the display configuration. Leave the chessboard on your screen for 10 or 15 minutes, check the gray background, you will see the IR. Immediately restart, you won't see ANY IR on the boot screen. You can also play with the background in the recovery mode using the terminal window, no IR at all there.

That is very different for me, i can replicate it almost anywhere even on Windows 7 bootcamp. I even turn it off for 5 minutes and when i turn it back on it still there, just lighter. I even replicate it in the bar to show the "geniuses", without the checkerboard test, and they agree that it is a problem, but all they can do is tell me to wait for the "Firmware" update which is totally BS.