DrAndyWright,
If you think all LCDs having IR is misleading, tell that to the Apple geniuses who said that to many posters here when they tried to return their Retina. I didn't said that, they did. BUT, technically speaking, every single LED-backlit display has to have some level of IR, since they use phosphors. The IR level depends on the phosphors used. So your reasearch is limited and you probably don't even know what to look for. I can post a number of scientific papers on the subject, but just google for LED/plasma phosphors, it should be enough. Anyway, I didn't bring this subject here, nor have I ever said all LCDs suffer form that and I please ask you to show where in ANY post of mine did you get this from?
Second, I have no idea why are you even telling ME about your other display and not being able to reproduce the IR on them?? At the same time you are saying that no other apple product matters to this discussion, really??? So, all the hundreds of posts of people comparing their Retina to their other LCDs and older Macbooks is trash?? Having no stanrd to compare the problem is good, you should just keep quite and ignore all the other displays EVER sold by Apple and simple CONCLUDE, out of nowhere, that SANSUNG is perfect, LG is trash.
What is this, trying to convince yourselves that IR has never been there before, eventhough it HAS CLEARLY been present on the IPAD3 displays, older Macbooks, both by Samsung and LG.
So checking the history of Samsung and LG panels is nothing more than being responsible and avoiding hurried conclusions such as: "If Apple made all future MBPrs with Samsung panels, this problem (and thread) would dissapear for this product."
If Sansung had to supply all of then, wouldn't we find the same problems we find in the samsung retina displays for the iPad, like leaking and IR??
I will repeat the question fo the FIRST POSTER (TOPIC CREATOR):
"Has anyone else experienced this? Is this a normal thing that I just have to get used to? "
How can you answer if it is normal, WITHOUT COMPARING to toher displays???
So again, if you are not a moderator or admin restrain yourself from trying to censor any sort of useful comment to the truly interested readers who want information about the whole problem instead of a simple defect propaganda to get what they want out of the people at the Apple Store.