Q: MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

I was under the impression LG was an up and coming consumer electronic firm, but they are actually Goldstar.  Darn marketing department got us again. ;)

Dont want to sound like an old man (i'm actually 29) but I very much long for the days (that i've heard about and not necessaril experienced but seen enough to give it some credibility) of REAL quality.

People replace appliances these days every few years via planned obsolence etc. I remember my grandparents used to have fridges and other appliances that were 10+ years old and still going strong versus complaints of recent stuff from LG or whatever other company that looked AWESOME compared to 10+ year old fridges but would develop issues within 2-3 years.

How as a society did we allow that to be ok?

I mean clearly profit driven manufacturers clued into the fact that there was less profit in making quality to last stuff than there was in making decent stuff that will last at least a few years but ultimately burn out.

U did well Sir, this is a well proof!

angelus512 wrote:

 

Dont want to sound like an old man (i'm actually 29) but I very much long for the days (that i've heard about and not necessaril experienced but seen enough to give it some credibility) of REAL quality.

 

People replace appliances these days every few years via planned obsolence etc. I remember my grandparents used to have fridges and other appliances that were 10+ years old and still going strong versus complaints of recent stuff from LG or whatever other company that looked AWESOME compared to 10+ year old fridges but would develop issues within 2-3 years.

 

How as a society did we allow that to be ok?

 

I mean clearly profit driven manufacturers clued into the fact that there was less profit in making quality to last stuff than there was in making decent stuff that will last at least a few years but ultimately burn out.

There could be a very long discussion on this topic. I do agree that things have changed, but some sort of balance still exists.

For example, I bought an Apple Laser printer (or HP LasterJet)  many years ago for $2,000. Sure, it lasted a long time and was built like a tank, but now you can get a laster printer for a maybe $200 or $300. The newer printer may break in a few years, but when you consider the overall cost/year, I'm not sure things are much different than they used to be. The lower price and shorter lifespan of devices has replaced higher prices and longer lifespans.

But I do agree that when paying top $ for an rMBP, you should be getting the "best of the best". And the biggest problem at the moment with the rMBP is that some are getting the "best of the best" (if they get a Samsung screen) and some are not (if the get an LG or some other brand I saw mentioned in this thread). That's the real shame with this current issue....the quality is random for the customer, which is why Apple better figure out how to clean up this mess, and the sooner the better.

I'm also experiencing graphical tearing. My rMBP is going back and they asked me to do a PRAM reset (god knows why but I did it anyways). Since that time rMBP has been slow to shutdown.

I also experience this (see image links attached).

I'm not sure if

A) Its a safari issue

B) PRAM reset nonsense related

C) this rMBP in particular.

This issue presents after lets say 6-8 hours of usage (variable) and the only way to fix is to restart the computer and your golden for another half day.

http://cl.ly/image/3Z3W1W1U2k1W

http://cl.ly/image/1G0u0s1E2d1Y

Every screen should be used for 200hrs before allowing long standing Images and this holds true to LCD as well.

Plasma no longer has burn in if you follow the directions

itsamacthing

I was under the impression LG was an up and coming consumer electronic firm, but they are actually Goldstar.  Darn marketing department got us again.

Per Wikipedia:

GoldStar was an electronics company established in 1958. The corporate name was changed to LG Electronics and LG Cable in 1995 after merging with Korean competitor Lucky. LG Cable was changed to LS Cable in 2005.

They come a very long way since then.

UnixToy

Every screen should be used for 200hrs before allowing long standing Images and this holds true to LCD as well.

Have any links to that aspect?

APPLE, you must get this lg disgusting loop to stop! People paid you a big amount of money to get sick of IR, IP, Ghosting, mera ,(white, green, blue spots) ………… bla bla MANY PROBLEMS and people return it more than 5 times and get this lg panel AGAIN!

Now this forum is 87 page of complains (mainly)

An update on my experience so far:

On my third replacement rMBP, again LG and again with IR, but now i have also noticed it has graphic tearing (currently using safari). I've only had it on for 20 minutes not even 6 to 8 like the previous poster.

I'm currently trying to sort another replacement, i called Apple on Tursday and after them refusing to do anything was put through to the store i bought it from, who emailed on my problem to store management, and guaranteed i would get a call to resolve this by 8pm - or if not first thing on Friday morning. I got no call, and despite ringing the store myself four times over Friday to be put through to management, i got no call back whatsoever. I shouldn't be calling Apple at their convenience to resolve this, their representative should be calling me back as a matter of urgency at my convenience!

I've had enough of this now, i've emailed Tim and i expect to hear from a much more senior Apple employee about the problems i have had. I'm not driving to the store anymore, spending anymore hours on the phone to Applecare or being left machineless interrupting my workflow again. Time for Apple to step up to the plate, sort out these shocking inconsitencies with LG garbage and provide us all with what we paid for!

salthustle wrote:

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I've had enough of this now, i've emailed Tim and i expect to hear from a much more senior Apple employee about the problems i have had. I'm not driving to the store anymore, spending anymore hours on the phone to Applecare or being left machineless interrupting my workflow again. Time for Apple to step up to the plate, sort out these shocking inconsitencies with LG garbage and provide us all with what we paid for!

that's really sad what your're experiencing. Anyway do you think Tim'll answer your email? Please let us know if that happens!

I doubt he will, but i would hope some one senior at Apple will at the very least respond to my concerns/complaint considering the time these faulty products have cost me!

Also, Apple, when will you join with nvidea to push out a proper driver (windows7/OSX) so all of these safari glitches and other to stop, they made this MacBook Pro retina in a hurry, no quality and all about faulty products!

I also agree with salsthustle

APPLE, SEND US ALL a official apologize (don't make your self that you don't know about this problem) and either you find another PERFECT panel provider other than vomiting lg and use Samsung panels with clean, quality products as you USED TO BE IN THE PAST!