It's almost impossible to say that the majority of people with LG panels are unaffected because there has not been a single convincing report of an LG display without image persistence and we do not know the total number of units shipped. However, there have been numerous reports of a single person going through 7 LG panels, all with image persistence. That is very statistically significant. Why ? Because when it's the same person reporting on multiple displays the test conditions are controlled. There is no way that 7 LG panels in a row can be defective unless this is affecting all LG panels. You cannot make the argument that this is due to a bad batch because multiple people going through multiple LG panels have reported that all panels are defective. Thus we have sample points across both time and location.
The image persistence problem is not always obvious. If you don't have a solid grey background it is very difficult to see. The default blue galaxy background that Apple uses will mask the problem. This is the default background in Apple stores so people will not see it there (very smooth Apple). If you don't have a static image with high contrast you may not see the issue. I believe that the majority of people who do not report an issue with the LG panel have not looked closely enough. The knee jerk response to this will be, "if it's so hard to see then perhaps it's not a problem." Well, that depends on your application. I will be using this laptop for Photoshop and my wife, a radiologist, will be using it to look at MRI images. I'm pretty sure you don't want her reading scans of your potential brain tumor on a screen with image persistence. Even if you don't use a certain application where image persistence is an issue today it may be an issue for you 2 years from now. At that time it will be much more difficult to get Apple to address the issue. Ignoring the problem because it doesn't affect you today would not be prudent.
BTW, when a company starts to take the dreaded "within spec" stance it's all over. I had recently been dealing with autofocus issues with the Nikon D800E and swapped it three times without any luck. People have swapped their D800 8 times with no positive results. Sound familiar ? If any of you are into photography you should look into the forums discussing this. It's exactly parallels the forum here on image persistence. People make the exact same arguments and denials. Nikon has also taken the stance of within spec so wash their hands from any liability. There is talk that Apple corporate is telling retail to take the "within spec" stance. Don't expect that LG panels, after the 14 day return policy, will get repaired because "it's normal."
seank92 wrote:
just like people here have been saying " pretty much, if not all, LG screens are effected"
rrahimi wrote:
Majority of people don't have problems, even though we like to think that they just don't notice.
I like how you're basing that on exatly... nothing.
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