Q: MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

It's really starting to make me regret my purchase reading all these problem threads on the new rmbp.  Very low chance of receiving a decent screen whether bad color or image retention etc...  Creaky builds...  Poor battery life in mountain lion...  I JUST ordered my first one last week, wont even deliver until later this week (week 35 build based on my serial #) and im already expecting to be disappointed.  The worst thing about all this was i opted to go for the base pro retina because it was only a few hundred dollars more than an equally optioned 13" air, which i read pages and pages of what now seem to be the same issues i may have to deal with anyways.  This was supposed to be my grand return to the mac world and now im worried i will be spending my first 2 weeks making regular visits to my local apple store until i just give up and get a refund to wait even longer.

As a casual user, with normal basic computing needs, occasional imovie use (maybe future final cut pro use), and non-professional photoshop use as a hobby, those with this ir issue, how badly will my experience truly be affected if i end up with an LG screen?  I will not accept a screen with color issues, or battery life problems.  Im curious if the ir is only really noticeable when certain conditions are met, or if this will truly affect me going from one image to the next when using photoshop.  I really dont want to paint myself into a corner mentally and give up on the machine before it even arrives, but reading threads like this really aren't helping my morale over the situation...  The whole "samsung is better" doesnt bother me, but if normal usage with a normal background image being operated by a normal user my experience will clearly be affected is what will bother me.

I'm wondering if your onto something with apple not using Samsung displays as their production has been caught up.

I got a Samsung first go

Production week: 30 (July)

wonder if anyone has reported getting a samsung lately

So, my third mbpr has samsung display without IR, good luck for everyone

Good news, when did you get it, what build week is it?

what week was your mbpr manufactured?

Yes, please share your build week info, thanks.

JMike50 wrote:

 

Perhaps you didn't see it but I have already responded to your question. You will need the serial number of your machine. Input your serial number into the web address below:

 

http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html

 

The web site will give you the year and week of the manufacturing date but not the specific day.

 

Hope this helps.

My second rMBP has been dispatched, due to arrive in a week. I have the serial number in the invoice so I checked it out on http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html, since last time I used a different site:

http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com

I was curious to see what the chipmunk site tells you too. But a word of caution... the 2 sites gave me different information re build date and also the specs of the machine. In my opinion you are better using http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com since this had the correct specs for the machine I have ordered. The chipmuck site got the RAM and processor details wrong.

I tried the entire day to reproduce the IR and failed with my LG panel (ran the checkerboard test at least three times over at 15 minutes). I could not see ANY IR after these three tests (I did see IR in earlier tests).

So I was happy enough and started to use the Macbook again for programming (Xcode and Eclipse in Ubuntu through VmWare).

After just a few minutes IR appeared and the outline of Eclipse was clearly visible. The only thing that changed is that I enabled Wifi and disconnected the USB ethernet adapter and external USB3 harddisk (so I could work in front of the TV ;-)

I'm in no mood of testing any further. I've requested a refund (and hope I'll get it because my first MBPr was 6 wks old; this replacement is only 4 days old now).

Benji_EOD wrote:

 

I'm wondering if your onto something with apple not using Samsung displays as their production has been caught up.

 

I got a Samsung first go

 

Production week: 30 (July)

 

 

wonder if anyone has reported getting a samsung lately

I've also wondered this. It's quite conceivable that no more Samsung screens are being used, which would explain the very high rate of replacement LGs. If so, this REALLY *****. I just wish we knew, cos I would stop wasting my time and accept I'm not going to get a rMBP, if I knew I was never gonna get a good screen.

Will be interesting to see what the 13" has in store... I really wanted 15", but I reckon I'd be willing to wait for a 13" if it has a perfect Samsung screen (though I'm not holding any hopes for anything anymore!)

Mine is production week 35.  Anyone else have this same week? Mine is to arrive this week.

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Mine - 35th week - LG with Image Retention.

Is it really bad? Really obvious? ...

yougameplay.com wrote:

 

Is it really bad? Really obvious? ...

Well, judge it for yourself - this is after around 15 min of main Google page (sorry for the photo inversion).

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