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Q: MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

I first noticed this after my MBP [Retina] had gone to sleep, but: when returning to the login screen (since I have it set to require a password whenever the computer is idle long enough) I noticed what appeared to a very faint ghosting primarily noticeable on darker backgrounds.

 

After messing around with it a bit, there seems to be a fairly consistent in-display ghosting that occurs without much time at all; I was able to leave my screen on (a little above half-brightness) for about 10-15 minutes and the ghosted "burn" would be of the screen I left it on (which I deliberately reconfigured so that everything would be a new position).

 

Has anyone else experienced this? Is this a normal thing that I just have to get used to? It's not really noticeable at all in standard use.

MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012), Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Jun 16, 2012 10:30 PM

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I saw a genius today.  They ordered me up a new macbook due to the burn-in.  I may not see it for 3-4 weeks because I have a custom build, but I get to hang on to this one until then.

Posted on Jun 20, 2012 5:24 PM

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  • by lmaoragequit,

    lmaoragequit lmaoragequit Oct 11, 2012 10:29 AM in response to Canuck1970
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    Oct 11, 2012 10:29 AM in response to Canuck1970

    Hey, by the way, any news of Samsung screen repairs for rMBP in Canada? I'm from Calgary, took mine in today and I'll let you know when it's back.

  • by Dave Z,

    Dave Z Dave Z Oct 11, 2012 10:32 AM in response to lmaoragequit
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    Oct 11, 2012 10:32 AM in response to lmaoragequit

    I'm in Canada and picked my rMBP up this past Sunday. I received a Samsung (part number was 661-7171 on the repair order).

     

    Edit: I should add that I'm in Ontario.

  • by srhwang,

    srhwang srhwang Oct 11, 2012 10:37 AM in response to lmaoragequit
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    Oct 11, 2012 10:37 AM in response to lmaoragequit

    I picked up mine repaired a week ago with part number 661-7171 as the serial number for the part. Samsung.

     

    Vancouver here.

     

    It's too bad the screen seems a bit yellow and a bit pink at the same time.

     

    Looks like there are bands of yellow alternating with pink as well.

  • by lmaoragequit,

    lmaoragequit lmaoragequit Oct 11, 2012 10:44 AM in response to srhwang
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    Oct 11, 2012 10:44 AM in response to srhwang

    That is great news. Mine is as well. Thanks. Lets just hope my mac comes back with no scratches now...

  • by Canuck1970,

    Canuck1970 Canuck1970 Oct 11, 2012 10:49 AM in response to lmaoragequit
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    Oct 11, 2012 10:49 AM in response to lmaoragequit

    @lmaoragequit

     

    I had my LG screen replaced almost 3 weeks ago and received part # 661-7171, a Samsung screen.

    I'm in Vancouver.

     

  • by srhwang,

    srhwang srhwang Oct 11, 2012 10:50 AM in response to Canuck1970
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    Oct 11, 2012 10:50 AM in response to Canuck1970

    Anyone notice bands of yellow alternating with normal or pink on their Samsung display?

  • by Canuck1970,

    Canuck1970 Canuck1970 Oct 11, 2012 10:51 AM in response to srhwang
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    Oct 11, 2012 10:51 AM in response to srhwang

    srhwang wrote:

     

    I picked up mine repaired a week ago with part number 661-7171 as the serial number for the part. Samsung.

     

    Vancouver here.

     

    It's too bad the screen seems a bit yellow and a bit pink at the same time.

     

    Looks like there are bands of yellow alternating with pink as well.

    Get it calibrated properly. As far as I can tell, London Drugs currently (well, last week anyway) has the best (Canadian) price on the Spyder 4 Pro (better than NCIX).

  • by Canuck1970,

    Canuck1970 Canuck1970 Oct 11, 2012 10:52 AM in response to srhwang
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    Oct 11, 2012 10:52 AM in response to srhwang

    srhwang wrote:

     

    Anyone notice bands of yellow alternating with normal or pink on their Samsung display?

     

    Not me.

  • by srhwang,

    srhwang srhwang Oct 11, 2012 10:58 AM in response to Canuck1970
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    Oct 11, 2012 10:58 AM in response to Canuck1970

    Looks more like two light splotches that are most noticable at the bottom of the screen, or 3 gigantic dark splotches, more towards yellow.

  • by Motorcyclerider12,

    Motorcyclerider12 Motorcyclerider12 Oct 11, 2012 11:03 AM in response to Leoul
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    Oct 11, 2012 11:03 AM in response to Leoul

    They let me unbox it then run command.

  • by ColdDevil,

    ColdDevil ColdDevil Oct 11, 2012 11:04 AM in response to Canuck1970
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    Oct 11, 2012 11:04 AM in response to Canuck1970

    This is a great news! I brought mine to the Apple Store on wednesday and they ordered a #661-7171 replacement screen aswell. I really hope it is a Samsung panel! In about a week I know better...

     

    Of course the guy from the Apple Store told me that EVERY screen in the world ( ! ) has image-retention but it is not visible most of the time. I just accepted that statement and kept my thoughts to myself... I was just glad that he was very friendly and accepted the image-retention example I showed him as a reason to exchange the display.

  • by srhwang,

    srhwang srhwang Oct 11, 2012 11:07 AM in response to ColdDevil
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    Oct 11, 2012 11:07 AM in response to ColdDevil

    Further, is the viewing angle of everyone's Samsung this crappy?

     

    My screen is very yellow in the middle, but normal up top. But that changes when I tilt the screen back/ it becomes yellow up top when I do this.

  • by Canuck1970,

    Canuck1970 Canuck1970 Oct 11, 2012 11:08 AM in response to Motorcyclerider12
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    Oct 11, 2012 11:08 AM in response to Motorcyclerider12

    Motorcyclerider12 wrote:

     

    They let me unbox it then run command.

     

    And...?

  • by Motorcyclerider12,

    Motorcyclerider12 Motorcyclerider12 Oct 11, 2012 11:09 AM in response to Tadziak
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    Oct 11, 2012 11:09 AM in response to Tadziak
    Serial Number:
    Model:- MacBook Pro (Retina, Mid 2012)
    Codename:- No codename assigned.
    Build Country:- This unit was built in China
    Build Year:- This unit was built in the second half of 2012.
    Build Week- Week 11 (March) or week 38 (September)
    Production Nr.:- This unit was number 1366 to be built that week.

     

    Does anyone with newer build date have an LG and I just got lucky

  • by Motorcyclerider12,

    Motorcyclerider12 Motorcyclerider12 Oct 11, 2012 11:14 AM in response to Canuck1970
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    Oct 11, 2012 11:14 AM in response to Canuck1970

    My orginal post on page 313-

     

    I have hit the the LSNxxxxxx lottery ! I ordered my standard build Macbook earlier today for in store pick up. Then I starting reading about the LG problems and started worrying. When I got to the Apple store I ask if I could open it and check to see what display it had. They were completely fine with it. The guy that was helping me has heard of the LG issue.  But me being a long time PC user I was unable to correctly enter the terminal command and he wasn't much help. So I left and figured I had 14 days to return it. But when I got to work and finally was able to enter the command correctly there was the beautiful LSNxxxxxx. This is my MAC and I hope it doesn't let me down. I have always bought Dell and almost bought the new XPS 15. Dell has aways been great for me.

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