Q: MacBook Pro Retina display burn-in?

No. I dont know if it is a samsung or lg

nlra wrote:

 

derbo904 wrote:

 

I have a base 15" rmbp late 2013.    

 

I was referring to your 15" quote about unable to use the terminal command, so I forgot to note the 15" base since the quote referred to non-discrete graphics 15".

 

Gotcha.  Since you were responding to someone with a 2012 15", I didn't want to assume that you had a non-discrete 2013 15" even though the discussion had chained off of my post.   I think it's pretty clear that both LCD manufacturers have come out with new or slightly tweaked displays for this next generation of rMBP, so comparing your display's model # to a 2012 machine is apples and oranges.  Whether or not the display manufacturers have actually managed to address any of the common problems from the older displays seems to still be in dispute.

 

I would imagine that all 2013 15" models, whether non-discrete or discrete, use the same displays.  So the way to figure out what display you have is to observe what A022 maps to on a discrete 15" rMBP with that same display model, by using the command-line technique to get the actual manufacturer's model #.

 

-- Nathan

Nathan,

I completely agree with you. Just waiting for one of the 2013 guys with a 15" who knows their display to chime in here and see what model number they have.

kenosecon wrote:

 

I have same problem  ;( my warranty expired 2 weeks ago. what are my options? I went to geinus and they charge me 400$ for the repair macbookpro 15" mid 2012.

 

I travel a lot so I couldn't go to apple store earlier.

Do we know if anyone has gotten a free replacement for their image retention display past the 1 year warranty period without AppleCare?

Hey kenosecon, I hope you don't pay 400 dollars and then get another display that has other problems like yellow gradients or yellow tinting or stuck pixels or muras. Buying an Apple product is like buying a box of chocolates...

kenosecon wrote:

 

I have same problem  ;( my warranty expired 2 weeks ago. what are my options? I went to geinus and they charge me 400$ for the repair macbookpro 15" mid 2012.

 

I travel a lot so I couldn't go to apple store earlier.

If it were me I would keep calling AppleCare.  One time I was out of warranty for an issue that exited while it was in warranty.  I called after it was a couple months too late and they told me if I had kept calling and left a history on the account they might have been able to do something.  You need to create a persistent history of calls and complaints.  I'd call AppleCare every week and eventually push to talk to a suervisor.  If they see a consistent call history they *might* be willing to work with you.  2 weeks isn't long and Apple is flexible to a certain degree.  They'll look at the date of the first visit and determine if they should honor a repair.

Hey everybody, because I am following this thread since March and got a lot of useful information, I feel obligated to give a short report back. The IR problems kept me from buying a new machine since the new Pros came out last year. As a computer scientist, I am basically working all day long on my computer (reading, writing, programming, ...) and, thus, I need a perfect machine.

After the launch of the Haswell Pros, I decided to replace my white Macbook. The white Macbook was 24/7 in use for 4 years and I never had any problems (thanks Apple, never had such a notebook!!). However, I was afraid of getting a machine with defective display. For my new 15" 2.3 GHz 16GB 512GB Macbook, I can state after intensive testing, that it is as perfect as my white Macbook was. The display has absolutely no IR or yellow regions. Even the pre-configured color profile looks great. Of course, I determined the manufacture of the display. Here it is:

Color LCD

LSN154YL01-A01

I think, this is a revised Samsung. It would be nice to hear from others, if their revised Samsungs are as great as mine. I am also interested, if the revised LGs are IR-free. Many friends of mine ask me which notebook to buy. If the old game, Samsung is a winner and LG a looser is still true, I cannot recommend the new Pro to my friends because likely they are not as lucky as I.

I am following this thread since I returned my mid 2012 base model retina macbook pro due to the IR defect on it's LG manufactured display.

Now, I really would like to know is that new late 2013 retina macbook pro displays IR-free or not, cause im planning on buying an late 2013 macbook retina pro if these new displays has no defects..

Any replies will be appreciated.

15" 2.3 GHz / 16GB:

LSN154YL01-A01

Manufacturer: 610

Model: A022

My first unit was also a Samsung display, but the display was hazy and had noticeably warm area in the left lower quarter. This replacement's display is very good and with calibration is exceptional.

I've looked at other Haswell 15" units purchased by friends and have anecdotally noted that the LG displays are dimmer, lower contrast and tend to natively be cooler. Uniformity issues are noticeable among the Samsung display. However, side-by-side, a good Samsung display (mine) truly outshines the best LG display I've seen.

Thanks for the reply juzzinator,

Looks like I have a samsung one based on your model number

After a year, I bought the Haswell one.

15" 2.3 GHz 16GB 512GB

I had to install Xcode to see "LSN....."

Beautiful display.

Beautiful machine (even if too pricey.. At least in Italy)

Vincenzo

Late 2013 13" rMBP

2.4 Ghz i5/8GB/256GB

Manufacturer: 00000610

Model: 0000A018

Do you exhibit IR hanpil ?

Thanks for the reply.

It still seems quite risky to buy late 2013 retina macbook pro, cause if there is still LG displays out there, it means there might be still IR defect on these displays.

I definitely would not want to buy a lottery retina macbook pro which may cause me trouble like the last retina macbook pro I bought and then refunded after.

I "WANT" to buy one...but man the display thing has me worried of course. Funny thing is though I have my laptop hooked up to an external monitor like 90% of the time so I don't think the IR would bother me because I'd only have to possibly deal with it 10% of the time...

I'm almost now considering buying the Mac Pro and then getting an 13" air for portability and then just remote into my Pro.

Wish we had some more feedback from people on these "RETINA" displays on the latest MacBook Pro refresh from this month.

I've been using my new Haswell machine with the LG panel for the past weekend and still haven't had any signs of IR despite having windows/UI elements stuck in the same positions for very long periods of time.  And that's using fullscreen mode in Photoshop where you can blank out the entire screen to any color/pattern you want to easily catch any IR.

It seems that the only people posting that have received LG panels are new retina owners like me.  I think until a previous LG retina owner gets a new retina w/ a LG panel to compare, then this issue can be put to rest.

From reading through a good chunk of the most recent posts, it seems that the IR evident on the previous LG panels is easily triggered.

With a thread this huge and so many repairs/replacements occuring, it would be unlikely for Apple to not to try address this in the latest revision.  They've done similar things in the past where they silently fix/address a problem in the next revision of a product and never publicly state there was a problem to begin with.  They did that with the first 12" Powerbooks which overheated to the point they warped cases, and in the 2nd revision redesigned the thermal cooling, and some other examples that I experienced myself, but don't recall at the moment.

Just a FYI.

I picked up on Friday a 15", 2.6, 16gb, 1tb ssd.

Here is the display info.

LSN154YL01-A01

DLM337202RZFF0PAN

Best Regards