Screen burn-in/ghosting on MacBook Pro with Retina Display

Apple is aware of this issue per http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5455 Looks like it's expected behavior of the Retina display

If gosthing disappears fastly is not a problem. Regardless was is widely thought, ghosting is more a problem of CRT displays than LCD/LED/OLED displays. Then, be on the safe side with DMorgan06fl's advice.

Cheers

Simon

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wrong thread, sorry for the noise....

i have same problem there is an obvious screen burn-in/ghosting

Just got my second MBPR 13, and it cames again with the not welcome and clear "feature" of IR 😟

When I try to check for the display model with he command

ioreg -lw0 | grep "EDID" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6

I got this output

@.`0 6

Color LCD

Later I checked it in the colorSync utility

Manufacturer: 00000610

Model: 0000A020

Manufacture Date:CD238700

Not sure if its Samsung or LG, but honestly I dont care, I just want a not faulty display in my new expensive laptop.

Now Im thinking to return it again and Im really paste after waiting for almost a month to receive this second and also defective laptop (I bought it in the online store, 1TB, 16RAM, I7).

Should I return it again? Im thinking that even if the 14 days expires, since I have the waranty,they fix it anytime within the 3 years apple care waranty.

Should I play the lotery?

It may be "expected" but only because they've made a bunch of defective displays. Ghosting is absolutely not acceptable behavior.

See this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4034848

Is my screen ghosting ? Sorry for the terrible quality of the photo. I changed my screen to black so the shadow really shows. It's near the middle of the screen, kind of shaped like a gun... Is there anything I can do to make it go away ?

Yes, that is a pretty poor image you've got there...but what I think I see (and based on your description) it could be your keyboard imprinting on your screen. When your computer is closed there can be situations where the screen is pressed into the keyboard (smooshed together) and over time this can damage the protective cover on the screen or the actual screen itself. This happened to my MacBook Air.

i have a macbook Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013, and i tried to test for the burning screen thing by having an image of 2 people on the screen for 10 mins then switching to a completely white and a black screen and my screen was fine. i think mine has the new screen that doesn't get the burn, so i as relieved 🙂