Can you do these screen tests?

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Can you do these screen tests?

I have recently bought this 13 inch late 2013 retina macbook pro and I am not at all satisfied with the screen, My 4 year old, cheap, low resolution LG monitor is much better in http://www.lagom.nl tests. Worst of all, this screen is like a mirror. In this test http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/black.php I can't distinguish number 5 and under squares with highest brightness and in a dark room. and in this test http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/contrast.php bar 1, is never visible. Please do these tests and mention your mac model. Thanks, in advance.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Jul 22, 2014 12:10 AM

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Answer 1

Melophage

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Jul 22, 2014 11:15 AM in response to Good User

Good User,

did you calibrate your MacBook Pro’s display using the instructions for Macs at lagom.nl before running those tests?

Since you’ve recently bought your MacBook Pro and you aren’t satisfied with its display, have you taken it back to where you bought it for a refund?

(For what it’s worth, I have an uncalibrated Mid 2010 model. I don’t have a dark room at the moment, so I can’t run the black test. On the contrast test, I can distinguish bar 1 on every row but the first. Whether that’s due to the display, the lack of calibration, or my eyesight would be another question.)

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Jul 23, 2014 6:28 AM in response to Melophage

If I change the gamma from 2.2 to 1.8 contrast and black test will improve, but won't become as good as my cheap lg display that I have, and at white test and gradient test will become a little worse, The best way to calibrate it to my knowledge up to now is to change gamma from 2.2 to 1.8.

Apparently this is a problem of most retina MacBooks.

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/fo...?topic=89884.0

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Answer 3

Melophage

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Jul 23, 2014 11:15 AM in response to Good User

Good User,

to complete my previous reply, on the black test, I could distinguish all but number 1.

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