Image retention problems on Macbook Pro Retina laptops

[nfbs]

I am doing research as I am considering getting a Macbook Pro Retina but getting scared off as some people are reporting image retention after 3 minutes.
Do the local stores replace laptops that have image retention problems?

I also read the problem is mainly on the LG displays and you can check on your MBPR what display manufacturer you have by running a terminal command

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

Model numbers beginning with "LP" indicate an LG display while model number beginning with "LSN" correspond to Samsung displays

Anyone have feedback wrt image retention?

 

[Space_Chief]

I am doing research as I am considering getting a Macbook Pro Retina but getting scared off as some people are reporting image retention after 3 minutes.
Do the local stores replace laptops that have image retention problems?

I also read the problem is mainly on the LG displays and you can check on your MBPR what display manufacturer you have by running a terminal command

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

Model numbers beginning with "LP" indicate an LG display while model number beginning with "LSN" correspond to Samsung displays

Anyone have feedback wrt image retention?

I have a Samsung display and no image retention.

 

[Maverick Jester]

So much for higher quality controls hey...

Is there no fix for this? A form of LCD conditioning perhaps?

 

[Space_Chief]

So much for higher quality controls hey...

Is there no fix for this? A form of LCD conditioning perhaps?

Well, I don't know if Apple has such extreme superior quality controls. But even Sony Vaios suck - I have a top of a range Vaio TZ (several years old) - hinge broke, keyboard malfunctioned = fixed both with self imported parts, and now carbon fiber cover is coming apart. It was used very little. By contrast Panasonic machine just works despite heavy abuse. Nothing broken yet.

So when buying rMBP make sure you get the Samsung model not LG. I think all Samsung displays work 100%.

 

[Maverick Jester]

Well, I don't know if Apple has such extreme superior quality controls. But even Sony Vaios suck - I have a top of a range Vaio TZ (several years old) - hinge broke, keyboard malfunctioned = fixed both with self imported parts, and now carbon fiber cover is coming apart. It was used very little. By contrast Panasonic machine just works despite heavy abuse. Nothing broken yet.

So when buying rMBP make sure you get the Samsung model not LG. I think all Samsung displays work 100%.

You would just expect Apple to have higher quality standards, given the premium they charge for their machines. And it seems that the issue is not completely isolated to the LG panel- according to this link, it appears on the Samsung panel as well.

A bit disappointing to say the least. The rMBP is a beautiful machine.

 

[Space_Chief]

You would just expect Apple to have higher quality standards, given the premium they charge for their machines. And it seems that the issue is not completely isolated to the LG panel- according to this link, it appears on the Samsung panel as well.

A bit disappointing to say the least. The rMBP is a beautiful machine.

OK, it's not on my 5 month old machine though.

Still LG is more likely to have it, so choose SS rather.

Apple probably has higher than average QC but now that they're becoming more of a consumer company and no longer making computers for "professionals" - they're less strict.

 

[Gambit]

My MBPr has a samsung screen and I haven't experienced any ghosting. Disabled screen saver and had the same image on the screen for an hour and thankfully could not reproduce.