Mines a 9C60 with no grainy and no banding!!! Then again, am I to judge with my glasses off or glass on? How can we all be sure that the 9C57 doesn't have grainy? Or my 9C60 is perfect with no grainy or color banding? My Samsung SyncMaster 204T shows color banding with some of those images, should I be worried and start a thread on Samsung support forums?
To me, my screen is beautiful. It shows my photos fine when browsing and when doing photo work. Maybe I am the lucky person out of thousands. Who knows and who cares!? Oh wait, you paid $3k for your laptop. Well, bummer for you then.
If you guys feel that you have been ripped off and Apple won't do anything, then file a classaction lawsuit. Do something about it other then complain. Just remember, I didn't see anything about LCD description on the brochure sitting next to the laptop. I guess the phrase, "you get what you pay for" applies. And if that means $3K for a LCD that isn't satisfactory, well tough.
I'm sorry for those that aren't happy with their purchase. Maybe instead of complaining here, take your complaints to Apple Inc. Customer Relations.