Backlight Bleeding unusually high on MBP LG Display?

[majordude]

So are you saying if I try and get a new one, I'll likely get the same bleed LG (or worse piss yellow samsung)?

Honestly, I have to think that the Macs in the pipeline are clean. They have had over a month to straighten things out.

Frankly, if I bought a MBP at an Apple store I'd open the dang thing there and keep going through boxes until I got one I liked. And I'd use AMEX. No doubt.

 

[mandoman]

Honestly, I have to think that the Macs in the pipeline are clean. They have had over a month to straighten things out.

Frankly, if I bought a MBP at an Apple store I'd open the dang thing there and keep going through boxes until I got one I liked. And I'd use AMEX. No doubt.

This is a brand new machine < week old! This rev of macs has been out for 3 months, they clearly do not have a handle yet on MBPs in the pipeline!

Wish I could have bought at Apple store, but I get a small discount buying
through my work employee discount and I wanted a 7200rpm CTO.

 

[majordude]

This is a brand new machine < week old! This rev of macs has been out for 3 months, they clearly do not have a handle yet on MBPs in the pipeline!

Wow. That blows. Send it back. That blows.

My first MBP had a bent bottom case. No sh*t.

I felt like a fool spending $3K... and the first three rat bastards on the Apple support line were telling me to send it to Apple Care for repair. Right...

If I wanted a REFIRB I would have bought a refirb! I wanted NEW!

Finally found a guy inside of Apple who felt my pain and did a swap... my guess is that he has been unemployed since helping me.

 

[mandoman]

I'll call apple tomorrow after sleeping on it. I'll see what they have to say.

Off to bed with pixels in my head!

Thanks for the feedback!

 

[mandoman]

Been playing phone tag with my Apple sales rep regarding this issue.
Meanwhile, I keep changing my mind whether I should keep this one or gamble on
a replacement.

What are other people doing about the backlight bleed?

 

[G. I.]

Wow looks like we current or future MBP buyers are between the dog and the lamppost all the time. Options: Samsung screen with darker, yellowish bottom or LG screen with white but light bleeding bottom. Dubya should nuke all these LCD manufacturing bastards!

 

[theman]

maybe all LED backlit screens have a bottom yellowing issue, so the LG panels are just flooded with light on the bottom to cover it up. or, i just don't know a single thing about how LCD screens work.

 

[xpovos]

Every MacBook Pro I've seen (including every single one of the ELEVEN I've owned in the last year---thanks for such great quality control, Apple!) has some backlight bleed (of greatly varying width and brightness) at the bottom of the screen. It is much less noticeable on some than on others, and it can range anywhere from a millimeter wide to a couple of inches. On some, it's just the lower corners of the screen, while on most it seems to be a band running the entire width of the screen on bottom. Even my current 17" SR, which I would classify as "perfect", isn't really perfect in this regard. In fact, if you look really (and I mean REALLY) closely, this one has TWO bands, both very thin, one right above the other and separated by a very thin darker band.

I guess the reason this doesn't bother me this time around is that it's not at all visible except on a completely white background, and even then it's hard to see if you're not looking for it. Even on black backgrounds (surprisingly), such as when watching a DVD, it's not visible. But I've had some units that bled through the entire bottom third of the screen.

 

[chelsel]

I've got the same thing... worried about it a bit... noticed that laptop heat seems to increase the effect... I primarily work with an external monitor so it doesn't bug me too much and when I'm working mobile the dock covers it.

Cliff.

 

[redrum42]

I also have this on my week 34 LG. However in my case it is not normal backlight bleeding, rather it is just increased brightness of backlight. As a result it is not at all visible on blackness, rather most visible on lighter colors.

I also think this could be deliberate tinkering on apple's part to disguise the bottom 1/3 yellowing. When I first got this screen it looked white to me although brighter towards the bottom. After using it alot I can now see that the yellow is still there, just washed out by the brighter light.

Anyone know where the backlights are situated on the mbp screens? Im guessing they use 2 on top and bottom.

(this screen is also brighter on the right hand side *sigh*, looks like ill never find a good quality display)

 

[mandoman]

Well I'm sending mine back for a new one. If the next
one isn't any better, I'm sending it back for a refund and waiting
for penryn.

Taking a gamble here, especially since my machine was perfect
otherwise except for that 1/4" narrow band of light at the bottom.