Current Results:
8 / 12 respondents observed retention (some extremely mild, some moderate, some severe)
Retention:
2 - 2014: Macmee, AfroUSA
5 - 2015: CWallace, mikeboss, IngerMan, Lunder89, allan.nyholm
1 - N/A: roadkill401
No Retention:
3 - 2015: maflynn, hfg, vddobrev
2 - N/A: merkinmuffley, roadkill401
Users with multiple iMacs with retention (not counted twice above):
Macmee, redheeler, mikeboss
Users with retention in their first unit but not in their second unit:
roadkill401
Preamble:
I've had 2 replacement screens in my 5k iMac due to image retention and I'm now on the third. It too is developing image retention. I'm getting the feeling that this problem extends beyond me and that I'm not just getting unlucky. I have reinstalled OSX 2 times throughout the ordeal to eliminate possibility of it being a software issue, and the certified repair dealer I took the mac in to signed off on the replacement panels after seeing evidence of the retention as well.
I've spent so much time dealing with apple over this issue, getting components replaced, and I've been without my (main) computer for about a month in total as this issue has been trying to be worked out.
What I want you to do:
It's simple really, and totally harmless to your display. I watched this 8 minute youtube video this morning in full screen on my rImac, and the ticker at the bottom of the video burnt into my screen in just 8 minutes, here are photos of the burn in:
annotated:
originals:
http://i.imgur.com/wDTQNbX.png
http://i.imgur.com/P9R1A02.png
So, I would greatly appreciate it if any kind individuals out there with a 5k imac could simply watch this entire (only 8 min) video in full screen:
link to the youtube video
and afterwards switch to this image in full screen:
link to the image you should fullscreen afterwards
and then look, particularly along the bottomish of the screen, to see if the CNN ticker got burned into your display
If you are really Awesome:
It would be totally kick a#% if you could also share with me what model, year and brightness level your iMac is set to as well - and regardless if you get retention or not - if you could share pictures after performing the steps about that would also be amazing!
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P.S. in the few minutes it took me to just write this ^ up, my browser window has burned into my screen!
original: https://s28.postimg.org/epuwc1xr1/IMG_0697.jpg
annotated: https://s28.postimg.org/goz4qqxal/xda.png
(I have no idea how well this comes through in my crappy images above, especially since it looks like imgur is compressing them, but I have average eye sight and I'm sitting about arms length away from my screen and I see the burn in quite clearly in person)
8 / 12 respondents observed retention (some extremely mild, some moderate, some severe)
Retention:
2 - 2014: Macmee, AfroUSA
5 - 2015: CWallace, mikeboss, IngerMan, Lunder89, allan.nyholm
1 - N/A: roadkill401
No Retention:
3 - 2015: maflynn, hfg, vddobrev
2 - N/A: merkinmuffley, roadkill401
Users with multiple iMacs with retention (not counted twice above):
Macmee, redheeler, mikeboss
Users with retention in their first unit but not in their second unit:
roadkill401
Preamble:
I've had 2 replacement screens in my 5k iMac due to image retention and I'm now on the third. It too is developing image retention. I'm getting the feeling that this problem extends beyond me and that I'm not just getting unlucky. I have reinstalled OSX 2 times throughout the ordeal to eliminate possibility of it being a software issue, and the certified repair dealer I took the mac in to signed off on the replacement panels after seeing evidence of the retention as well.
I've spent so much time dealing with apple over this issue, getting components replaced, and I've been without my (main) computer for about a month in total as this issue has been trying to be worked out.
What I want you to do:
It's simple really, and totally harmless to your display. I watched this 8 minute youtube video this morning in full screen on my rImac, and the ticker at the bottom of the video burnt into my screen in just 8 minutes, here are photos of the burn in:
annotated:
originals:
http://i.imgur.com/wDTQNbX.png
http://i.imgur.com/P9R1A02.png
So, I would greatly appreciate it if any kind individuals out there with a 5k imac could simply watch this entire (only 8 min) video in full screen:
link to the youtube video
and afterwards switch to this image in full screen:
link to the image you should fullscreen afterwards
and then look, particularly along the bottomish of the screen, to see if the CNN ticker got burned into your display
If you are really Awesome:
It would be totally kick a#% if you could also share with me what model, year and brightness level your iMac is set to as well - and regardless if you get retention or not - if you could share pictures after performing the steps about that would also be amazing!
--------
P.S. in the few minutes it took me to just write this ^ up, my browser window has burned into my screen!
original: https://s28.postimg.org/epuwc1xr1/IMG_0697.jpg
annotated: https://s28.postimg.org/goz4qqxal/xda.png
(I have no idea how well this comes through in my crappy images above, especially since it looks like imgur is compressing them, but I have average eye sight and I'm sitting about arms length away from my screen and I see the burn in quite clearly in person)
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