Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Uneven color on glossy LED screen

powerocool

powerocool

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Jun 5, 2007
437
408
For those who got their new LED MBP:

Does anybody notice that the top half of the screen displays the correct color while the bottom half has a little yellowish tint. This does not happen on my 1st gen. MBP.

To test, make a screen shot of your dock icons using "Apple + Shift + 4" keys. Then open the file up and move it to the middle or top of the screen. Do you see a difference in color? I'm not talking about darkness as I understand it's normal to have a little difference in brightness from top to bottom on laptop screens.
 
powerocool said:
For those who got their new LED MBP:

Does anybody notice that the top half of the screen displays the correct color while the bottom half has a little yellowish tint. This does not happen on my 1st gen. MBP.

To test, make a screen shot of your dock icons using "Apple + Shift + 4" keys. Then open the file up and move it to the middle or top of the screen. Do you see a difference in color? I'm not talking about darkness as I understand it's normal to have a little difference in brightness from top to bottom on laptop screens.
Click to expand...

I hope this is not the beginning of a general problem....so everybody who doesn't have this issue please step forward quickly!
 
powerocool said:
For those who got their new LED MBP:

Does anybody notice that the top half of the screen displays the correct color while the bottom half has a little yellowish tint. This does not happen on my 1st gen. MBP.

To test, make a screen shot of your dock icons using "Apple + Shift + 4" keys. Then open the file up and move it to the middle or top of the screen. Do you see a difference in color? I'm not talking about darkness as I understand it's normal to have a little difference in brightness from top to bottom on laptop screens.
Click to expand...

Not on mine, nope. I do notice that sense of gray or yellow tint you refer to--and it's highly subjective--has everything to do with the angle you're viewing the screen from. It's impossible to look at the entire screen simultaneously straight on, and as you move your eyes/head around, that sense of yellow-gray tinting changes.

The bottom of my screen seems a fraction brighter than the top, but I wonder if your eyes might not be mistranslating that brightness as "yellowish" tint.
 
mattpeckham said:
Not on mine, nope. I do notice that sense of gray or yellow tint you refer to--and it's highly subjective--has everything to do with the angle you're viewing the screen from. It's impossible to look at the entire screen simultaneously straight on, and as you move your eyes/head around, that sense of yellow-gray tinting changes.

The bottom of my screen seems a fraction brighter than the top, but I wonder if your eyes might not be mistranslating that brightness as "yellowish" tint.
Click to expand...

So, in other words, viewing angles have not improved at all? As for yellowishness, have you calibrated or are you using the default ColorLCD profile?
 
Kasper Winding said:
Are we talking glossy or matte?
Click to expand...

I have the glossy one.

mattpeckham said:
The bottom of my screen seems a fraction brighter than the top, but I wonder if your eyes might not be mistranslating that brightness as "yellowish" tint.
Click to expand...

Hmm, a little odd mine is somehow a little darker half way to the bottom. That's where it has the tint. All my other laptops have image appear a little darker on top and lighter on the bottom.

Ok, it might be just mine. I guess I'll just take a look at the ones in store once they have them on display.
 
I'm surprised iW00t hasn't responded to this thread yet. :p
 
For what it's worth, when I went to my local Apple Store to check out the new MBP's, I looked for this issue. They only had a matte screen one though, but I can say at least the matte version didn't exhibit this issue.
 
PDE said:
So, in other words, viewing angles have not improved at all? As for yellowishness, have you calibrated or are you using the default ColorLCD profile?
Click to expand...
Viewing angels according to LG is 120/110 degrees.. So very likely that the weird colors come from that.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back