blipoids Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 Hi everyone, just got my 20 incher a week before! Everything's great except for some blemishes on the screen -it appears as though the luminosity is not even even. You can take a look at the picture attached below: Has anyone ever experienced similar issues with their displays? If so, would they be so kind as to post pictures, or write about how they dealt with it? Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3mur Posted April 25, 2007 Share Posted April 25, 2007 does it do that on all dvd's you play? i mean that can easily be the video itself.. does it do that when you launch front row? i've never had that problem on my 17" imac or 24" ... call apple.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blipoids Posted April 25, 2007 Author Share Posted April 25, 2007 It is the display itself... It is most visible even in front row - i only have it for a week, so i'm a little frightened. The store where i got it is located some 700miles away from my current location - and even if i was closer i still have a lot of work to accomplish on it. Just try it in dim, almost no light and with a black background ! As you can see my left side is gravely affected -> makes watching movies a horrible experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbreaker Posted April 26, 2007 Share Posted April 26, 2007 This is pretty normal, although it's not desired. I have two 23" HP L2335 monitors, which use the same LCD panel (LG) as the 23" Apple display. Both of them exhibit the same issue - one worse then the other. It's only visible when the screen is black or dark (like when playing movies.) I did have one replaced because of the problem although the new one wasn't all that much better. In the end, I got used to it, and it's not a huge issue - the displays have an excellent response time but the black levels aren't fantastic and there's the same issue as you have. The display itself will be fine and it probably won't get any worse, and will work for years like it is. It's not the sign of impending failure; just a defect in the LCD or backlight (I'm not sure which.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blipoids Posted April 26, 2007 Author Share Posted April 26, 2007 You make a strong point! I don't know if you realise this, but... If I were a person who could afford not one, but TWO 23" lcds I wouldn't have made that much of a big deal out of it... But I paid, what is considered in my country: "a great deal of money on my iMac", and from what I got so far this seems like a pretty rare issue (on iMacs atleast). So then I ask: why should I allow myself to get used to it? Buying hardware shouldn't be like playing the lottery - myself beeing one of those people who never won anything - and hardware companies, and manufacturers -by their brand- should supposedly offer guarantee that all their systems are within specs. And a brand name like Apple should probably know that better than others. So as far as I'm concerned I'll probably have mine 'checked'...though I'm now having big fears, because it was bought some 600 miles away from my current location, and I won't be able to do so `till summer - so I hope they'll be respectfull and honorable with me. PS : the blemishes are actually more stringent than they look - so run a little levels over my pic to get a better idea - as I said: it makes watching movies horrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blipoids Posted May 4, 2007 Author Share Posted May 4, 2007 Just got my second iMac (same model, specs) with the exact same problems ( This is just sad............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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