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    Is there something wrong with my LCD?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by dyancuevas, Apr 25, 2009.

  1. dyancuevas

    dyancuevas Notebook Enthusiast

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    I've had my 2.4ghz MacBook for a year now and I just realized something: its LCD has a yellowish tint to it. I've compared it with a 2.4ghz Blackbook with the same calibration and color profile, and still, mine has a warm, yellowish tint while the other has a cooler, bluish one. Which one is normal? Is mine normal? (Mine is a tad bit darker too, even at max brightness.)
     
    dyancuevas, Apr 25, 2009
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  2. SPEEDwithJJ

    SPEEDwithJJ NBR Super Idiot

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    From your description, both MacBooks definitely have screens made by different screen manufacturers. I'll think that what you're seeing is normal. The screen "coolness/warmness" varies between different screen manufacturers.
     
    SPEEDwithJJ, Apr 25, 2009
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    It doesn't matter whether your LCD's backlight is LCD or LED technology it gets dimmer over time. So it's normal for a heavily used LCD monitor to be dimmer than newer or less frequently used moniitors.

    Also, there's no perfectly calibrated monitor, at least the ones that you can buy. Different screen needs different calibration thus it's normal for different screens to output slightly different colors. There's no way to tell whether your LCD screen is "normal" as normal is a very loose term and different people have different "normal" standard.
     
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  4. Luke1708

    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    Do not worry, your lcd is perfextly normal.
     
    Luke1708, Apr 25, 2009
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