IMac screen looks yellow/orange from 45 degree angle

Question

Hi, yesterday I bought a 20" iMac 2.4 Ghz and the screen looks yellow/orange from a 45 degree viewing angle (as if looking through yellow glasses). I don't remember seeing this in the shop and am heading down this morning to check it out. Are other people seeing this too?

Answer 1

Tony McGrath wrote:
Well I dropped down to the shop and the 20" did have the yellow, but not as extreme or kick in as soon as mine. The 24" was almost normal, only a bit of yellow when almost at 90 degrees from the front.
I will have another look at the color calibration tonight but am not hopeful. This baby may be going back to the shop!
The 24" won't have the Yellow Tint that the 20" has, because the LCD panel used is a far superior panel to that in the 20".
However, what the 24" does appear to have though, is a left to right gradient issue, where the left hand side is really bright and the middle and right hand side of the screen tends to be darker, giving a white or light grey background a sort of Yellow tint to the screen. This is seen from sitting straight on and just turning the brightness down.
Most people say they can't see it, but so far, I have seen around 20 24" iMacs that all have this fault from various locations.
It's a shame really, because I really want to buy a new 24" iMac, but not with this faulty screen.
As for the 20", from the screens I have seen so far, they also have a fault, where the bottom of the panel tends to wash out the bright colours, such as can be seen on the docking bar. Just check these forums and you'll pick up the stories.