MacBook Pro Retina - LG vs. Samsung 2013 Model

Question

Hi, I was curious as to how to check whether a display was made by LG or Samsung. I've read extensive posts on this matter and everyone seems to say to input the following code unto the Terminal app: ioreg -lw0 | grep \"EDID\" | sed "/[^<]*</s///" | xxd -p -r | strings -6.
However, whenever I input it, nothing shows up. I am not sure if there was a new one that I would need to type in seeing as how the laptop that I am using is part of the new 2013 models. I called AppleCare and they seemed to be oblivious regarding this matter. The customer representative denied any claims, insisted that she had never heard of such things, and went as far as to say that her senior advisors were not aware of the issue either. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! I do not want to make a heavy investment on something that might malfunction somewhere down the road. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Yes, failure is a matter of probabilities. The QC studies manufacturers perform to assess these probabilities have much to do with the length of time they warrant their products, but more importantly assess the likely cost of repairs and losses over a give products expected lifetime. You can adjudge that by looking at the state MTBF stats the company can make available. Still the probabilities follow a normal curve which means some items may last longer than the MTBF and some will not. You are just as likely to get the one as the other - that being the nature of normal curves.
That a lawsuit is going on may have little or nothing to do with your question. Nor would "numerous" returns because what you buy may contain a different display - one unaffected by any problems should there actually be any problems.
Given this I would say you have all the answers to your question you are likely to find except for the MTBF data. That would be found at the display mfgr.'s website. You will need to know the model number of the display.