Strange mark on screen when darker colors appear over the area

Question

I just noticed this today. When I view an image with a black screen or darker shades of gray a weird white mark appears in front of the color. I realize this is most likely a problem ON the physical display. Basically, I'm wondering if this can be fixed and if it would be covered under warranty. You can see a picture of it here: http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d19/footballman2399/IMG_0001.jpg

Answer 1

If you are talking about that ghostly, banana-shaped crescent on the right side of the picture you linked, that looks like what happens when there is crush damage to an LCD's light spreader. I have seen that kind of pattern on notebook screens where people have accidentally dropped something on top of the closed lid, or else even accidentally stepped on the closed notebook getting out of bed or under a pile of newspapers or something like that. Or another scenario is putting it in a case and packing it into the trunk of a car and piling heavy things on top of it and taking a trip with the case packed like that.
Is the lid on the MBP dented from above in that area? If it's under warranty and shows no signs of external abuse, you might be able to get the LCD panel replaced by Apple for free under the assumption that it left the factory in that condition, e.g. a manufacturing defect. But more likely than not Apple will claim it is abuse and won't fix it under warranty. But you can always try.