Is this amount of backlight bleed abnormal? Now with picture!

[viivo]

I bought an Asus 24" LED LCD monitor today and, this being my first LED backlit display, I was curious how much bleed is considered normal.

I tried to get a picture but I couldn't get anything that made it clear, so I'll try to describe it. First there's an extremely bright blue bar across the bottom, which I guess is normal, and that spreads at least an inch and a half up the screen all the way across. The left and right bottom corners also have bright blue dots in them, from which light fans out at least 2 inches. Along the right side is the most amount of bleed, starting at the bottom corners at around 1 inch out, then increasing as it gets toward the middle where it's at least 3 inches, then receding as it reaches the top left corner.

Thanks for any help. I want to make sure I get this returned in time if this is not normal.

Also, I've tried many brightness/contrast settings. They seem to have little effect. And something else I've noticed is that the bottom half of the screen is much brighter than the top half, despite viewing angle.


edit: Best picture I can get, taken at ISO800 to show all the light bleeding through a fullscreen black image.

 

[ViRGE]

That doesn't sound normal, but it's difficult to compare without pictures.

 

[zi0n.]

There is no way that is normal LOL.

 

[TurtleCrusher]

That doesn't look good at all. My Acer 22" TN doesn't even come close to that.

 

[ViRGE]

Yep, that's definitely not normal. Hopefully you won't have any problems getting it returned.

 

[gorcorps]

I recently bought an Acer 120Hz monitor (not LED) and the backlight bleed is awful. I don't know if it's a problem with my particular panel or the model entirely, as I've heard reports of no bleed and lots of bleed on the same set. I bought it refurbed at returning it outright seems to not be an option, but if it's just a warranty concern it might be worth dealing with.

 

[mfenn]

I'd expect some degree of backlight bleed from any LCD monitor, and moreso from a relatively lower-end TN panel. That being said, your picture looks pretty bad, so ASUS would probably accept an RMA for replacement.