Survey: Does your monitor have backlight bleed?

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Does your monitor have backlight bleed?

  • Yes, and it's bad

  • Yes, but it's not bad

  • No

  • It did, but I returned it for one that didn't


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Anubis

No Lifer
Aug 31, 2001
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Yes - dual shimian QH270s - its not that bad
Yes - Dual Asus VK266H - might be worse than the shimians
YES - dual 22in LG TNs - this was not as bad as the Asus or Shimian

basically ive never owned a LCD that did not have some amount of light bleed
 

AdamK47

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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One thing I really like about my DoubleSight 307W is the lack of discernible backlight bleed. I've seen some horrid bleeding with cheap TN displays in the past.
 

UaVaj

Golden Member
Nov 16, 2012
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here are my 3 asus vs239p-h. brightness 100. contrast. 80. dark room.

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now questions for the blacklight experts.
are they all acceptable? if so how do they compare in general?
should I exchange any? which one needs to go back?
 

rgallant

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Apr 14, 2007
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I get a bit off the ips glow on the bottom right hand corner only on a you tube full black screen , if I move my head to look directly at the corner it does not show ,
-never see it except in low trash you tube so who cares.
 

railven

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Mar 25, 2010
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Related question: anyone using an IPS or PLS panel noticed "IPS glow"? Since IPS panels are substantially brighter than TN, there's a phenomenon where corners can seem "lighter" due to IPS glow depending on your viewing angle, which is basically because the backlighting is so intensely bright on IPS panels (and like mentioned, much much much brighter than TN).

I think this is why many IPS panels opt for an aggressive (ie: very thick) anti glare coating, typically being much thicker than the AG present on most TN panels. To prevent the IPS glow phenomenon, I could be wrong though.

Oh is this what I'm experiencing? I have one of those Korean knock offs (Microcenter Auria 27Q something) and the bottom right corner is a tad brigher (making black look washed.) I thought it was Backlight bleed.

I know when I first setup the screen I tried a Dead Pixel test and literally burned my retinas from the intensity of the light. I had to tone down the brightness.

Interesting.

I'm not concerned with the small bottom right corner though.
 

Skurge

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Aug 17, 2009
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Related question: anyone using an IPS or PLS panel noticed "IPS glow"? Since IPS panels are substantially brighter than TN, there's a phenomenon where corners can seem "lighter" due to IPS glow depending on your viewing angle, which is basically because the backlighting is so intensely bright on IPS panels (and like mentioned, much much much brighter than TN).

I think this is why many IPS panels opt for an aggressive (ie: very thick) anti glare coating, typically being much thicker than the AG present on most TN panels. To prevent the IPS glow phenomenon, I could be wrong though.

That may be what I'm seeing. it across the entire display. It's hard to describe it. It's not backlight bleed like I'm used to on TN panels.
 

AdamK47

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Oh is this what I'm experiencing? I have one of those Korean knock offs (Microcenter Auria 27Q something) and the bottom right corner is a tad brigher (making black look washed.) I thought it was Backlight bleed.

I know when I first setup the screen I tried a Dead Pixel test and literally burned my retinas from the intensity of the light. I had to tone down the brightness.

Interesting.

I'm not concerned with the small bottom right corner though.

Literally. How long ago was that? Was the retina damage severe?
 

railven

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Mar 25, 2010
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Literally. How long ago was that? Was the retina damage severe?

Haha. Literally, temporary blindness (damn my pupils from having slow response time!)

Staring at a bright white screen burns its image into my vision for a good 4-5 minutes. Night driving is a pain in the ass, I tell you what.