I've never used a monitor at 1366x768, but I do own a LCM22W2 ($200 door-buster from black friday). Unfortunatelly, my monitor does suffer some backlight bleeding, and from what I've read it happens on pretty much all of them. It doesn't really bother me personally, but you should make sure that you see it in use before buying it.
Whether or not it is worth it is a highly subjective decision. Your best bet would be to ask your uncle if you could use the monitor for a few days to make sure that it is really what you want.
Sorry that I couldn't be more help.
-red