245T unevenness?

[wlachan]

So I have purchased a brand new Samsung 245T at great price to be used for Photoshop, calibration was fine with i1D2 and I love it, except, the left side appears quite a bit brighter than expected. When the middle is calibrated to 100cdm/s, the left edge is 104cdm/s and the right is 93cdm/s (surprise because when viewing at the centre, the right side appears brighter too). Anyway, I was wondering if my 245T is considered to be a lemon, or typical for budget LCDs? I want to try another 245T but the shop is not willing to exchange for another 245T, only refund or exchange for another model. Is 245T that bad?

 

[jaguarskx]

It's called backlight bleeding and it affects all LCD monitors to some degree, even the more expensive ones.

I have not seen any review of any LCD monitors whether calibrated or uncalibrated that has 100% uniform backlighting. It is a limitation of the technology.

If it really affects your Photoshop work then you might want to try another monitor which may or may not improve things.