Hello,
I recently purchased a ROG PG279Q monitor from a local retailer, who was even kind enough to unpack the screen and set it up for me, so I could inspect it on site, before taking it home.
I am 100% sure that I took a good look at the monitor (which was connected via DP to a computer in their workshop, with the lights off in the room, black screen shown, 50% and then 25% brightness). I remember seeing only a barely noticeable spot / line of what I perceived as backlight bleed on the left edge, near the bottom corner. I watched in awe at what I considered a nearly perfect panel and happily bought it.
Fast forward a couple of weeks, the same spot is now exhibiting what I would consider noticeable backlight bleed, slightly yellow-ish in colour (did not look like this at all when I inspected it). Below is a picture with my Nexus 5x, using Open Camera (app that can be found on Google Play) with -2 EV exposure compensation, no ambient lights, about 1 - 1.2m away from the screen. Racing mode preset and 26 brightness:
I tried to make it look close to what I'm seeing, but it's still a bit exaggerated.
How come the backlight bleed didn't show up when I looked at the screen in the store?
Should I keep the screen anyway?
Thank you in advance.
Edit: Corrected a typo in the title.
I recently purchased a ROG PG279Q monitor from a local retailer, who was even kind enough to unpack the screen and set it up for me, so I could inspect it on site, before taking it home.
I am 100% sure that I took a good look at the monitor (which was connected via DP to a computer in their workshop, with the lights off in the room, black screen shown, 50% and then 25% brightness). I remember seeing only a barely noticeable spot / line of what I perceived as backlight bleed on the left edge, near the bottom corner. I watched in awe at what I considered a nearly perfect panel and happily bought it.
Fast forward a couple of weeks, the same spot is now exhibiting what I would consider noticeable backlight bleed, slightly yellow-ish in colour (did not look like this at all when I inspected it). Below is a picture with my Nexus 5x, using Open Camera (app that can be found on Google Play) with -2 EV exposure compensation, no ambient lights, about 1 - 1.2m away from the screen. Racing mode preset and 26 brightness:
I tried to make it look close to what I'm seeing, but it's still a bit exaggerated.
How come the backlight bleed didn't show up when I looked at the screen in the store?
Should I keep the screen anyway?
Thank you in advance.
Edit: Corrected a typo in the title.
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