First off, this is the monitor I bought:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009483
Okay so I was aware of the issue with light bleed on IPS monitors before I bought this one. This one seemed to have great reviews with people saying there was very minimal light bleed. In fact, it has almost unanimously positive reviews everywhere I looked, hence why I picked it.
I've owned an IPS monitor before this, but it was a Dell Ultrasharp U2410, so obviously a much much better monitor, and it has absolutely NO light bleed. Maybe that set my expectations a bit too high with a more budget IPS, but I'm a bit disappointed with the amount of light bleed on this thing.
Newegg will accept it as a return and send me a new one, but I'm a bit worried that I might get another one that will be even worse. I've taken some pictures to show what I mean. I used a DSLR, which is incredibly sensitive to light, so I tried to pick some pictures that didn't exaggerate the amount of visible light coming through.
Okay, now the very last picture I had the sensitivity on the camera turned up a bit, so even though it doesn't look that bad in person, it just shows that there's more light bleed around. The first 2 pictures are more accurate to what it looks like in person.
So am I being too picky about this, or should I RMA it to try and get a better one? Honestly, the monitor looks awesome otherwise, and I'm super happy with it. But when I'm playing dark games or watching dark movies, it is definitely noticeable.
TL;DR = Look at the pictures, should I RMA this or put up with it?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009483
Okay so I was aware of the issue with light bleed on IPS monitors before I bought this one. This one seemed to have great reviews with people saying there was very minimal light bleed. In fact, it has almost unanimously positive reviews everywhere I looked, hence why I picked it.
I've owned an IPS monitor before this, but it was a Dell Ultrasharp U2410, so obviously a much much better monitor, and it has absolutely NO light bleed. Maybe that set my expectations a bit too high with a more budget IPS, but I'm a bit disappointed with the amount of light bleed on this thing.
Newegg will accept it as a return and send me a new one, but I'm a bit worried that I might get another one that will be even worse. I've taken some pictures to show what I mean. I used a DSLR, which is incredibly sensitive to light, so I tried to pick some pictures that didn't exaggerate the amount of visible light coming through.
Okay, now the very last picture I had the sensitivity on the camera turned up a bit, so even though it doesn't look that bad in person, it just shows that there's more light bleed around. The first 2 pictures are more accurate to what it looks like in person.
So am I being too picky about this, or should I RMA it to try and get a better one? Honestly, the monitor looks awesome otherwise, and I'm super happy with it. But when I'm playing dark games or watching dark movies, it is definitely noticeable.
TL;DR = Look at the pictures, should I RMA this or put up with it?
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