I'ts too bright in the room now to check, but IIRC from last night, both bleed and glow are uniform looking on my panel. What you describe sounds like bleed to me, but I'll take your word for it. The thing is, I spent this $$$ specifically for a glow-free experience (and reasonable bleed) as described by TFTCentral in their review. There is no justification for an Eizo price tag on a Dell bargain basement experience. I cannot imagine that my monitor's glow is remotely similar to the unit reviewed by TFTCentral, because that would mean all those other PLS/IPS monitors they compared it to (none of which I have seen in a darkened room) would be unusable for anything but a vending machine. LOL
I may wait to hear your RMA results before going down that path myself.
Concerning your first question, yes, absolute color accuracy requires calibration hardware that I don't have. However, with some experience, patience, and test images of known quality, you can visually detect and tune out the most abhorrent errors. Further/fine tuning won't have any perceivable effect on glow.
This is my first monitor that I've gone through the trouble to QA/QC once I received it, so it's possible I could be wrong r.e. glow vs. bleed. My understanding is glow will change in intensity based on your viewing angle, while bleed won't. If I'm right, then it's definitely glow. If I look at the corner head on the glow disappears, but if I move my head back to center of the screen the glow is back, mocking me for spending $800 on a monitor that performs as well as the $450 alternative.
I will keep everyone updated on how my RMA process shakes out. I didn't send the monitor out until the 20th as B&H was on vacation until the 19th. It's going UPS ground from Alaska to NY so it's going to take a bit to get there. I imagine I won't have my second panel until the first week of November.
NCX: I didn't check the manufacture date on the unit I'm exchanging, but I'll definitely do that when I receive the next panel.
On another topic, someone slap me for considering trying out a gaming TN panel. I've not owned a TN panel before, so I don't know how much of a big deal the viewing angle restrictions/lackluster colors will be versus the heavy glow I experience on most IPS panels, which is really jarring to me now. My experience with the EV2736W has made me notice that same nasty fucking bottom left glow on my FS2333, but it's harder to notice because of the drastically smaller screen size. I game exclusively on my PC and have a Samsung 8000 series Plasma tv for console games and media.