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False alarm on the poor black level performance - was a driver issue - AMD/ATI drivers were defaulting to a large negative on the software brightness (no idea why).
Still had to replace the first one because of 2x bright pixels. The replacement today, however, has a dark pixel then a smudge...
looks fine on my 3014, cannot detect anything similar to what you're describing (although my 3014 is getting replaced tomorrow due to its 2 bright pixels and problems with black levels where anything darker than mid-gray just looks like flat darkest black (see tail end of...
Thanks xyzzs. May I ask what your brightness and contrast are set to, and whether you have done much in the way of adjustments to other settings? Sounding like mine is faulty, which is a relief.
Got my 3014 yesterday, previously had a 3008.
I've crossposted this on Dell forums, but if any of the 3014 owners could try these Black level benchmarks and compare with my results, i'd appreciate it - i don't know whether my unit is faulty, or whether this monitor just isn't for me.
on this...