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Have you tried popping the bezel off? Frequently BLB is caused by pressure from the bezel.

What panel does your AOC have? I saw three in a row that all had the same dark corner area.

Which screenshots? I see only two, and they don't really show it.

Anything like this? (Camera exaggerates things a bit but the stuff on the right-hand side is visible.) I don't notice the gradient to the left, but I keep seeing the "splotch" in the lower 1/3 of the right edge. I otherwise really enjoy this model, but easily visible artifacts annoy me. I...

The first one was pixel-perfect but arrived with three scratches on the bezel. The AG coating had a subtle streak that didn't affect viewing but that was visible with the unit powered off in bright light. I also noticed the lower corners (especially the lower right) were a little darker than...

The returns system asks why you're returning it. If you say it's defective, you then specify why and whether you want a replacement. The system then gives you a return label immediately, and the replacement shipment is handled by humans within an hour or so. If you just don't want it, then you...

Because bright 6500K CFL light is not pleasant at 2:00am! There is a middle ground, though, which is turning up SOME ambient light (at a color temperature appropriate for night time use) and dropping the monitor's color temperature to match it. I use f.lux to do this automatically, and it has...

There are three possibilities: 1) they got really lucky, 2) they measured it wrong, or 3) the sample was hand-picked. I tried three of them and all three had the exact same luminance and color pattern, all visible with the naked eye on a white screen, with varying amounts of max deviation (all...

I'm guessing you meant "not overly bright." It's not always clear how the colors are set on the monitors when these reviews measure luminance. Either they got a bad sample or they had the adjustments set funny. In user color mode 50/50/50 you'll get max brightness but a warmer than 6500K...

I've used Ultrasharps for many years at work and know the sparkle effect very well. I don't see ANY on this monitor. It's a very night AG. Being Samsung PLS it doesn't have crosshatching either. The panel is LTM270DL02 which is also used in the Viewsonic VP2770, PB278Q, QNIX QX2710, and Dell...

I considered low cost UHD but decided not to for the following reasons: TN panel, and after using cheap TN panels for years and I'd much prefer IPS Pixel density is too high to run at 1:1 comfortably OS X can run in 2x "retina" mode, and while the clarity would be breathtaking, it renders...

The minimum value on the VP2770 is an interesting data point. Thanks. How much darker the BL2710PT goes is a bit of a question for me right now. NCX measured 65, but it's not clear what the settings were with that measurement. Other reviews using Standard mode quoted values in the 40s, which...

For those with luminance meters: What are you measuring for minimum native panel luminance (in User mode with all channels 100%)? I seem to recall NCX getting 65 cd/m2. I have the AOC and am trying to figure out if the BenQ goes noticeably dimmer on the backlight control. If it's only 65...

I sit anywhere from 18" to 26" away depending on use. Over the past week I haven't set the brightness above zero, and in the evening, I have to reduce the contrast setting to reduce brightness to a level compatible with my room lighting. It's not a show-stopper, but for a new purchase it would...

I just tried this for you and can confirm that the audio-in does not function when using DisplayPort. I don't have a way to test with the other inputs. After trying it for a week there are two things that bug me: 1. The lower 1/3 at the right hand side is noticeably dark (see my post...

I have a Mac at home, unfortunately! It looked pretty interesting.

Audio Out works for me. It shows as a 48 kHz DAC over DisplayPort. I have my speakers connected to the Audio Out port. The sound coming from it seems slightly muffled compared to the audio output from my Mac, but that could be equalizer settings too. I wasn't particularly expecting dazzling...

Did you remove all the shipping tape from it? You just push down on the display. It will lower so that the bezel is about 1" from the desk.

Yep, same story here. I'm using DisplayPort to my Macbook using a cable I already had.

Thanks! Indeed it matches your description--1/4" or less. Just wanted to make sure mine wasn't in some way exceptionally bad. The Z24i's were pretty bad, and I might have tried a pair of those except all the retailers have raised their prices.

I just got this the other day. It's 100% backlight-bleed-free with no dead pixels and no noticeable tone shifts. It certainly doesn't seem low-end to me except maybe the OSD buttons are a little cheesy. One thing I noticed is that the lower left & right corners (1/4"x1/4" or so) are slightly...

I got mine through Amazon. They put it inside another box, which I much prefer to that old-hen store that ships monitors directly in the factory box.

The AOC I just received is pretty good. The OSD is a bit clunky, but the monitor is well-built. Mine has no backlight bleed whatsoever. I wouldn't be surprised if it uses the exact same PLS as the VP2770.

Just received my AOC Q2770PQU. Cosmetically it wasn't perfect--some tiny scratches in the bezel that mostly disappeared when I rubbed them (gotta be super close to see them), and a small imperfection in the AG coating that you can see from an angle on a black screen with a light shining on the...

B&H just raised it to $549, at least that's how it shows from here. (I'm always suspicious about the possibility of dynamic pricing.) I don't suppose anyone has used both the Benq BL2710PT AND the AOC Q2770PQU? Amazon has dropped the prices on all their 27" monitors now: BL2710PT for $599...

Would be great to see a comparison of the BL2710PT and the BL3200PT. I've been saving some Amazon points and will be visiting family in a state with no sales tax next week. With the 21" TN monitor I have now, I find myself hunching over frequently to read stuff on the screen. The pixel...

Google Shopping gives a pretty decent overview. r(a) kuten has it for 699. No experience with them though. My one experience with MacMall was that they aren't necessarily the cheapest, but their service is really good.

Cool! Are you running them in a dual configuration? I'm still debating whether to go for the BL2710PT or a dual 24" setup, and now the BL3200PT is in the mix!

This has really piqued my interest. It's down to $699 now. I wish there were a way to view monitors locally--unfortunately, the closest we have is Best Buy, and their entire selection consists of 1080p TN panels. :(

Thanks for pointing this out. Indeed it is BGR. Look at how strange the text looks. Looks like TFTCentral completely missed it and attributed it to the 1080p resolution (which doesn't help either). I just wrote to TFTCentral to give them the information. Seriously doubt it's a feature, but...

The two I had (with Samsung panels) were generally even except for severely dark corners. The panel ID is stamped into the panel itself just behind the bezel, which is easy to pop off. Where did you buy yours? I'm still torn between a single 27" or a pair of 24" monitors. The quality of the...

When I asked a well-known vendor about the two price levels, they said one was the "business" version (that comes with better support, I guess?) and the other is the "promo" version, but that they were supposedly the exact same product. I'm also aware of three different part suffixes on the...

I tried two Z24i's and both had dark lower corners (32% darker than the center). It was enough to be readily noticeable. That said, Macmall has them on sale right now for $229 after rebates.

As soon as I realized that information would not be forthcoming from Dell, and an adjustment for the Mac did not exist, I sent it back, because I value my time more than Dell does. I suspect Dell has outsourced the engineering to China or India, because anyone who tests the product would see...

Yeah, mine were both excessive. I'm not a graphics professional and I found it distracting. I could see dark blotches in my peripheral vision and from any angle, at any distance. The 32% darker was at any brightness setting. The first guy from HP even agreed with me, so he escalated the...

Have you considered setting the white point to a lower color temperature? I don't mean fiddling with the RGB on the monitor necessarily, but actually setting the white point to a lower value. On the Mac there is a utility called F.lux which adjusts the color temperature based on the time of...

I think it would be a great deal if it were priced similarly to the Dell U2412M around $280. Right now most vendors are asking at least $50 more. The two I tried were on sale and both had Samsung panels with dark lower conners. The current generation U2412M's are decent but have really...

You'd have to find someone on here who has had both, which is pretty unlikely right now because they are new products. And if you call HP, they will say something vacuous like "they are built to similar specifications." Supposedly they are all DC backlight and IPS, so they should be at least...

Some Macs have known issues driving lots of monitors through HDMI and DisplayPort (possibly because they use NVidia chips). If the EDID of the monitor says YPbPr color space is available, the Mac assumes it's a TV and puts out YPbPr color which results in poor contrast and washed-out colors...

Actually, I removed the bezel and read the Samsung part number off the panel itself! It was definitely Samsung. Thank you for the clarification though. So the -Q probably means Qisda was the sub-vendor and has nothing to do with the panel.