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Backlight bleed - how prevalent?

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I've purchased two monitors this year - trying to replace an old 19" monitor that I am using. Both of those monitors suffered through - at least in my opinion - horrible backlight bleed. It's just really difficult to use. The 19" that I am using does not have any backlight bleed.

I'm wondering if I should return this second monitor and try a replacement. Is backlight bleed really this prevalent? Or am I just unlucky in picking monitors?

The monitors I have gotten are not expensive monitors - the current monitor is an HP 22yh that I got on sale at Office Depot. I don't really do anything that requires a high-end monitor. But a lot of what I do, is done with a black background screen - so maybe the backlight bleed is more pronounced for me.

I'm just wondering if returning this HP 22yh and getting a replacement will make any difference.
 

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It's called the lottery for a reason.

I doubt you'll get a "Perfect" panel, especially since you aren't paying high end price, but you may be able to get something that's not so pronounced so that it's at least usable.
 
Maybe I'm just spoiled, because this current 19" doesn't seem to show any backlight bleed. It's just got a couple of small chips on the screen - that for the most part I never notice. I got this current monitor at a yard sale, I never really intended to use it as my primary monitor.

I know taking pictures tends to pronounce the backlight bleed. I don't know if it's quite as bad as the picture I attached indicates, but it is mostly in the lower left corner there. That picture is also taken with brightness set to 0.

I'm just kind of torn between taking it back and trying a replacement or are they all going to be like this? I really didn't think they'd all be this bad.
 
The truth is that professional reviewers get 99% of the 1% of panels that are actually as good so every single product released ever is guaranteed that 5 star rating.

Then they take a big heaping crap on the actual humans who pay for their products.
 
Yea, I'm starting to think that they're all going to have it.

I may take this one back and try my luck with a replacement, but I don't really expect it to be completely clean. I just think this one is pretty bad... but the replacement may end up being worse.

I got to looking at this current 19" I am using, it's an LG W1952TQ. I'm wondering if it's LED. It seems to be a bit thicker. Maybe it's using something other than LED for the backlight? And maybe whatever it is using is less prone to backlight bleed? But I'm not sure if you can get anything other than LED backlit monitors now. I got this LG monitor at a yard sale a few years ago, paid $10 - really can't complain. Just it's got a couple of chips in the glass panel, not really noticeable, but I never imagined having this much trouble with backlight bleed on a replacement monitor - I just figured I'd get a new monitor and that would be the end of it. But I guess not.
 
Unless you spring for a high end professional monitor you are pretty much always going to have to deal with issues like this at some level, unfortunately. That being said there is someone selling an HP ZR30w in the FS/FT forum right now for $200 which is a smoking deal. The ZR30w was a top tier high end pro level 30" 2560x1600 monitor with good color calibration and everything, they were $1,200+ brand new. If I hadn't just replaced all my monitors I would probably buy it myself honestly.
 
You bought $80 monitors and this is what they look like. There isn’t much of a panel lottery in this price range, they will all be bad.
 
Yea, I just really don't need anything that big and just really don't want to spend that much money... but yea, I guess you get what you pay for.

I'd actually be fine with another 19" monitor, but I had trouble finding one that small.

I suppose my beef is, if this LG 19" is using a fluorescent backlight and no backlight bleed, then what's the benefit of LED backlights? Weighs less? Thinner? I don't know about you, but I'm not moving my monitor a whole lot. I mean, certainly better than a CRT monitor. But if this LG monitor is 10lbs, that's not that heavy. I'll take a heavier and thicker monitor, if it means less backlight bleed.
 
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