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Is anyone just living with backlight bleed?
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I have a tiny, tiny bit of bleeding but I only notice it in a dark room with the screen on full brightness and a dark background on the screen. Ie, I'll never notice under normal usage. Absolute non-issue.
Personally, if I got a screen that showed backlight bleeding in normal use, I'd consider it an issue. If I could only see backlight bleeding in a dark room with the brightness on 100% and whilst looking at a pitch black screen I wouldn't consider it a defect
I just went in a dark room and turned the brightness up to 100%. Yes my iPad 2 has a bleeding issue. Then I opened netflix and started watching an episode of Bones and I really didn't notice any bleeding anymore and I was looking for it. It is probably still there but I couldn't really see it during use.
If it bothers you when watching a movie then you should return it. If it bothers you just because you know it has a bleeding issue then that is something else entirely.
If it bothers you when watching a movie then you should return it. If it bothers you just because you know it has a bleeding issue then that is something else entirely.
You need to relax a little.
Mine has it a very little bit. Its nothing that bothers me enough right now, but I'll get mine exchanged in a couple of months once we're on a different production run. Six months in should do it.
I just don't see backlight bleeding to be an issue. Dead pixels maybe but backlight bleeding, from what I've seen, hasn't been a major problem. Maybe if we look at our TV's in the same fashion, we may see the similar traits.
Mine has settle bleeding on the bottom, but I had to go to that website posted somewhere on here before to even take notice to it. Never saw it before that time. Not an issue.
Mine has settle bleeding on the bottom, but I had to go to that website posted somewhere on here before to even take notice to it. Never saw it before that time. Not an issue.
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That's BS and you know it. It's a real manufacturing defect otherwise Apple wouldn't exchange them so easily and there wouldn't be so much variation. My iPad 1 had fully functional screen.
I am returning it for a refund.
And I'm not talking anyone down. But the OP is asking is anyone just accepting it. Which is just pathetic and lazy. Hey more power to ya if yours doesnt have this problem, but Apple is huge company and there is no reason you need to just accept and defective product out of the box.
I'm OCD, but the backlight bleed isn't that bad on mine. Sure, the entire screen lights up in 100% brightness in the dark, but I pretty much always keep my brightness well under 50% so sort of a non-issue since I still get really good contrast at those levels. The iPad was probably worse. Sort of a non-issue, almost every device as the problem. Only the most severe cases (if there are any) should return it.
Mine isn't bad, thought I will eventually swap it for a new one soon. Thankfully I made friends with a Genius who actually happened to give me his number 
Mine has bleed to but I don't care
After getting my iPhone replaced aroundv23 times for dead pixels and buttons not working the light bleed docent bother me because I dont see many dark images on the iPad 2
After getting my iPhone replaced aroundv23 times for dead pixels and buttons not working the light bleed docent bother me because I dont see many dark images on the iPad 2
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I'm pretty sure when I spend almost $900 on a product that it better be almost perfect.
And I happen to MOSTY use my iPad in darker areas so don't say it's OCD. Even the employee felt that swapped it for me said it was unacceptable and that each person deserves a perfect product.
foodle said:
I'm pretty sure when I spend almost $900 on a product that it better be almost perfect.
And I happen to MOSTY use my iPad in darker areas so don't say it's OCD. Even the employee felt that swapped it for me said it was unacceptable and that each person deserves a perfect product.
But this is a $500 dollar device when you are talking about this issue. I spent a thousand dollars when you include the smart cover but the guy that bought the 500 dollar iPad got the same screen. Buying a more expensive one does not change the screen.
No one is saying to accept it.
Just to use the device as you normally use it, and only worry about it if you see it.
If you use it mostly in the dark, then you're definitely more likely to see it. But still use it as you normally do in the dark and see if you notice it. If you do, exchange it.
If you never see it, even in dim/dark rooms, then no point in worrying about whether you see it if you turn the brightness way up etc. if that's not the condition you usually do.
Again, anyone who notices it in their normal usage patterns should absolutely exchange or return. But it seems silly to do so if you never notice it in your normal usage patterns and only on 100% brightness on a black screen in a total dark room. That's not normal usage. If you see it in a dark room, watching videos etc., then yeah, that sucks and exchange or return.
If one needs a 100% perfect screen that will show no bleeding even with the screen at 100% brightness during the darkscreen/dark room test, then they just need to give up as it's pretty clear that there are no iPad 2's that will past that test flawlessly. But there seem to be plenty that at least aren't noticeably bleeding in normal usage and that's the best you can get right now.