I guess it's a matter of "degree" in some cases. For example, the 34UM95 I own has very minimal light bleed in each lower corner, with just a super tiny bit in the top corners. But in none of the corners is the light visible at anything but the darkest of scenes. Let me try to post a pic and I will show you what I mean. <back to the BatCave!>
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LG 34UM95 or 34UC97?
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I guess it's a matter of "degree" in some cases. For example, the 34UM95 I own has very minimal light bleed in each lower corner, with just a super tiny bit in the top corners. But in none of the corners is the light visible at anything but the darkest of scenes. Let me try to post a pic and I will show you what I mean. <back to the BatCave!>
Images of my 34UM95
You see on this picture that in the very corners, the black contrast is lessened compared to the more middle-centric areas of black. This it what I mean by "degree" of an issue. If this was enough for someone to return their monitor, then I think that is dumb.
You see on this picture that in the very corners, the black contrast is lessened compared to the more middle-centric areas of black. This it what I mean by "degree" of an issue. If this was enough for someone to return their monitor, then I think that is dumb.
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The whole "backlight bleed" thing is ridiculous to me. People freak out about it and it's really, really, not that big a deal.
I guess whether or not it is a big deal is a matter of opinion, but I don't know how anyone could look at maplingstorie's pictures in post #18 and think that's acceptable for a $1000-$1200 monitor. For crying out loud, it looks like there are orange flashlights pointed at each corner.
My Dell U3415W arrives today and if it has the same problem as you do, I'm just returning it. Many people are saying that it is an inherent problem that the wider the monitor, the worse IPS glow is. So it's difficult or even even impossible to solve this problem on large 21:9 IPS monitors.
Other people say they pop off the bezel and the lack of pressure fixes the problem. I don't know what to think about that. In all this time, LG couldn't fix that, even when they stopped production and made a second revision? And Dell, with their reputation for quality monitors also can't figure out a simple bezel problem? Seems unlikely.
It would also seem that Dell could stop selling/fix U2412M monitors with a "yellow tint" but they sold those monitors for months and months. You never know. Buying a high-end monitor seems like a lottery crapshoot with just about anyone these days. The companies are driven by expectations and competition to keep the prices at rock-bottom lows and sometimes, quality assurance can suffer.
Well sadly, I won't be able to get it here in my country unless it's one of those basic monitors. Why can't apple just come out with a 4K/5K Monitor already. This is so depressing
There seems to be some IPS glow or backlight bleed(its almost a norm
and poor factory calibration.http://www.overclock.net/t/1514141/...e790c-curved-34-21-9-ultrawide-va-monitor/240
Although it is stated here that it has a ?SVA? sharp VA
panel:http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/samsung-s34e790c-34-curved-ultra-wide-monitor.html
I don't know -- the guy who mentioned backlight bleed didn't seem to know what he was talking about. I'm personally not too worried about factory calibration since I have an i1D3 and can easily calibrate the monitor myself.There seems to be some IPS glow or backlight bleed(its almost a norm
http://www.overclock.net/t/1514141/...e790c-curved-34-21-9-ultrawide-va-monitor/240
Although it is stated here that it has a ?SVA? sharp VA
http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/samsung-s34e790c-34-curved-ultra-wide-monitor.html
There seems to be some IPS glow or backlight bleed(its almost a norm
http://www.overclock.net/t/1514141/...e790c-curved-34-21-9-ultrawide-va-monitor/240
I believe the guy saying VA panels cannot suffer from backlight bleed is incorrect. Yes VA panels do not have "IPS glow" like every IPS monitor does, but all LCD panel types have the potential to suffer from uneven backlighting effects.