There are also many complaints of back light bleed with this panel, and while this is not a deal breaker for me (I use my monitor to game, not to stare at an all black screen in a dark room), I will say that it was noticeable on the first two, especially when playing darker themed games.

This monitor is very bright and I am mostly working in Photoshop in a dark room

Could be better, considering it's expensive as hell (mild bleeding, can only see it it pure black screen, even more through a camera in a dark room).PROS

After proper calibration, with an IPS panel, you will notice some back light bleed on these panels in completely dark rooms with a mostly black screen; that is the nature of the technology.

The only major issue that I have with this monitor is that both my own and the one my roomamte purchased suffer from considerable backlight bleed at the corners of the screen that become very obvious on black textures in dark rooms

There is a little bleed on the corners if the room is dark and you are in a block screen but this does not really bug me.

What was there for me was pretty negligible though unless you are in a completely dark room with a completely black screen and focusing on the bit that was there

these pictures were taking with my apple IPhone 5s in a dark room

Asus said they were testing all of these now in a dark room before sending out and this one makes me a believer

but I don’t even notice it unless I am in a complete dark room and stare real hard

but then I read an Asus Support comment that stated they now check each monitor in a dark room

Ips glow on in the bottom left that was visible at all times, bright room/desktop

Although this photo isn't entirely accurate, this light leakage will only worsen in a dark room and I suppose I can take solace in the fact that, since this screen was likely no better as far as backlighting is concerned, I didn't have to waste time testing it

Even watching dark movies in a dark room isn't a bother (that's what TVs are for anyway)

I'd be OK with this much bleed if it was only visible in a dark room, but this much w/normal ambient light is just too much for an $800 monitor

Unnoticeable unless you’re purposefully trying to see it in a very dark room

Here's the thing; it's only really noticeable if I'm looking at a completely black screen and my room is dark

It takes up a lot of space, so those with smaller desks may want to be weary, luckily my desk has ample room, though I do wish I could move it back a bit further

Also the backlight bleeding so many have complained about is very minimal in a dark room

The IPS version is only good if you play well-lit games in well-lit rooms, and you have a special need for extreme color accuracy

I play my games in a dark room, but usually have the brightness pretty low to not hurt my eyes.

I wouldn't mind minor "glow" or "bleed" but what makes it worse is that they allegedly look at these in dark room and find it acceptable when it's noticeable in a brightly lit room

The 279's I have seen though, certainly deserve the negativity, as their IPS glow is extreme and completely unacceptable in a dark room or playing a dimly lit game

IPS glow and Backlight bleed, many people complain about that, in my case, I didn't see much problems with backlight bleed, very little in dark room, probably some of them have QC problems, but the new batch have fewer problems, IPS glow is very common, in my case I see some when I view the monitor in certain

My photo, at least of monitor 1, is done using the same standard of testing provided by TFT: 1/8s shutter, 1.5-2m distance from screen, dark room, brightness to ~30 or 120cd/m^2

Then put all black background on screen and darkened room lights

Also I wanted high brightness to be able to maintain contrast in bright rooms