Hello guys,
After receiving my XB271HU, I performed several tests on it in order to see how good I fared in the "lottery".
I've detected no dead or stuck pixels. Color uniformity is also great, as can be seen in the following picture (100% White):
However, some backlight bleeding was visible on a black screen on a dark room, but I've found it challenging taking a picture that really represents what I really see in this scenario.
At first, I used my cellphone on auto mode and took a picture at normal viewing distance:
(Here, BLB/Glow can be seen in almost all corners).
I also took a picture from a greater distance to eliminate the effects of IPS Glow:
(Here, the uniformity was sightly better, but this is not the distance I sit from the monitor)
I've also took a picture using RTINGS guidelines (https://www.rtings.com/monitor/tests/picture-quality/black-uniformity), which is F4.0, ISO-200 with a 2s shutter speed:
(This one captured, faintly, the BLBs on right/left bottoms and at the top center).
Finally, I recorded two videos moving around the screen with two different brightness levels:
20% brightness:
100% brightness:
What do you guys think? Is it a good or bad panel? Is the IPS Glow at the edges greater than it is supposed to be due to the presence of backlight bleed?
I have five days to return it, do you guys think I should try another one?
Sincerely,
Hofer