Widescreen Backlight Bleeding

PieEater · 7 May 2007 at 22:10

Just wandered if the issues with backlight bleeding on widescreen TFT's have been addressed in the past 12 months since I last had my Dell 2005 and it's 2 replacements;

http://www.pjwebster.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/dell.htm

I'd be interested in looking at a widescreen again but only if some progress has been made with this issue.

fish99 · 7 May 2007 at 23:24

The 2005 was especially bad for backlight bleed. You'd be very unlucky to get something that bad again now, although perfect backlights are still rare. Backlight bleed isn't limited to widescreen btw, all the non-widescreen LCDs I've owned have had at least a little backlight bleed, and the 2 widescreens I've owned have had roughly the same amount.

Clarkey · 8 May 2007 at 01:25

why would widescreens have any more of less?

PieEater · 9 May 2007 at 08:15

Clarkey said:
why would widescreens have any more of less?

Presumably becasue the backlights are further from the centre of the screen so have to be brighter !?!

fish99 · 9 May 2007 at 12:58

Bleed is usually just down to the quality of the seal at the edges. It's just a build quality issue rather than anything to do with the shape of the screen. Like I said I've owned 2 widescreens and 3 non-widescreens and they've all had a similar amount of bleed (thankfully very little).

fish99 · 9 May 2007 at 17:55

If anything a widescreen is easier to light. Take a 20" widescreen, that has a backlight top and bottom, and probably left and right too, and the distance form the centre of the screen to the nearest backlight is less than on a 5:4 screen. The squarer the screen the more distance the centre is from the nearest backlight.

Don't avoid buying a widescreen just because Dell had build quality issues with one model two years ago. If backlight bleed is a big issue for you then buy a top end screen like the NEC, or even an Eizo.