It seems that backlight bleed is still present with the studio displays. Arstechnica reviewed two panels, one of which had backlight bleed. That's a 50/50 chance. I'm a little bit worried that with my luck I'll receive a dud right off the bat. Ugh!
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Studio Display Backlight Bleed
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no way to avoid backlight bleed on LCD. none of apple’s products escaped it.
While I haven't been superbly impressed by Apple's tolerances as far as IPS displays go, one thing I've always enjoyed so far is how receptive they've been been to me asking for an exchange or refund for these reasons.
But yeah that's going to be a bit of a lottery.
In terms of backlight bleed, you'll have less chances getting a dud from companies ready to put aside unsatisfactory samples and which reputation partly comes from that commitment (and they'll charge you for it), such as most of Eizo's ColorEdge's range - but I've occasionally seen duds from them as well.
Even at this price point I am not expecting Apple to commit to such level of excellence (unfortunately).
An alternative possibility is to buy several samples of a cheaper display, do the QA yourself and return the less satisfying ones. Since for comparable specs they often use the same panels, including the backlight, if you're lucky you can end up with a pretty nifty sample.
But yeah that's going to be a bit of a lottery.
In terms of backlight bleed, you'll have less chances getting a dud from companies ready to put aside unsatisfactory samples and which reputation partly comes from that commitment (and they'll charge you for it), such as most of Eizo's ColorEdge's range - but I've occasionally seen duds from them as well.
Even at this price point I am not expecting Apple to commit to such level of excellence (unfortunately).
An alternative possibility is to buy several samples of a cheaper display, do the QA yourself and return the less satisfying ones. Since for comparable specs they often use the same panels, including the backlight, if you're lucky you can end up with a pretty nifty sample.
YES !
Agreed - my M1 iMac does not look as good as the Studio display!
Glad you mentioned that!
How is everyone else's uniformity? That concerns me more than backlight bleed.
I can see some very minor vignetting in the corners with a black screen, cranked to full brightness, in a dark room.
Not perfect, but better than most IPS displays that I've owned. I just received mine about a week ago, so I assume it's relatively recently manufactured. Way better than that 2021 iMac, that would annoy the heck out of me. 😅
Not perfect, but better than most IPS displays that I've owned. I just received mine about a week ago, so I assume it's relatively recently manufactured. Way better than that 2021 iMac, that would annoy the heck out of me. 😅