Brand new surface pro with blacklight bleeding

[dream3]

Hello.

It kills me to admit that my brand new $ 1200 surface pro has some light bleeding around the botton right and right areas of the screen.

Ive looked it up a but and it seems that this was an earlier issue so I actually didnt think there would be a chance I would end up facing this problem. I havent seen any complaints throughout may-june.

Here are 2 pics:

First one is with the place lit at the boot screen.

Second one is with lights out, black image on full screen.

They are both with brightness at 100%, but it really doesnt make that much differene if it's set to 50%.

What do you guys think? I shouldnt be expecting those right? I know that people had much worse bleeds once, but that was before.

I also dont want to keep exchanging till I get a good one, that's too much of a hassle. So if you tell me that all of them are probably be the same I wont exchange.

It bugs me that such an expensive device would present this kind of irritating and ugly problem after 6 months in production.

 

[Igor]

I've had 2 different SPs, both had some level of backlight bleed. In the same area as yours but I can't tell if it's better or worse than yours because I never run my SP at 100% brightness, and photos have a way of exaggerating backlight bleed.

In any case, I'm not sure you'll find one with no bleed at all.

 

[Krooked]

My first SP had very little bleed, but it had a dead pixel. The replacement (brand new) SP has similar bleed to yours. This is entirely normal with these types of screens, even my iPad 3 and all of my system monitors have some amount of backlight bleed . However, it shouldn't be noticeable during normal operation. Most people do not usually watch pitch black or extremely dark screens for long periods.

 

[mitchellvii]

Mine has no bleed at all gladly.

 

[tonyz3]

My SP and my wifes RT both have similar and does not bother me. A dead pixel i would return for but the minor light bleed is not worth the trouble.

 

[hogwldfltr]

Brand new surface pro with blacklight bleeding...

Going to go get some dayglo posters for mine.

 

[Striknine]

Mine bleeds a little as well while booting. It doesn't bother me at all though. When the screen is on I cant tell so no problem here.
Does everything else work correctly? If so just enjoy using it and don't let the little things that are common worry you.

 

[MaxSurface]

Without looking up the specs and just by looking at your pic, it looks like a typical edge lit led panel. Bleeding around the edges is common with them and not worth worrying about in my opinion.

 

[will25u]

I've returned 2 surface pro 128 not because of the backlight bleeding but for something else and both of them had a little bit of bleed. I think it's normal and if you do return it you will most likely get another one with the same issue so I say keep it unless it's really bothers you.

 

[Krooked]

Mine bleeds a little as well while booting. It doesn't bother me at all though. When the screen is on I cant tell so no problem here.
Does everything else work correctly? If so just enjoy using it and don't let the little things that are common worry you.

I actually just noticed mine only has bleed on boot (it looks like the OPs). No wonder it doesn't bother me during normal operation.

 

[hogwldfltr]

Interesting, in truth, I thought the bleed in the start-up screen was intentional. I have it but notice it at no other time. Seems like an effect to me.

 

[dream3]

You guys are almost convincing me but how about watching youtube videos with dark backgrounds? In that case with that surface, I could see the bleeding and it was in fact drawing my attention.

It does seem to be common but damn, I hope I get one with very little then...