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I purchased this after having gone through 4 PG279Q models, and it’s already on its way back. One may wonder why still even bother with Asus at this point? Well, it's pretty much for the same reason everyone else does: the allure of a monitor with a refresh rate of 165 Hz, a resolution of 2560x1440, an IPS-type panel (AU Optronics calls it AHVA or Advanced Hyper-Viewing Angle), and G-Sync (which has since become less of a selling point due to Nvidia's decision to support FreeSync). The monitor I received had backlight bleed similar to the fourth and last PG279Q I purchased. It's usually the worse in the top right corner, followed by the bottom right corner, with a very minimal amount in the bottom left corner and the least amount in the top left corner. It all has to do with where the bezels place pressure on the screen. One can press on certain points of the bezel and watch the bleed fade resulting in a more even spread of that cool blue/white sheen, known as IPS glow, that we've all come to know and love on IPS-type displays. Upon releasing pressure, the bleed creeps back in making the root of the problem quite evident. For the uninitiated, IPS glow is a compromise one accepts when using an IPS-type display while backlight bleed is a defect resultant from loose manufacturer tolerances related to quality control back at the factory. To make matters worse, the color temperature in the upper left quadrant of the screen was much warmer in comparison to the rest of the screen. There was an orange tint present that irked me to no end when I was in file explorer, word processors, or anything that had a white background. My sample failed to accurately portray light content in addition to dark content. I have a Dell U2410 that I keep having to take back out because so far, at least for me, nothing has been able to beat it as far as overall quality goes. Quite often I see the argument made that one wouldn't stare at a black screen during regular usage. Although I agree with this statement, I’d also like to point out that it’s nearly impossible to not encounter dark content whilst browsing web pages, watching videos, viewing pictures, or perhaps most relevantly, playing video games. I've tried to cut Asus some slack in that I understand that these panels support a technology that took AU Optronics some time to achieve; however, the problem now lies not only in the bezels but the panel itself. I do hope that LG gets their take on this market right with their LM270WQA panel. I would advise staying away from this monitor because the story is a familiar one.