The two monitors use the same panel and people have speculated that Acer got better ones because of their history with the maker of the screen , AUOptronics . Acer seems to have done a better job at mitigating the backlight bleed problems . I bought the XB 271 HU just because I ' ve had ASUS monitors develop serious backlight bleed after 2 years of ownership . <| sep |> Just went over my 1 TB Data Limit with Comcast . After 2 of my heavy internet using roommates moved out . I thought I ' d avoid this . I suspect it ' s because I ' m a decent human being and seed my torrents . edit 6 more days this month and I ' ve gotta pay $ 10 for each 50 GB I go over . Guess I can ' t install or play any of these new games I got for Black Friday . FML .