I picked mine up a few weeks ago and I haven ' t encountered any issues with backlight bleed nor dead pixels . Be warned though I live in Sweden , and in exchange for our bullshit high taxes on tech we get very strict quality assurance and liberal RMA laws , especially on monitors . That aside , I could not be more happy with the monitor . FreeSync is amazing for games where I don ' t hit nor really want to hit 144 FPS Witcher 3 , modded Skyrim , XCOM 2 , any storydriven singleplayer game with pretty graphics really , and for the games where I do getneed higher framerates Overwatch , CSGO and the like I just turn it off . Above all else though , the screen looks pretty as fuck . People who come over usually comment on it , and I feel the difference between my old XL 2411 Z and this is night and day color feels vivid instead of dull and washed out . Lot of customization leeway too . Also , 1440 p 27 inches feels like a perfect PPI for me , and 1440 p is the sweet spot for gaming on at least my card . All things considered I highly recommend the MG 279 Q . My only real argument against it is the price tag it performs beautifully , looks good on your desk and is futureproof enough to warrant dropping the dosh on it .