Peripherals Is this normal?

I have a viewsonic VX2260WM. I have had it for about 2 months now and have always noticed that the screen itself is brighter in the middle than the edges.

I thought nothing of it because it hasn't affected general use, however, when watching some films the other day it became tremendously noticeable and down right irritating.

Here are some picures:

This is on an all black background.




Is this normal for the monitor/monitors in general or should I start complaining about this? Or is there a way to fix it?

 

Did you go from a CRT monitor to this?

 

No. I bought a Whole new PC. I had a laptop before.

 

It's the way it's backlit that causes certain areas to be brighter than others. I bought a budget-ish 24 inch monitor, and the center is perfect, but the edges are slightly darker. The ways to prevent this are buying a higher quality monitor, or buying a fully backlit monitor, which aren't exactly cheap at the moment.

 

Oh, sorry.. I was viewing from my Eee PC earlier and didn't see the entire image. If there's a big light patch in the center, there's likely something wrong with the monitor. Backlighting is usually pretty poor, but not that bad, and not in that pattern.

 

So would it would be worth my while to try and return it?

 

Yes, i would say so.
Get in touch with whoever you bought it from and explain the problem and arrange a return.

 

i've got that monitor dude, doesn't suffer from that problem at all. i'd get yourself a return.

 

Ok. Thanks for the responses. Will get on the case!