With LCD, I think a lot depends on the screen size, I have not noticed any clouding or bleeding from the corners on my screen. At the end of Planet Earth where I paused it on a black screen you can see the backlight process system at work but it still does not detract from a splendid albeit brighter image of whatever format is on display. I guess I got used to LCD from my PC Monitors where my first one was a cracking Samsung 15" when LCD was the rage over CRT.