Honestly, the viewing angles actually aren't that bad. When you look at an angle, the far side only darkens minorly. At a very extreme angle from the side, I'm still able to read this post. Same for an extreme angle from the top (though in this case, the colors just become a bit washed out). As for the backlight bleed, for mine it's very minor. Just a bit along the top and bottom. I don't notice it at all really. I suppose in a game like FEAR it could be noticeable, but in BF2 and CSS it's just fine.