27" iMac backlight bleed

I bought the 27" iMac i7 and had bad backlight bleed in the bottom right corner. This issue isn't new, but now I'm wondering if any imacs work properly. I returned it for another and opened it up to find the same issue and a nasty dead pixel dead center of the monitor. Where is Apples quality control? This is unacceptable. Every imac in the apple store had the issue as well. Though it was tough to tell in the bright light.
I want to switch from mac pro to imac, but I need a quality screen to edit my photos. And, this aint it. I have a crappy 30" $400 Hanns-G monitor that does not have back light bleed. Whats wrong with this picture???

Mine does.
Call AppleCare's Express Lane. Do note that if you're within 50 miles (80 KM) of an Apple repair station, you're eligible for onsite repair since yours is a desktop machine..

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I don't understand this.
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On the news last night they said Apple sold over 3 million iPads last weekend...the couple dozen problems brought up on here is insignificant out of 3 million items. Another way of looking at the magnitude of the problem.
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Thing is the factory that made the iPad 2 batteries was about 500m from the Fukoshima Plant in Japan so the batteries are either waterlogged or radioactive. Once the factory is up and running again or another factory starts making them then the Retail Store will be able to replace the iPads.

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