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New LCD screen, non-conforming pixel
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:54 pm
by obsidian
Well, I finally bought myself a nice new 20" LCD monitor (my first) and it just arrived a couple of hours ago. So far, this monitor is amazing, no bluring, or anything but I do have a single non-conforming pixel. It's not really noticable unless I'm looking at a white background with my face plastered against the screen. It's sitting in the bottom left corner, stuck on red.
Is a single non-conforming pixel for a monitor this size acceptable? In other words, should I bother exchanging it or is it pretty much a given?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:41 pm
by silent bob
Up to you really, I wouldn't put up with a stuck pixel on a brand new monitor. If you want to exchange it check your warranty, I think most companies would let you exchange it if you have about 5 or more stuck/dead pixels.
Don't bother trying to free the stuck pixel with stuff you find on google, it's all rubbish.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:51 pm
by ^misantropia^
Sounds like a broken sub-pixel (red all the time means the green and blue components of the pixel are broken). I wager no company will exchange the monitor, you usually need 7 to 10 faulty sub-pixels for that.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 9:00 pm
by Bdw3
Wasn't it Samsung that* recently announced a zero dead pixel policy, and that they would replace a panel for even 1 broken pixel?
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:29 pm
by Kills On Site
Well NewEgg has a policy of 8 dead pixels. Right now at the office we have a viewsonic 17" and it doesn't have any, that I noticed. There are however a few on my PSP, 2 I think, I only notice them during startup, when it is all while, or when the screen goes black in a movie or game, otherwise I don't notice much.
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 11:59 pm
by Bacon
You know it could be just a stuck pixel right? run a video of red blue and green colors flashing rapidly over the pixel for 20-30 mins and see if it unsticks, I had a similar problem with an lcd screen I had and my psp, both are fixed now
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:44 am
by Massive Quasars
Bacon wrote:You know it could be just a stuck pixel right? run a video of red blue and green colors flashing rapidly over the pixel for 20-30 mins and see if it unsticks, I had a similar problem with an lcd screen I had and my psp, both are fixed now
Does this really work?
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:55 am
by Foo
It can do. Some decry it as a hoax.
On the flip side, some claim it could damage your monitor permanently.
If Bacon has used one sucessfully then I see no reason to disbelieve him.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:59 am
by Bdw3
hmmm I have one stuck on Blue..
*loads up qbasic*
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:39 am
by Kills On Site
I've used the Pixel Unsticker for my PSP and it got some stuck pixels, but I have two or so dead ones that it did not do anything for
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:52 am
by Haystacker17
Kills On Site wrote:I've used the Pixel Unsticker for my PSP and it got some stuck pixels, but I have two or so dead ones that it did not do anything for
you cant win everything be glad that u got a few back, even if u didnt get them all
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 2:54 am
by Kills On Site
Haystacker17 wrote:Kills On Site wrote:I've used the Pixel Unsticker for my PSP and it got some stuck pixels, but I have two or so dead ones that it did not do anything for
you cant win everything be glad that u got a few back, even if u didnt get them all
I said that as a good thing. I am happy.