1) A small dot of the wrong colour, suggesting one of the sub-pixels has burned out.
or.
2) A small black dot, indicating that no light is being produced from the pixel at all.
Ever seen one of the scrolling LED marquees, and noticed that whatever image it's displaying looks funky because one of the LEDs is dead? Same principle on a smaller scale.
I am guessing that if you run at a higher resolution you might not notice it that much? Better still, if you get to many dead pixels give the monitor to your wife and buy a new one for yourself...he he he
I feel that I've lucked out on the LCDs that I've purchased - the only internet LCD purchase I've made (Dell) turned out to have zero dead pixels. Of course, if you purchase at a local store, you can always do a return if it's got even a single dead pixel, assuming you complain enough to the manager...
Hell, I'm still tryin to find the thing on the screen its so blurry to me.
Gee. I'm sorry the picture is so blurry. I got the picture from an image on Google. It is not my picture. I was only trying to help. If you want to know what a dead pixel looks like maybe you should do your own Google search....
I find it odd that there's so much concern over dead pixels but maybe I'm just lucky. I've bought and used 9 LCD's in the last 2 1/2 years (5 Dell 2001FP's and 4 Sceptre 19" Agamas) and haven't had 1 dead pixel among them. On top of that, I've got 1 - 20" Sceptre LCD TV/Monitor combo, 1 - 26" Aquos HD LCD TV, 1 - 30" Memorex HD LCD TV, and 1 52" Zenith HD LCD projection TV and not a dead pixel among them. I must be the luckiest S.O.B. on the planet or it really isn't that common. I actually think I have almost a representative sampling of low to high quality products and all with no problems.
Not that any of that means anything as one good one doesn't necessarily predict the next, but I just wanted to give my experience if it helps anyone.
Thanks Flintstone, you have renewed my faith in LCD screens.....Everyone I know that has an LCD monitor has not had one dead pixel. I guess it is not to common..
It's really not that common at all. It's just something that gets me worried as well when I think about buying an LCD from an online retailer. Its kind of like getting your first car, your parents say, dont wreck..."so and so wrecked their car and now their in the hospital." Odds are you're not going to wreck your car, just another thing to worry you. Wow, i went nowhere with that :shakehead
I think the manufacturing process has gotten to the point where there are very few dead pixels in monitors coming off of the line. A few years ago it was much more common.
Either way if you end up with a monitor from newegg that has less than 8 dead pixels, you can try the manufacturer directly. It's a good idea to check out the manufacturer's replacement/repair policy before you buy b/c everyone is different. However I would stick with a name brand to ensure some kind of customer support. I have had good luck with samsung.
Gee. I'm sorry the picture is so blurry. I got the picture from an image on Google. It is not my picture. I was only trying to help. If you want to know what a dead pixel looks like maybe you should do your own Google search....
gee wiz.. dont get all defensive - he was just saying the picture was blurry. you really don't need to take it personally. :shakehead
omg now i see it.. dang i had to zoom in on it lol. I do have real bad eyes though. I dont think that one dead pixel would bother ME (because of my eyes), but I can see how you guys would go up the wall.
On the Newegg 8 pixel policy - yeah i've seen that. If you had even more than one dead pixel, they should definitely replace it. Thats just cheapness on their end. Once you get to 8 dead pixels... wow thats a lot
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1) A small dot of the wrong colour, suggesting one of the sub-pixels has burned out.
or.
2) A small black dot, indicating that no light is being produced from the pixel at all.
Ever seen one of the scrolling LED marquees, and noticed that whatever image it's displaying looks funky because one of the LEDs is dead? Same principle on a smaller scale.
to me that can get pretty annoying :shakehead
Hell, I'm still tryin to find the thing on the screen its so blurry to me.
some manufacturers have a different replacement policy. It's something to check out when you buy a monitor.
Not that any of that means anything as one good one doesn't necessarily predict the next, but I just wanted to give my experience if it helps anyone.
Flint
Either way if you end up with a monitor from newegg that has less than 8 dead pixels, you can try the manufacturer directly. It's a good idea to check out the manufacturer's replacement/repair policy before you buy b/c everyone is different. However I would stick with a name brand to ensure some kind of customer support. I have had good luck with samsung.
i dont see the dead pixel... point it out please?
gee wiz.. dont get all defensive - he was just saying the picture was blurry. you really don't need to take it personally. :shakehead
omg now i see it.. dang i had to zoom in on it lol. I do have real bad eyes though. I dont think that one dead pixel would bother ME (because of my eyes), but I can see how you guys would go up the wall.
On the Newegg 8 pixel policy - yeah i've seen that. If you had even more than one dead pixel, they should definitely replace it. Thats just cheapness on their end. Once you get to 8 dead pixels... wow thats a lot