Dell LCD monitor has one pixel stuck on blue. :(

[SuperTool]

Hi. Would Dell exchange a monitor that has a pixel that is always on?
My new 18 inch LCD (from that SB deal) has one pixel stuck on blue. I only see it when the background is black, but it's annoying.

 

[Viper GTS]

Leave it on all night with a pure white background.

My 2000FP had a couple dead sub-pixels (yours is a sub-pixel too), after ~24 hours displaying a white background it was flawless.

And yes, they have a satisfaction guaranteed exchange policy - You can exchange it for any reason.

Viper GTS

 

[The Stigenator]

try rubbing the area with your finger sometimes that clears it..

for one pixel they wont take it back.. where exactly is it? in the center?

 

[chiwawa626]

Yeah that happens with my KDS 17 lcd that i got when i rma'd my crt 🙂 Free lcd, im not complaining. Ill try the white thing though...

 

[SuperTool]

Originally posted by: chiwawa626
Yeah that happens with my KDS 17 lcd that i got when i rma'd my crt 🙂 Free lcd, im not complaining. Ill try the white thing though...

I have a KDS 195 TF that I am gonna RMA for that KDS 17 too 😉 It makes high pitch noises 🙂

 

[SuperTool]

Basically, it's a tiny little blue dot. It doesn't bother me unless the screen is black, which is very rare. Then it just sits there.
What I want to know is how common these are, because I don't want to replace my screen only to have another one with some other dot stuck on.

 

[amnesiac]

I have like 4 dead subpixels on my Planar LCD. Kind of bothered me when I got it but I haven't noticed them at ALL since, and I have a pretty bad obsessive complex about dead pixels.

 

[SuperTool]

It might be kind of like those two lines on trinitron monitors. You kind of obsess about them for a while, and then forget they are there and don't notice them.

 

[chiwawa626]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
It might be kind of like those two lines on trinitron monitors. You kind of obsess about them for a while, and then forget they are there and don't notice them.

yeh that happen to me when i got my av195tf 🙂..lol

 

[Karsten]

Rubbing it with a cue tip I heard before (better then with a finger).

I had a bit of a hustle with my 17" from dell. It was only one pixel, but was stuck at white and very anoying. Talking to india for a while with tech support was not to great of an expiriance. But I finaly said... either you accept it is 4 dead pixels next to each other and exchange it, or I just returne it as part of the 30day satisfaction policy. They are not used to deal with LCD's, just with complete Computers.

I was pretty pissed and wrote this after my Dell support expiriance.

 

[silverpig]

Originally posted by: chiwawa626

Originally posted by: SuperTool
It might be kind of like those two lines on trinitron monitors. You kind of obsess about them for a while, and then forget they are there and don't notice them.

yeh that happen to me when i got my av195tf 🙂..lol

Great monitor... I got mine 3 years ago 🙂

 

[0roo0roo]

dead pixels. tomshardware.com has an article, should still be on front page.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: silverpig

Originally posted by: chiwawa626

Originally posted by: SuperTool
It might be kind of like those two lines on trinitron monitors. You kind of obsess about them for a while, and then forget they are there and don't notice them.

yeh that happen to me when i got my av195tf 🙂..lol

Great monitor... I got mine 3 years ago 🙂

Got one here too. Not being used at the moment tho.

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: SuperTool
Hi. Would Dell exchange a monitor that has a pixel that is always on?
My new 18 inch LCD (from that SB deal) has one pixel stuck on blue. I only see it when the background is black, but it's annoying.

i think you need like 7 dead pixels so they can take it back

 

[SuperTool]

wow, after reading that toms hardware article, one blue pixel is not that bad 😉
BTW,do I need to use a screensaver with a LCD monitor?