First LCD, have some questions - dead pixels/green speckles?

[Kogan]

I recently got in on a deal for a 17" lcd for $164 AR/AC here: http://www.shop4tech.com/user.htm?go=view_item&id=3184
If the link doesn't work, search for PIOData 17" LCD.

It's got one stuck black pixel in the upper right about the size of a period that's visible on any light background.

But it also seems to have a good number of smaller green stuck pixels all over the screen. They not nearly as big as the stuck pixel, so I've been calling them speckles. They're about 1/4th the size of a pixel or smaller. If I look closely enough on a black background, I can actually count about 200 of them on the entire screen - some are brighter than others and about 5 of them or so can be seen on any color background depending on how hard I look (It looks like what I see when I look up at the stars).

This is my first LCD so I'm wondering if this is normal. I can clearly see that I have a stuck black pixel, but are these smaller green speckles supposed to be there?

Thanks for any info

 

[MisterChief]

RMA imediatley. You have too many dead pixels.

 

[BrokenVisage]

yikes, don't even waste time reading recommendations, RMA it and demand a second LCD or something, thats rediculous.

 

[VIAN]

The colored ones are sub pixel, they represent 1/3 of the full pixel.

You should RMA this baby pronto. That is a shame and a... shame. Dead pixels are not normal, or at least that amount isn't.

 

[Kogan]

Thanks for the info guys. I guess it looks like I got a lot of 1/3 stuck pixels I called PIOdata's support number just now, but they won't be in until tomorrow morning, and I've emailed shop4tech about the pixels yesterday (with no response yet).

Also, is there any sort of burn-in time needed for LCD monitors, or should they just work perfectly immediately. I've noticed today that another big bright green pixel got stuck in the upper-left, but went away after a while..

 

[VIAN]

The 1/3 stuck pixels are called sub-pixels for short.

It should work perfectly the first time, as well as afterwards. I looks like you got a really faulty panel.