How frequent are dead pixels nowadays?

[Warp01]

I've had four LCD displays until now (VA and IPS, Samsung and NEC) and three of them have developed faulty subpixels. Does it occur so often or it's just I am unlucky?.

Regards.

 

[brandonb]

I've had 5 LCD monitors (including 1 really old laptop) over my lifetime, and 2 of them had dead pixels. One was on the 1995 laptop. My current Hannspree 1920x1200 resolution monitor has 1 dead pixel on it.

I've had 3 LCD's at work over the years and none of them have had any dead pixels. So you could say I'm at about 25%.

 

[Imp]

I've had 2 monitors and 2 TVs. I checked 3 of them thoroughly with different coloured screens, and only 1 has a stuck red pixel (the 1920x1200 monitor). The 40" 1080p had no pixel issues, just a bright bottom right corner.

I haven't bothered to check the 32" 720p TV since I bought that one to replace a really old CRT; don't care too much about it despite the $500 price tag. Haven't noticed anything from regular viewing though.

 

[ZimZum]

Ive had 5 LCDs monitors none had dead pixels. Though my gateway 24' developed an odd and fairly large "port stain" on the screen.

 

[A_Dying_Wren]

Not even sure what a dead pixel looks like here. Had a lousy dell monitor, a lousy asus laptop monitor and a lousy viewsonic monitor. All TN I believe unless there's a cheaper tech.

 

[PuppettMaster001]

I have 4 LCDs at home with no dead pixels, 32" LCD no dead pixels, PSP no dead pixels, and DSi no dead pixels, DS Lite with one dead pixel.

 

[Powermoloch]

first LCD no dead pixels
2nd got pixels, RMA'ed and it's cleared
got a 32" LCDTV, got dead pixels, and RMA'ed and it's cleared
3nd LCD, no dead pixels.
4th LCD (25") newest one, no dead pixels.

2/5 probability in my experience

 

[AlgaeEater]

I've had 3 items with dead pixels in my lifetime:

Samsung 20" Monitor
Sanyo 24" LCD TV
Sony PSP (Fat version)

The only item I kept was the Sanyo 24" TV since you can't notice it at all and I got a good deal on it at the time. So yes, it is pretty common.

 

[ahenkel]

I've never had any problems with dead or stuck pixels. Hell even the old 17" I have built in 2000 still runs like champ.

 

[Jhatfie]

I sit in front of 5 HP L2045w's at work and none have dead pixels and there are 6 other workstations with just as many monitors in front of them and I am fairly certain that none of them have dead pixels. I have personally own/ed 7 different LCD monitors and none of those have had any dead pixels. I had one Acer 22" LCD I bought for my mom that had 1 dead pixels. So in my experience the amount of LCD's with dead/stuck pixels has been low.

 

[PCTC2]

Out of 4 Samsung Monitors, a Samsung TV, a Sony TV, an LG Monitor, a Lenovo Monitor, and a few dozen Apple Monitors at work, three DELL 30", and a few dozen laptops,

I've never seen a laptop with a dead or stuck pixel. 1 Apple 30" with a few stuck (replaced under warranty), a 2006 Samsung Monitor with a green pixel dead center, and that is it.

 

[StinkyPinky]

None of my work ones have ever had one, and I've probably used a dozen.

My first home 19" didn't

But of course my 22" one does. A stuck green pixel :thumbsdown:

 

[pitz]

Only a single dead/stuck pixel on the dozen LCDs I've bought over the past 5 years. And that was on a 15.4" 1920x1200 display in a Dell laptop.

 

[zerocool84]

Not had any on multiple LCD's I've had. Tons of dead pixels are pretty much a thing of the past.

 

[MagickMan]

Haven't had a dead pixel in 6 years, and that was on a 12" Powerbook. They replaced it.

 

[xboxist]

They're somewhat commonplace, unfortunately. Some people get lucky and never see one. Others have them on every LCD they buy.

Personally, my first LCD had 2. My second and current monitor has none.

 

[ronnn]

I'm the sucker that buys dead pixel insurance. Of course I have had none over several monitors.

 

[IntelUser2000]

My Samsung SyncMaster 931c has a dead pixel. It doesn't always show though, its intermittent, strangely.

Showed after ~1.5 years of use, and its my first LCD monitor.

 

[Puffnstuff]

I've been buying lcd's for the past 7 years and have never had a bad pixel.

 

[dpodblood]

I've never had a dead pixel before. Just avoid the cheapo brand monitors and your chances go way up.

 

[pmv]

No dead pixels in 4 monitors.

(I find performing a ritual dance and reciting the Lord's prayer backwards before every purchase ensures no dead pixels - YMMV)

However I now fear I'm jinxing myself by posting this. Half expect the period at the end of this sentence to immediately get stuck and refuse to turn off.

 

[WelshBloke]

They're somewhat commonplace, unfortunately. Some people get lucky and never see one. Others have them on every LCD they buy.

Personally, my first LCD had 2. My second and current monitor has none.

They arnt really though. Think how many pixels a 24" monitor has, its amazing we see as few stuck pixels as we do.

My desktop has over 3.5 million pixels and they are all perfect, thats pretty amazing.

 

[xboxist]

They arnt really though. Think how many pixels a 24" monitor has, its amazing we see as few stuck pixels as we do.

My desktop has over 3.5 million pixels and they are all perfect, thats pretty amazing.

That's not what I meant. Go to any tech forum (such as Hard Forum) and in their display forum there are tons of monitor models that have their own thread - some spanning 100+ pages long. In each of those threads, there are numerous people that report back that their newly bought monitor has dead pixels and they're disappointed.

I'm just trying to illustrate that the LCD manufacturing process will continue to have the dead pixel issue, especially in the mainstream/consumer price range ($200-$500) where there is less importance placed on QC.

 

[WelshBloke]

That's not what I meant. Go to any tech forum (such as Hard Forum) and in their display forum there are tons of monitor models that have their own thread - some spanning 100+ pages long. In each of those threads, there are numerous people that report back that their newly bought monitor has dead pixels and they're disappointed.

I'm just trying to illustrate that the LCD manufacturing process will continue to have the dead pixel issue, especially in the mainstream/consumer price range ($200-$500) where there is less importance placed on QC.

I know, I'm just pointing out that its pretty amazing that we have as few dead pixels as we do.

Imagine if you had to make 3.5 million anythings and all of them had to be perfect. D:

 

[xboxist]

I know, I'm just pointing out that its pretty amazing that we have as few dead pixels as we do.

Imagine if you had to make 3.5 million anythings and all of them had to be perfect. D:

ha, I know. Imagine if the manufacturers offered to refund the cost of two dead pixels based on the total number of them on your screen. "Ok, sorry for the dead two pixels. Here's your $0.0004 back."