LCD flat panel backlight issue

LanceM

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Mar 13, 2004
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I tried posting this in Video, but perhaps this is a better place for it.

I recently bought a Samsung 710T and love the darn thing. I have one "slow" pixel that gets stuck on white, then fixes itself, but it's in the far, far upper-left corner of the panel and isn't a big deal.

However, there's one big problem with my particular unit. On black backgrounds, there's a little excess backlight leakage. On any other color, there's a definite shading from dark gray in the top/top-left area to much, much lighter in the bottom/bottom-right area. Definitely moreso than the typical backlight issue of any LCD I've come across.

So, does anyone know how to adjust this without voiding my warranty, or should I just exchange the sucker (got it cheap from Dell, so I suppose it falls under their "21 Day Total Satisfaction Guarantee" policy) and hope that the one they send me doesn't have a barrage of dead pixels?

Thanks in advance!
 

neovan

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Mar 8, 2001
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if you are unhappy with it, then just send it back. if you do open it up, what are you planning to do? most problems on lcds require you to replace a part i.e. backlight, inverter, etc.

i use to repair lcds and this is either caused by the backlight or inverter.