Stuck pixel on Dell 3008wfp, but should I keep it?

[TailsNZ]

I just bought a Dell 3008wfp and love it but there's a green stuck pixel near the middle of the screen. There's also a pixel down the bottom right which will be red on bright backgrounds, but doesn't show up on black. I'm not worried at all about the red one though, it's close to the corner.

I see Dell will exchange the LCD if there's a single stuck pixel, which is great, but I see they won't do anything for dead pixels unless there's 6 of them.

So my worry is what if my replacement monitor has a couple of dead pixels?

Since I mostly do photoshop, video editing and other everyday tasks on it, the screen is rarely black so a single green pixel actually isn't noticeable much. But of course as soon as I'm looking at something dark my eye flicks to the stuck pixel right away.

So I wonder, how common do you think dead pixels are? I guess on a monitor with 4 million of them, perhaps it's quite likely a couple will be out. And I'd notice them most of the time. I wish LCD's had the option to map out pixels like companies can do to cameras.

Any thoughts? Thanks!

If I do try a swap, I'll try to get the courier guy to give me a couple of minutes to check the new monitor before he takes my old one away, but I really doubt he'd go for that.

 

[Colt4545]

It's VERY rare (at least for me anyways) that I have a Dell monitor with a dead/stuck pixel. I have used three different Dell 3007 WFP-HC monitors, and one was a refurbished model that I received after exchanging a defective monitor. I did have an older 20 inch Dell Ultra Sharp that developed a stuck pixel after a few months of use, but it eventually went away.

Dell has a 1 stuck pixel guarantee because they are pretty confident that their monitors won't have any stuck pixels. If that stuck pixel bothers you, exchange it for another one, that's what the guarantee is for. You don't spend that kind of money for a monitor not to be happy.

 

[akugami]

For the price you pay on a Dell 3008 WFP, yes, exchange that sucker. If this was a $200 or less monitor (regardless if it's a Dell), I wouldn't both unless it was in a really annoying spot. However, considering how much the Dell 3008 WFP costs, I have to get nothing less than a stuck/dead pixel free monitor.

 

[JAG87]

Dont settle for anything less than perfect when you pay that much for a monitor.

 

[Idontcare]

Yep, even if you returned it and paid restocking fee and then ordered another one just to double up on the chances of getting one without a bad pixel the expense of doing so pale in comparison to the cost of the LCD itself. It is your money and time though, do what you know you won't regret doing 3 or 6 months from now. Life is about accumulating regrets, try and avoid doing a lifetime_regret_count++ here.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

i'd say return it, but my worry is that the new one could be even worse.

 

[Thor86]

For the price you pay on a Dell 3008 WFP, yes, exchange that sucker. If this was a $200 or less monitor (regardless if it's a Dell), I wouldn't both unless it was in a really annoying spot. However, considering how much the Dell 3008 WFP costs, I have to get nothing less than a stuck/dead pixel free monitor.

+1

 

[MrK6]

Dell has a standard 3-year "no questions asked" advanced replacement warranty for a reason; put it to use.