Pixel Perfect LCDs
Last Saturday, I splurged and bought myself a 19inch LCD monitor. I liked my old CRT but it was getting old, and taking up a LOT of space so I figured I was well over due for an LCD.
I got the and LG, it had nice reviews, specs and of the LCD monitors on display it was certainly the most pleasing on the eyes.
After hooking it up, adjusting all the color levels (these things are BRIGHT) I noticed a dead pixel in the central bottom section of the screen. I called up support and they told me that depending on the gaurantee of the individual monitor I could might be able to take it back under the gaurantee. Thankfully, here in Germany we have a 10-day, no questions asked return so today we drove the 40km back to the Media Markt where I bought the LCD and traded it in for another of the same LCD.
So I get home fire it up and this one also has a dead pixel, in almost the same position as the last one. When talking to one of the techs at the store, he said that most gaurantees only apply after 3 or 4 pixels. Are dead pixels something that LCD users just have to live with? or am I supposed to keep returning these damn things until I get one that I like?
Thankfully, the the good part of this story was that we decided to check out this wooden bar that we had seen and liked last week, and today they were having a 25% discount on all their furniture. So we went ahead and bought ourselves the bar along with a matching table and got shipping free 