There is one defective pixel on my lcd monitor

[g_shocker182]

its stays green..its about a fourth of the size of a " . "

but hey i paid 500 for this monitor...

what would you do?

[thayne]

Good luck, most won't take them back unless there are more than 8

[Devanshu]

Where is it?(center, top right, bottom left, etc.)

If its off to the side and barely noticible, i'd say no...why go through the hassle of putting it back in the box, taking the drive to the store, driving back, installing it again...I'm sure you've got other things to do.

[Faustus]

If its a local store that will let you take it back. But as was said before most places will not take back LCDs unless there is at least a specific number of dead pixels. (8 being common)

[g_shocker182]

how can i kill 7 more

[Hardcoreruss]

Hammer ?

[will_sickly_33+]

Hammer ?

hey russ!

What, all these posts and I'm the first to vote?
Personally I'd learn to live with it, but it wasn't exactly cheap, was it?

[Hardcoreruss]

I had the same thing on my digital camera one dead pixel, I was toying with taking it back and then I just thought for £400 you want the top dogs not some reject.

Take it back. Stand in the shop and don't move until they exchange it.

[Conquest10]

Stand in the shop and don't move until they exchange it.

...or get arrested. Whichever comes first.

[SLICK RICK]

g_shocker182,

The best way that I can put it is............If it bothers you to look at it, then bring it back (if they will take it). Because in the end, you are the one that will be looking at that monitor everyday.

SLICK RICK

[Hardcoreruss]

Stand in the shop and don't move until they exchange it.

...or get arrested. Whichever comes first.

Indeed !!!!!

[Craig Tucker]

its stays green..its about a fourth of the size of a " . "

but hey i paid 500 for this monitor...

what would you do?

Phone the shop, don't give your details, ask if they would exchange your monitor because of one defective pixel. If they say no, put a scratch in the screen and return it saying that it was in that condition when you recieved it. Decietfull, yes. But in my opinion a fault is a fault, no matter how many pixels are out, and you should get your monitor in perfect working order.

[g_shocker182]

But in my opinion a fault is a fault, no matter how many pixels are out, and you should get your monitor in perfect working order.

exactly!

[jeex]

you have my blessing to either cause a scene in the store until you get your way or scratch the screen.

a long long time ago, i purchased 4mb of ram, but it wouldnt work in my computer. so i took it back to the store. they would not exchange or refund. they said it was "software" and i couldnt exchange or get a refund.. i tried explaining to them that you cant "copy" a memory module. they were too thick to understand. so a few days later, i went to the store with a friend. we didnt enter at the same time, but he wound up breaking the glass on the cabinet that contained the memory modules, pretending like he fell. i walked towards him like i was helping him, and while in the process i grabbed two 8mb sticks.

totally got away with it.. some people would say i'm a thief.. but i was just making things fair. they wasted my time & got me angry. the extra 12mb of ram was for that.

man, i was living high on the hog with 16mb of ram back then.

some of you probably dont know how expensive ram was back in the day.

buying a 4mb module and having it not work was a HUGE deal.

[Will Hay]

you have my blessing to either cause a scene in the store until you get your way or scratch the screen.

a long long time ago, i purchased 4mb of ram, but it wouldnt work in my computer. so i took it back to the store. they would not exchange or refund. they said it was "software" and i couldnt exchange or get a refund.. i tried explaining to them that you cant "copy" a memory module. they were too thick to understand. so a few days later, i went to the store with a friend. we didnt enter at the same time, but he wound up breaking the glass on the cabinet that contained the memory modules, pretending like he fell. i walked towards him like i was helping him, and while in the process i grabbed two 8mb sticks.

totally got away with it.. some people would say i'm a thief.. but i was just making things fair. they wasted my time & got me angry. the extra 12mb of ram was for that.

man, i was living high on the hog with 16mb of ram back then.

some of you probably dont know how expensive ram was back in the day.

buying a 4mb module and having it not work was a HUGE deal.

Man, I always had you down as being like 15.
W.

[stiltman]

you have my blessing to either cause a scene in the store until you get your way or scratch the screen.

a long long time ago, i purchased 4mb of ram, but it wouldnt work in my computer. so i took it back to the store. they would not exchange or refund. they said it was "software" and i couldnt exchange or get a refund.. i tried explaining to them that you cant "copy" a memory module. they were too thick to understand. so a few days later, i went to the store with a friend. we didnt enter at the same time, but he wound up breaking the glass on the cabinet that contained the memory modules, pretending like he fell. i walked towards him like i was helping him, and while in the process i grabbed two 8mb sticks.

totally got away with it.. some people would say i'm a thief.. but i was just making things fair. they wasted my time & got me angry. the extra 12mb of ram was for that.

man, i was living high on the hog with 16mb of ram back then.

some of you probably dont know how expensive ram was back in the day.

buying a 4mb module and having it not work was a HUGE deal.

Man, I always had you down as being like 15.
W.

What's even more astonishing is he had a friend

[Hardcoreruss]

I second that, how old are you jeex, I remember paying 80 pounds for 8mb of ram when I was 14 !!!!

[zzyzzx]

You paid $500 for something that's probably made in China for $20 and you are asking if it's OK to take it back?

First off, are you sure that they are going to power it up?
Even if they do I say demand another one, and power it up in the store to check it out before you leave. And if they refuse to take it back I'd tell them to

[ChrisX]

Do nothing.

I wouldn't send it back just for a very tiny green pixel. If you do, you'll be wasting your time.

Don't take any notice of it .

[g_shocker182]

[gmatov]

Shocker,

What's your screen res set at?

That's a pretty big spot to be one pixel, looks more like a cluster of contiguous pixels.

At 500 bucks, is this a 19 inch? Say 15 inches across, 1024 X 768 res, each pixel is about 15 thousandths of an inch, a period at most in size. Yours looks like a 1/4 inch.

You got a defect, pal. I'd take it back.

Cheers,

George

If your res is higher, there are more bad pixels, as each is smaller.

[thayne]

Yeah I'd say that's more than a few dozen pixles, it's not dead pixles either, more like a defect in the screen. take it back....

[Conquest10]

When you said it was a fourth of the size of a " . " I thought it was small. But that's pretty damn big. Take it back.

[pyrate83]

When you said it was a fourth of the size of a " . " I thought it was small. But that's pretty damn big. Take it back.

I second that, that bitch is huge. Take it back or piss and moan until they let you exchange it for another.

[Craig Tucker]

No matter how big it was, once I knew it was there it would annoy the hell out of me, there is no way I would keep it.

[Hardcoreruss]

No matter how big it was, once I knew it was there it would annoy the hell out of me, there is no way I would keep it.

Same here, no way Pedro.

[Will Hay]

You sure you haven't sneezed?
Give it a wipe with a tissue, see what happens.
W.

[SLICK RICK]

You sure you haven't sneezed?
Give it a wipe with a tissue, see what happens.

SLICK RICK

[ChrisX]

Was that mark there when you bought it? Have a clean on your LCD screen with a cloth and water? Any difference?

If not return it.

[g_shocker182]

Its a really new monitor:

17" @800x600

You guys seem to see it wrong its really a lot smaller than in the picture. The reason it looks so big is because its blurred (notice "My Computer" blurred out of porportion also). Is hard to keep a camera that still. But in real life, its only visible because I have a background picture that is mostly black.

I'll try to get a better picture.

Edit:
Taking a picture of this thing is very difficult. I even tried a tripod but the picture is always blurred. I tried getting a really close shot of it but the camera managed to slip from my hands and hit the screen. god dammit