dead/ stuck pixel

[TheWitePony]

I just bought a Tibook from the Apple Retail Store on the 19th and I have just noticed that I have a stuck/dead pixel. It is on the far left side of the screen and it is green in color. The good part is that it is virually invisable, unless that part of the screen is black. However, it is very annoying when say I'm watching a DVD or I'm watching a slide show of my picutes in iPhoto. This notebook is not even a week old. What should I do? Should I go back to the store and demand a replacement? Would they even give me one? I think that the minimum number of pixels that would fall under warrenty is like 6 or 7 right? But this thing is brand new....shouldn't there be a speacial case for defective products that are brand new? I mean what would stop me from just returning it at the Apple store, and then just reordering it from the online store?? With that logic, shouldn't they just give me a straight up trade if they sold me a defective product??

[edesignuk]

The problem is, it's not "defective", LCD manufacturers are allowed a certain amount of imperfections due to the manufacturing process. It sucks big time I know, but I don't think there is much you can do about it :(

[robotrenegade]

They will take it back but you will have to pay for a restocking fee, which I think is bull sh*t.

[iGav]

The replacement TiBook could well have 2 or 3 dead/stuck pixels so you could end up worse off.

Maybe try massaging it out with your finger and a soft cloth, you can do this with suck pixels (red, green, blue) but obviously not with dead ones... (grey/black)

Apple are no different from other companies in this respect though!!

[iJon]

take a cloth a rub it softly. this can usually fix it. apple will not give you a new one, sorry.

iJon

[TheWitePony]

I have heard about the massaging thing. Does it really work? Could someone list some specific steps to this process? How hard exactly do I need to press and for how long? Also, since I already have one stuck pixel now, does that mean I am more prone to stuck pixels in the future?

[iJon]

yeah it works, its no myth. just get a cloth and just press it firmly and rub. i cant really tell you how hard, not really sure. i think youll now how hard is enough.

iJon

[Graydon]

Yeah, try the rub out method. It didn't work on my Tibook, 1 green at mid center of screen.

I have found a use for the pixel. It's a great place to park your cursor when not in use...also great to index item locations in a drawing...

Sorry