Dead pixels on my LCD screen

Re: Dead pixels on my LCD screen

if you bought your MAc and display within three years and have APP (Apple Protection Plan) then just call up apple or your nearest apple store. Apple says that it if you have more then 10 dead pixels, then they will replace it. 15 is way too much, I have one on my FORMAC 2010 and it drives me nuts.

Tyler

 

1 dead pixel is too many.. i just couldnt live with 15. I sure hope you got the protection plan.

 

Re: Dead pixels on my LCD screen

What you have are not "dead pixels." Dead pixels are always off. What you have are known as "stuck pixels."

 

One potential fix, if you don't have warranty or applecare, is to *gently* rub the pixel, they're not sure if it's the light pressure or the body heat but it sometimes fixes a few dead pixels... it's not much but it might help you out...

pnw

 

Problem?

Are "dead pixels" (call them what you will) a big problem on Apple products? I know that on other computers, namely notebooks, that they can be very frequent. I just haven't heard many people here complain about them on their ibooks or PBs. I'm just curious if Apple has a more selective process when using LCDs.

 

Re: Problem?

dead pixels are a fact of life with LCD monitors. The process for making them isn't good enough eyt to eliminate them without driving up costs by a very large factor. Hence why apple requires ten dead pixels before they'll replace it. While apple certainly uses high quality displays, I doubt they can afford to be over selective about the screens.

 

Re: Problem?

I have none on my iBook and I had 3 on my Dell. I also used to have one on my Cornea 17", but it magically went away after a few months.

 

Understood

...I know the facts of life about using LCD displays. What I really want to know is how many Apple users out there have had a problem with dead pixels. On the PC forum that I follow they complain about dead pixels frequently, but here I don't see it mentioned as much. Is that because it doesn't seem to happen as often with Macs or is it because you all just don't talk about it?
Thanks

 

Re: Problem?

I have no dead pixels with my cinema display which I have had well over a year.

 

Dead Pixels aren't common

I worked for an Apple reseller for two and a half years as a salesman and a repair guy, and I have only seen 4 or 5 bad displays (dead pixels and/or stuck pixels) out of hundreds, possibly thousands. I own a powerbook G3 500, and an ibook and both of their displays are fine. Just FYI Samsung makes many of their displays, more especially the newer ones, Apple doesn't actually make any of their hardware, they just design it, and contract it out.

 

Re: Re: Dead pixels

The one's I usually saw were newer ones (0 - 3 months), but I was also a repair tech, and replaced two laptop screens that were a bit older, they were from powerbook G4's, one was about 8 months old, the other was a little over a year, but had applecare. But what I heard from another Apple tech was that bad pixels were more common in larger displays for two reasons. First reason is simply probablity. The second reason only applies to the really large 22" and 23" displays, where their sheer size is actually what damages them, something to do with the huge display pulling on itself and breaking its own microminiauture little wires that make the individual pixels work. I don't enough about how they are actually made to confirm or refute this hypothesis. But what he said to do was to lay a towel down on a table and lay it flat on it's face overnight, and sometimes it's own weight would fix itself. Good luck.

 

From what I know, there are only 3 or so people that actually manufacture the parts to make an LCD display. Having a perfect LCD display is a combination of luck and how selective the company is. My family just got a 17 inch Sony monitor and it has 3 dead pixels. I think the return policy at the Apple store according to my relative who works there is 7 or more........

 

You could always try shaking it