40 in tv has a stuck pixel

[dukebound85]

That shows up on red and white backgrounds as dead but fine on others

Its the only one I can find

I bought it in feb 09

I called sams and they said they could exchange it for a new one

Should I do that? Sorta feel like I would be scamming sams but they said to bring it in if it was bugging me and i just started noticing it (hardly ever use the tv) so its not scamming as they are ok with me doing that but still

or am i too ocd

buuuut if i got store credt, i could get a better tv for less as well

 

[yg17]

If their policy lets you return it, then I don't think you're scamming them. I returned a monitor to Dell over one stuck pixel, didn't bother me one bit.

 

[ucfgrad93]

If their policy lets you return it, then I don't think you're scamming them.

Agreed. Its up to you to decide. For me, I probably wouldn't even notice it.

 

[dukebound85]

its only seaable in red (looks black), white (looks greenish), yellow (looks greenish)

works fine for black, blue and green

any chance it will just start working again? i tried rubbing it and doing the screen videos to no help lol

 

[Rampant.A.I.]

Why don't you return it? That's why they have the policy.

If you chucked a remote at it or something that caused the pixel to get stuck, I could see feeling guilty about it.

But you bought a working TV, and something went wrong with it. Return it or exchange it for a new one! Seriously, this is one of the appeals of buying from a big-box store.

Or you could always keep it until the stuck pixel really starts to bother you, and you're past the return date. 😉

 

[adk]

Assuming your TV is 1080p, you have one malfunctioning pixel and 2,073,599 working ones. Keep that in mind.

 

[dukebound85]

just out of curiousity do all 1080p sets only have a vertical resolution of 1080 pixels or do many larger tvs have more than that?

i tried to look at the difference in pixel size and they seem to be same size on a 40 inch or a 55 incher lol

 

[125037]

If their policy lets you return it, then I don't think you're scamming them. I returned a monitor to Dell over one stuck pixel, didn't bother me one bit.

While it is a minute problem, you are paying for a brand new perfect conditioned product.

 

[dukebound85]

While it is a minute problem, you are paying for a brand new perfect conditioned product.

took it back, gave me a full credit which i then turned and got a Samsung 40in b610

I had a 40" A530 so I was able to upgrade for free🙂

Only bad thing is that this new one does not have PiP🙁

 

[XnavxeMiyyep]

To be honest, I would feel scammed if they wouldn't take it back. 40" TVs are expensive and should be expected to work.