jxyama said:
Yes i know. For viewsonic thing I ment to write "the company that makes viewsonic screens have figured out a way"
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Yes i know. For viewsonic thing I ment to write "the company that makes viewsonic screens have figured out a way"
JFreak said:
Or, maybe Windows users are so used to being screwed by their machine that a few dead pixels fly below their annoyance radar. Mac users are used to everything working, so perhaps we're more picky.
My $0.02
My first powerbook was a Ti 550, and it had a stuck blue pixel near the middle to upper left quadrant of the screen. First I called up MacZone or whatever company it was that I bought it from saying I wanted to return it. They wouldn't let me. They said, we don't accept returns on Apple computers, and that's the bottom line. So I called up Apple, and they gave me a similar story, saying they would not replace the PB or LCD.
What was frustrating is that no one else I know seems to have a dead/stuck pixel. Our company had about a dozen Ti powerbooks, none of them with pixel anomalies. My friends had Dells, Thinkpads and powerbooks with no problems.
I eventually got my hands on a non-booting Ti 667's LCD screen, and did an LCD transplant. It was messy, but eventually it worked. I can't tell you how much of a relief and difference it made just to not have one stuck pixel in the viewing area. It was worth the hassle.
Recently, I just got my new powerbook 15" 1.5ghz. And, it has a stuck green pixel in the lower right corner of the screen (about 1" up and 1" over) Because it was a custom BTO from Apple, I was told there is no way I can return it. However, I've noticed the location of this pixel is far more acceptable, as it is in an "non-vital" area of the screen.
Like before, my friends that bought new Aluminum PBs have 0 pixel problems, but they do have white spots (earlier models)
I guess what I'm saying is that there are many powerbook owners who have no problems with their LCDs, and then there are the unlucky folks like me who are 0/2 for having a perfect screen. It also makes a difference where the pixel is on the screen - almost exponentially a problem the closer it gets to the middle.
In other words, I love my PB, and can live with a stuck green pixel on the bottom right corner.
My first powerbook was a Ti 550, and it had a stuck blue pixel near the middle to upper left quadrant of the screen. First I called up MacZone or whatever company it was that I bought it from saying I wanted to return it. They wouldn't let me. They said, we don't accept returns on Apple computers, and that's the bottom line. So I called up Apple, and they gave me a similar story, saying they would not replace the PB or LCD.
What was frustrating is that no one else I know seems to have a dead/stuck pixel. Our company had about a dozen Ti powerbooks, none of them with pixel anomalies. My friends had Dells, Thinkpads and powerbooks with no problems.
I eventually got my hands on a non-booting Ti 667's LCD screen, and did an LCD transplant. It was messy, but eventually it worked. I can't tell you how much of a relief and difference it made just to not have one stuck pixel in the viewing area. It was worth the hassle.
Recently, I just got my new powerbook 15" 1.5ghz. And, it has a stuck green pixel in the lower right corner of the screen (about 1" up and 1" over) Because it was a custom BTO from Apple, I was told there is no way I can return it. However, I've noticed the location of this pixel is far more acceptable, as it is in an "non-vital" area of the screen.
Like before, my friends that bought new Aluminum PBs have 0 pixel problems, but they do have white spots (earlier models)
I guess what I'm saying is that there are many powerbook owners who have no problems with their LCDs, and then there are the unlucky folks like me who are 0/2 for having a perfect screen. It also makes a difference where the pixel is on the screen - almost exponentially a problem the closer it gets to the middle.
In other words, I love my PB, and can live with a stuck green pixel on the bottom right corner.
Kinda an interesting aside about quality
When I was buying my Hammerhead, the forums were rife with "dead-pixels woes". I asked an Apple rep at Shinjuku BicBic about dead-pixels and he just laughed (not sure if I was getting the sales line), and said Apple Japan, because Japanese people are very quality sensitive, only ships perfect LCD screens. I have a Pismo (perfect screen), a Hammerhead (perfect screen), my friend has a some Apple studio lcds (perfect) and at work we received over 50 LCDs from Sharp and Eizo... not a single dead-pixel. If you worry about dead pixels, come and buy your LCD in Japan!
-Wyrm
When I was buying my Hammerhead, the forums were rife with "dead-pixels woes". I asked an Apple rep at Shinjuku BicBic about dead-pixels and he just laughed (not sure if I was getting the sales line), and said Apple Japan, because Japanese people are very quality sensitive, only ships perfect LCD screens. I have a Pismo (perfect screen), a Hammerhead (perfect screen), my friend has a some Apple studio lcds (perfect) and at work we received over 50 LCDs from Sharp and Eizo... not a single dead-pixel. If you worry about dead pixels, come and buy your LCD in Japan!
-Wyrm