10 stuck pixels on my Cinema and a few on my TiBook 800. No dead pixels on my current machines.
My old Duo 210 and PB2400 had none.
My old Duo 210 and PB2400 had none.
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Opening a can of Pixels- Dead Pixels
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I've got a 17inch iMac I bought in Oct 2002.
2 pixels on the lower left of the screen about 2 inches apart seem to stick out sometimes. They are light blue in color but I only notice if the screen is dark blue, any other color, they can't be seen. If the screen is black I can barley see them at all unless I specifically look for them, they're very faint.
I expected a few dead pixels so I can live with it. I tried rubbing the area with my finger as some have suggested but it didn't unstick the pixels.
3-4 more and I can get a new screen?
2 pixels on the lower left of the screen about 2 inches apart seem to stick out sometimes. They are light blue in color but I only notice if the screen is dark blue, any other color, they can't be seen. If the screen is black I can barley see them at all unless I specifically look for them, they're very faint.
I expected a few dead pixels so I can live with it. I tried rubbing the area with my finger as some have suggested but it didn't unstick the pixels.
3-4 more and I can get a new screen?
Old portables - luggable, Wallaby, 5300c and 1400c no bad pixels.
iBook800 Combo 12" perfect screen.
Bought a 22" when the prices dropped, spent the extra 100 bucks for CompUSA's "one-time-replacement" policy. This display is gorgeous, but it has two stuck pixels and one dead. Bummer, guess I'll get it replaced with a 23" after all the 22s are gone.
iBook800 Combo 12" perfect screen.
Bought a 22" when the prices dropped, spent the extra 100 bucks for CompUSA's "one-time-replacement" policy. This display is gorgeous, but it has two stuck pixels and one dead. Bummer, guess I'll get it replaced with a 23" after all the 22s are gone.
I agree with you Eniregnat and glad to see you have finally joined the boards, let's hope that everyone that is afraid of dead pixels will read this post.
I've seen dead pixels twice. At a computer store, on a display model 21" and on a 17" that a friend bought nearly two years ago. My 17" and my iBook are pristine.
Dan
Dan
Dead Pixels- Thank's for the feed back.
Thanks for the input. I just wanted to weigh the general feeling about dead pixels and how much was cyberspace myth and how much was real. It should help people make informed decisions for the next year (through site searches).
As a side note about flat screen failure. At work I manage between 6 and 14 Dells with Dell flat screens, dependent on which studio I am at. I had a screen fail, and bypassed our IT people and talked directly to Dell. It was the third bad screen shipped from Dell to us. What did they do? Their customer service rep told me what companys screens they badged, sold me unbadged 17inch screen with the ability to rotate and change aspect ratio! (All for just $300). We have had lots of problems with Dells, but their customer service was as good as Apples.
On most of our out of spec. computers, we run Planar or AquaView. Great equipment. The Planars are sealed, robust and pretty crisp (for the 17 to 20 inch models) and the AquaView, which my boss purchased for herself, looks like to be Apple Cinama Screen quality. But with all of our flat screens I have noted something, failure is going to happen. We have lost another expensive and a cheep-o flat screen this month. We think that the problems were inherent, as they showed issues from the start.
The entire office wishes we could switch to Mac, but most of the software we use is proprietary, we also love DirectX based audio editors, because the plugins can be chained and scripted so easily. This something that we dont want to have to retrain our selves on, no reinvest money in new process when the old one works so well. I still do a lot of work on my old iTang and the office respects the little machine.
Thanks for the input. I just wanted to weigh the general feeling about dead pixels and how much was cyberspace myth and how much was real. It should help people make informed decisions for the next year (through site searches).
As a side note about flat screen failure. At work I manage between 6 and 14 Dells with Dell flat screens, dependent on which studio I am at. I had a screen fail, and bypassed our IT people and talked directly to Dell. It was the third bad screen shipped from Dell to us. What did they do? Their customer service rep told me what companys screens they badged, sold me unbadged 17inch screen with the ability to rotate and change aspect ratio! (All for just $300). We have had lots of problems with Dells, but their customer service was as good as Apples.
On most of our out of spec. computers, we run Planar or AquaView. Great equipment. The Planars are sealed, robust and pretty crisp (for the 17 to 20 inch models) and the AquaView, which my boss purchased for herself, looks like to be Apple Cinama Screen quality. But with all of our flat screens I have noted something, failure is going to happen. We have lost another expensive and a cheep-o flat screen this month. We think that the problems were inherent, as they showed issues from the start.
The entire office wishes we could switch to Mac, but most of the software we use is proprietary, we also love DirectX based audio editors, because the plugins can be chained and scripted so easily. This something that we dont want to have to retrain our selves on, no reinvest money in new process when the old one works so well. I still do a lot of work on my old iTang and the office respects the little machine.