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Gawd
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Newegg charged my card even though I cancelled within an hour...brilliant. The order is listed as "void." I like how they managed to charge me on the day of my order (last saturday) but can't credit me even at this point. No response from customer service via email either...awesome stuff.
As far as dead pixels, they are fairly common. I think with monitors with very low pixel pitch, people don't really bother looking that hard. Another issue is if the dead pixel is in the corners, you won't really notice during normal usage. But during a full screen operation it might show up.
Dead subpixels are more common than fully dead pixels. During certain color operations, one of the main subpixels (red, green, blue) might not turn on at all.
I've had over a dozen TVs and LCD monitors over the last 3 years...only two sets, a 23" Apple Cinema display, and an NEC LCD2690wuxi had no dead pixels. Although the NEC would develop stuck pixels quite often. However, these were very hard to spot given the size of the pixels. If you have an LCD TV, dead pixels are HUGE because of the large pixel pitch. You can see them night and day. And every LCD TV I've had have had at least 1 major dead pixel or dead subpixel, and they are very noticeable when you are looking at ~50" screen. Although with a TV usually you'll sit far back enough and not notice unless you are really looking for it, or if a primary color of R/G/B just happens to show up in that area, in which case it REALLY LIGHTS UP.
Anyway, ~30% LCD screens having a dead pixel seems like a fairly conservative statistic. My guess is, most people just aren't looking for it, or its not obvious enough in normal usage to spot it.
As far as dead pixels, they are fairly common. I think with monitors with very low pixel pitch, people don't really bother looking that hard. Another issue is if the dead pixel is in the corners, you won't really notice during normal usage. But during a full screen operation it might show up.
Dead subpixels are more common than fully dead pixels. During certain color operations, one of the main subpixels (red, green, blue) might not turn on at all.
I've had over a dozen TVs and LCD monitors over the last 3 years...only two sets, a 23" Apple Cinema display, and an NEC LCD2690wuxi had no dead pixels. Although the NEC would develop stuck pixels quite often. However, these were very hard to spot given the size of the pixels. If you have an LCD TV, dead pixels are HUGE because of the large pixel pitch. You can see them night and day. And every LCD TV I've had have had at least 1 major dead pixel or dead subpixel, and they are very noticeable when you are looking at ~50" screen. Although with a TV usually you'll sit far back enough and not notice unless you are really looking for it, or if a primary color of R/G/B just happens to show up in that area, in which case it REALLY LIGHTS UP.
Anyway, ~30% LCD screens having a dead pixel seems like a fairly conservative statistic. My guess is, most people just aren't looking for it, or its not obvious enough in normal usage to spot it.