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I had bought a new NEC 2490 and it had a shadow of what looked like a cross shape, with a vertical stripe a bit right of center and a horizontal stripe about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom of the screen. This screen also had a dead red subpixel and a completely dead pixel (always black) though it was a bit blurry more like a dust spec behind it. So I got it RMAd and got a new replacement.
Well this new replacement has that same cross shaped non-uniformity in the same location. And I also got 2 dead pixels again, but this time closer to the center of the screen than my first unit. Wow, is my luck bad or what?
So other owners, is it normal to have this shadow? Just put a completely white screen, or it is especially evident with the green screen from the program "dead pixel tester" Stand back a bit and look at it, move your head around to help notice differences. Is your screen completely uniform? I have what looks like a slightly brighter line with a slightly darker outline around it. I almost have a feeling there is a backlight right there or something causing this line. On that green background I can kind of see a grid like pattern. Overall the screen is much more uniform than other monitors, it doesn't have patches of dark and bright. But this grid pattern is a first for me on any monitor, and I got 2 in a row from completely different build dates. Yet I haven't seen this problem ever mentioned before.
I tested this with:
2 different computers, with 3 different DVI cables, and 2 different monitors and both monitors show these shadowy lines in the same locations. Those same 2 computers I used to have hooked up to a different monitor and that didn't show these lines so it's not the computers.
In any case, I'm going to call nec and try to get another replacement. I can't believe with all the people having perfect monitors with no bad pixels, that I get 2 in a row with 2 dead pixels each.
Well this new replacement has that same cross shaped non-uniformity in the same location. And I also got 2 dead pixels again, but this time closer to the center of the screen than my first unit. Wow, is my luck bad or what?
So other owners, is it normal to have this shadow? Just put a completely white screen, or it is especially evident with the green screen from the program "dead pixel tester" Stand back a bit and look at it, move your head around to help notice differences. Is your screen completely uniform? I have what looks like a slightly brighter line with a slightly darker outline around it. I almost have a feeling there is a backlight right there or something causing this line. On that green background I can kind of see a grid like pattern. Overall the screen is much more uniform than other monitors, it doesn't have patches of dark and bright. But this grid pattern is a first for me on any monitor, and I got 2 in a row from completely different build dates. Yet I haven't seen this problem ever mentioned before.
I tested this with:
2 different computers, with 3 different DVI cables, and 2 different monitors and both monitors show these shadowy lines in the same locations. Those same 2 computers I used to have hooked up to a different monitor and that didn't show these lines so it's not the computers.
In any case, I'm going to call nec and try to get another replacement. I can't believe with all the people having perfect monitors with no bad pixels, that I get 2 in a row with 2 dead pixels each.
