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As I'm spending WAY too much time agonizing over it.
Here's the story.
Bought an HP L2335 two weeks ago....direct from HP. Loved it, except there was a mark on the lcd panel. Not dead pixels, but an actual scoring in the panel shield itself. Obviously not happy, I call up HP and they instantly hit me with an RMA number with no hassles. Because I don't want a refurb, and I'd like to be with a monitor, I order a new one at the same time. New one comes in yesterday. No scuff marks on the bezel (didn't bother me with the first, but nice), pristine LCD shield. So I hook the thing up, and while the colors seem a bit brighter, and the backlighting is MUCH more even....there's a stuck pixel. If it was on the edge it wouldn't bother me but it's about an inch and a half left of center and about two inches below center. Whenever a dark or black color is in that area of the screen it's shining nice and green.
The advice I'm looking for is what I should do.......should I return it as well and keep trying to get the 'right one', or should I just stay with what I have? Part of me says:
1. If you're going to be spending $1500 bucks on a monitor, it darn well better be right!
2. If you're agonizing this much over it, it won't stop bothering you.
But on the other hand:
1. It's better than the first one.
2. Can I wait the who knows how long...1 day to get RMA, probably 3 days to ship it back, then about another week until a new one comes IF it's in stock when I reorder (Can't afford to do it the same way I did the first one....I've already got $3000 bucks of money out on this monitor, and I won't get the $1500 back until my RMA gets processed which probably won't be until eary next week).
3. How many will I have to go through to find the right one?
4. I'm gonna feel REALLY bad if I have to run through this another 4 or 5 times to get the 'right' one....
So...what would you guys recommend?
Here's the story.
Bought an HP L2335 two weeks ago....direct from HP. Loved it, except there was a mark on the lcd panel. Not dead pixels, but an actual scoring in the panel shield itself. Obviously not happy, I call up HP and they instantly hit me with an RMA number with no hassles. Because I don't want a refurb, and I'd like to be with a monitor, I order a new one at the same time. New one comes in yesterday. No scuff marks on the bezel (didn't bother me with the first, but nice), pristine LCD shield. So I hook the thing up, and while the colors seem a bit brighter, and the backlighting is MUCH more even....there's a stuck pixel. If it was on the edge it wouldn't bother me but it's about an inch and a half left of center and about two inches below center. Whenever a dark or black color is in that area of the screen it's shining nice and green.
The advice I'm looking for is what I should do.......should I return it as well and keep trying to get the 'right one', or should I just stay with what I have? Part of me says:
1. If you're going to be spending $1500 bucks on a monitor, it darn well better be right!
2. If you're agonizing this much over it, it won't stop bothering you.
But on the other hand:
1. It's better than the first one.
2. Can I wait the who knows how long...1 day to get RMA, probably 3 days to ship it back, then about another week until a new one comes IF it's in stock when I reorder (Can't afford to do it the same way I did the first one....I've already got $3000 bucks of money out on this monitor, and I won't get the $1500 back until my RMA gets processed which probably won't be until eary next week).
3. How many will I have to go through to find the right one?
4. I'm gonna feel REALLY bad if I have to run through this another 4 or 5 times to get the 'right' one....
So...what would you guys recommend?
