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Thread ID: 51377 2004-11-19 07:13:00 Dead/Stuck pixels mr_rix (5375) Press F1
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293884 2004-11-20 00:45:00 Metla,

Could you please explain the difference between a bright pixel & a stuck one? (are they different?)
mr_rix (5375)
293885 2004-11-20 01:02:00 >>The person who served me gave me the impression that he couldn't give a toss.
Maybe he didn't. :) Don't you know that customers can be a pain in the bum :)
Dolby Digital (160)
293886 2004-11-20 01:02:00 A dead pixel is blank, no light left in it, Not as annoying as a stuck pixel which is displaying the one colour,

Either way I tried using an LCD returned to me with a stuck pixel (was going to keep the unit for my own use if the distributor was going to be difficult...hmm...now that I think of it the item in question didn't have the warranty details with it, I got the impression I wasn't the first person that had taken delivery of the item) anyhow, even with the one stuck pixel I found the entire screen unusable, My eyes were always drawn to the bright green dot.... and it made game playing disorientating...
metla (154)
293887 2004-11-20 01:44:00 Thtas kind odd, the colour of it appears to chage.

Here's a chart referring to the colour of the pixel

Background________Colour of Stuck Pixel
Dark Blue Black
Light Blue Darker Blue
Black Blue
White Red
Red Red
Green Blue
mr_rix (5375)
293888 2004-11-20 01:55:00 Well, make sure the background is always red, and you'll never notice it. :D Graham L (2)
293889 2004-11-20 03:49:00 > > > The person who served me gave me the impression
> that he couldn't give a toss.
> Maybe he didn't. :) Don't you know that customers
> can be a pain in the bum :)

You all know that customer may not always be right, but he is always the customer, 'bye DSE Manchester St.
theotherone (1421)
293890 2004-11-20 03:50:00 What he didn't know was that I had the cash on my pocket and was ready to buy. theotherone (1421)
293891 2004-11-20 08:12:00 If the thing is not fit for purpose, then IMO, you can take it back. What is acceptable to a retailer or manufacturer is not necessarily acceptable to the wider public.

If some manufacturer want to say 5 or 5000 stuck, dead or bright pixels is acceptable good luck to them. Just because it is in the fine print does not make it acceptable, you can't contract out of the law. If however they clearly state that this item may not work as you expect, could have minor faults that you will find annoying, do not buy this product if you want to use it for XYZ, then you have been fully appraised and buy at your own risk.

Murray P
Murray P (44)
293892 2004-11-20 08:23:00 when i got my LCD it had one bright green pixel in lower left. i thought it would be no problem, after a month i decided it was a problem and decided to see what could be done.

the suppler said "not our problem , ring the 0800 number for the manufacture that is on the box."

the manufacture said "no problem" they paid freight both ways and gave me a new screen in less then a week.

over the last 18 months i have brought 3 LCD screens and two have had bright pixels, both replaced no problems in less than a week.
robsonde (120)
293893 2004-11-20 08:41:00 I wouldn't go back to that supplier then Derek, unless it was a wholesale B2B purchase. Even then they should be more customer focused. Under the CGA, it is the retailers responsibility to replace, repair or refund.

Murray P
Murray P (44)
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