Help Dead Pixels - I give up and admit defeat!

[TheTrueSpin]

Almost every electronic product I have ever bought has had at least one dead pixel.

My first digital camera - 1 stuck pixel (replaced)
My iPod – 1 Dead pixel (replaced)
My Archos Media Player – 2 stuck pixels (couldn't be bothered to replace)
My PSP – 2 dead pixels (replaced)
My laptop – 1 dead pixel (couldn't be bothered to replace)
My HTC Desire – 1 dead pixel (replaced x2)

Guess what... I just got a GS2 and, you guessed it, 1 dead pixel.

I know what people will say "take it back", but I actualy give up. I took my first HTC Desire back because of a dead pixel and ended up with another dead pixel but in a different location. This went back (not because of the pixel) and I ended up with no dead pixels, but dust under the screen.

For a while I thought about buying an iPad, and I spent some time in the store looking as the display units, checking for dead pixels. I looked at 5 and, of these, three had at least 1 dead pixel. The remaining two looked okay, but they may well have had stuck pixels that I just didn't see (testing on white background).

The only product that I can think of that doesn't have any "flaws" is my Samsung HD TV.

So, are dead pixels a fact of life? Well, in my experience - yes. I have tried to avoid them, tried not to accept anything but perfection, but I can't seem to escape them. So... I give up. The dead pixels have won the war.

 

[greggebhardt]

Sorry but your "standards" are too high!

When you look at the sheer number of pixels on a consumer device, you can not expect one or two or more to be bad or go bad. Most offending pixels on screens and sensors are "mapped out" at the factory but one can be missed and new one show up at any time in the life time of a device.

I do not even look for dead pixels. If I am happy with the over all screen or camera performance that is enough. Your pixel peeping had not only made you unhappy with your past electronics but the constant returning and replacing of these devices increases the cost of these electronics to all of consumers.

Sounds like you have worn YOURSELF out over a single offending pixel and will maybe relax and try to enjoy your device.

Sorry if you take this wrong, but I am a photographer and do a lot of the photo forums and they are full of people who worry too much about a single pixel rather that the WHOLE image! Too many feel they "deserve" a "perfect" device for what they paid! LOL!

 

[TheTrueSpin]

Sorry but your "standards" are too high!

When you look at the sheer number of pixels on a consumer device, you can not expect one or two or more to be bad or go bad. Most offending pixels on screens and sensors are "mapped out" at the factory but one can be missed and new one show up at any time in the life time of a device.

I do not even look for dead pixels. If I am happy with the over all screen or camera performance that is enough. Your pixel peeping had not only made you unhappy with your past electronics but the constant returning and replacing of these devices increases the cost of these electronics to all of consumers.

Sounds like you have worn YOURSELF out over a single offending pixel and will maybe relax and try to enjoy your device.

Sorry if you take this wrong, but I am a photographer and do a lot of the photo forums and they are full of people who worry too much about a single pixel rather that the WHOLE image! Too many feel they "deserve" a "perfect" device for what they paid! LOL!

No need to apologise, I agree. I have got caught in those endless return cycles and it's just not worth it. I don't even use cases or screen protectors nowadays... I enjoy gadgets far more when I'm not worrying about them all the time.

 

[elektrobix]

Dead pixels are extremely annoying, especially if they're right in the middle of the screen. And frankly i don't care if people think i'm unreasonable but i'm not spending thousands on electronics with annoying defects. I have always returned things with dead pixels (i recently returned a Samsung HDTV and got it swapped that had several dead pixels) and i always will. I don't shell out that much money for that kind of annoyance.

 

[greggebhardt]

No need to apologise, I agree. I have got caught in those endless return cycles and it's just not worth it. I don't even use cases or screen protectors nowadays... I enjoy gadgets far more when I'm not worrying about them all the time.

Glad to hear, enjoy you SG2. It is the best phone I have ever used.

 

[lotus49]

I don't think your standards are too high - dead pixels really annoy me, I just cannot ignore them and it bothers me literally every time I look at the screen.

Fortunately for me, I have been a lot luckier. My iPhone, SGS2, MacBook Pro and my Viewsonic full HD monitor (my last 4 big purchases with a screen) haven't a dead or stuck pixel between them.

 

[Okks]

I bought a S2 one month ago.

First one had a bright red stuck pixel, got it replaced.
Second one had a black particle (maybe a dead pixel), under the screen
My third one now that I just received, 1 green stuck pixel (not bright), and one hardly noticable dead pixel.

I'm getting mad with the replacements, I think I'm gonna get it replaced one more time, but it will be the last one. Probably my last samsung device if the next one is not flawless.

My old Samsung SGH G600 had a black particle under the screen right out of the box. It bothered me but I paid it 50$ so I didn't really care. But with the S2, I'm expecting a perfect screen.

Even my HP laptop which is actually cheaper has a PERFECT led screen, and has more pixels.

What is wrong with samsung seriously ?

For those who have had dead pixels on their devices, how many times did you get it replaced before getting a perfect one ?