topic How Many Dead Pixels? in PCs & Accessories

How Many Dead Pixels?

waleed_wc — Thu, 03 Jun 2004 16:31:25 GMT

Dead pixels are mainly a graphics adapter driver flaw, or you need to update your bios.
Email me if you have any questions on waleed_wc@hotmail.com
Cant promise anything

How Many Dead Pixels?

m3bhp — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:32:10 GMT

Just wondering how good your VAIO screens are, hopefully you'll have enough fingers to add them up!

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robpaxton — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 13:33:31 GMT

I always view the screen before I buy . . . . so none

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kee-lo_ — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:00:23 GMT

None, thank god

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tellingd — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:09:06 GMT

I always view the screen before I buy . . . . so none

I bought via the 'net so no option for this. I am very happy with the screen though, can't see any dead pixels :smileygrin:

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intradinkq — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:51:43 GMT

One appeared after a couple years

But you can hardly notice it, so not too bad.

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Oxigun — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 11:43:50 GMT

None

The shop I bought it from tested the rig extensively before handing it over te me with a 8day-warranty to that.
I warned my brother NOT to buy those crappy medion "notebooks" but he did, guess what is in the middle of his screen? :smileygrin: :smileygrin: (soon it will be gone for the 3th to be repaired, I am so glad to have a Sony)

How Many Dead Pixels?

tellingd — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 12:53:50 GMT

None 

The shop I bought it from tested the rig extensively before handing it over te me with a 8day-warranty to that.
I warned my brother NOT to buy those crappy medion "notebooks" but he did, guess what is in the middle of his screen? :smileygrin: :smileygrin: (soon it will be gone for the 3th to be repaired, I am so glad to have a Sony)

Interesting point Oxigun, we hear a fair bit about Sony machines going wrong through this forum and it's easy to forget that, all said and done, they are pretty good - but then why else would such a distinguished group of individuals (that's us by the way :smileygrin: ) buy them

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paddy_uk — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:12:51 GMT

I had one on my old Toshiba laptop. Funny thing was you could see it on boot, but once booted it was gone. Wasn't very noticable as it was in the top right hand corner. On boot you could just see a pin prick of red, but as I said, it wasn't noticable once the boot was complete. That was my first and last screen with a dead pixel. Not bad considering how many laptops I've had & TFT monitors. Think I've had 4 TFT monitors & 8 laptops in total.

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maanson — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:26:10 GMT

Hi!

My Vaio notebook is onr week old. I have one dead pixel, appeard couple of days after i got the computer. Hopfully all the other will live for a long time

Nice computer anyway!!

Re: Dead pixel

paddy_uk — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:40:59 GMT

Hi!

My Vaio notebook is onr week old. I have one dead pixel, appeard couple of days after i got the computer. Hopfully all the other will live for a long time  

Nice computer anyway!!

Hi & welcome. A dead pixel's not too bad if it's in one of the top corners, but would be nasty if it was in the middle of your screen!

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maanson — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:52:01 GMT

Does the warranty cover it? How many dead pixels does it have to exist before the warranty cover it?

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paddy_uk — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 13:58:39 GMT

Unfortunatley 1 dead pixel doesn't count ...even though in most people's view that dead pixel means that there's a defect. You would need to have 6 or more before the warranty would take care of it as far as I know. Different companies have different policies, so don't quote me on the amount, but I think 6 is the min needed for a repair.

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robpaxton — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:24:39 GMT

There is an article at http://www6.tomshardware.com/display/20030319/ which details the ISO standard and compares different companies attitudes and responses to faulty pixels.

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kee-lo_ — Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:34:14 GMT

None 

The shop I bought it from tested the rig extensively before handing it over te me with a 8day-warranty to that.
I warned my brother NOT to buy those crappy medion "notebooks" but he did, guess what is in the middle of his screen? :smileygrin: :smileygrin: (soon it will be gone for the 3th to be repaired, I am so glad to have a Sony) 


Interesting point Oxigun, we hear a fair bit about Sony machines going wrong through this forum and it's easy to forget that, all said and done, they are pretty good - but then why else would such a distinguished group of individuals (that's us by the way  :smileygrin: ) buy them

Yeah Dave's right - people complain here about VAIOs and their builds, glad to see someone is getting a good deal, and having fun with their VAIO.