Dead/stuck pixels got you down?


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Apple Care does that, but this prevents the hassle of having to wait for a new monitor. I'd rather fix any dead pixels (should any develop) in a few minutes than a few days.

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doesn't work on tubes :(

CRT's don't have pixels in the same way as TFT's if you have a dead area, the mask has moved, probably due to heavy handling.

That's a physical problem, and software ain't going to fix it.

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If my Powerbook had a single dead/stuck pixel and it's under AppleCare, would I be able to get it fixed for free? I know some other LCD manufacturers requires a fixed number of dead pixels before they will fix it for free.

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anybody have a working link for this, my ibook has two dead pixels, and is it true that applecare will cover any dead pixels? because i'd pay for applecare if that meant a no dead pixels for sure

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4 or more is ludicris, the iso standard (which almost all lcd makers use) is 2 on 15" screen my 14.1 inch ibook has two, i called apple and they made me take it to a tech here in town and she said they wouldn't replace it and my only option would be to call them and tell them i'd return it over quality concerns, but i'm not a good bluffer, i'm too attached to this thing to actually let it go, but 2 pixels are too much, especially since they're near the center so i notice them on every window i open (and with massage i've managed to get them to go from black to red, not really sure that's an improvement), but if i could find more bad pixels i'd have a case to get it replaced (hopefully), i remember not that long ago, before lcds and laptops went so everybody needed one that we never really had a dead pixel problem

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"Therefore a certain number of subpixel anomalies is considered acceptable."

**Taken right from Apple**

I have a single dead pixel on my 1 month old iBook. Thank God it's on the far left side of the screen, but still, i wish i could get it fixed.

Rubbing it did jack squat.

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'Tis very strange. Is a very clever tool that could be very useful, if only they let you get a copy!!

Any chance anyone could give me a copy of the demo? I could probably even host a mirror of it for a few days.

Dougal.

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