Some companies won’t return monitors if there’s 3 or less pixels dead on a monitor (at least this was the case a decade ago) and say that this is normal. I’ve never liked dead pixels and have always found a way to return them. And yes, that’s a dead pixel.
delph0r
It’s not dead. Just pining for the fjords.
Arcanine1127
Yeah Amazon will take it back no problem. I had to order three different monitors because they came with either a dead or stuck pixel (2 from MSI, 1 from Acer) and Amazon took them back no problem. I ended up ordering a Alienware AW2724DM because it’s one of the only brands that had a zero dead/stuck pixel policy where they will replace it no questions asked if it has one while all the other brands have some dumb ass policy of 3 or more stuck pixels within certain distance of each other or 2 or more Bright pixels within a certain distance of each other. I paid for all the pixels so damn it I want all of them working. If you buy on Amazon just make sure it’s shipped and sold by Amazon and you’ll have no problems with the return.
louiscools2005
I believe I had a dead pixel in an old laptop of mine, was bummed about it too because it was one of my first PC purchases back in the day. I put up with it though as I didn’t want to do the return process on it. I eventually got used to it and sort of forgot it was there after a while. But any future laptop/screen I get that’s got dead pixels, I think I’d return it.
PusheenHater
I had bought a monitor a long time ago and saw like 10+ “dead pixels”.
I was bummed cause I didn’t want to go through the trouble of returning it.
Then I tried wiping it and it was instantly gone.
Turns out it was just dust and everything was fine.
Monktrist
I’ve had stuck pixels on monitors I have bought. Fortunately there are videos you can watch that have color cycling which unstuck the pixels in my case. I’m sure it doesn’t always work but I was fortunate.
Tyz_TwoCentz_HWE_Ret
FantasmaGITS
In certain cases it may be a particle of dirt behind the panel
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Some companies won’t return monitors if there’s 3 or less pixels dead on a monitor (at least this was the case a decade ago) and say that this is normal. I’ve never liked dead pixels and have always found a way to return them. And yes, that’s a dead pixel.
It’s not dead. Just pining for the fjords.
Yeah Amazon will take it back no problem. I had to order three different monitors because they came with either a dead or stuck pixel (2 from MSI, 1 from Acer) and Amazon took them back no problem. I ended up ordering a Alienware AW2724DM because it’s one of the only brands that had a zero dead/stuck pixel policy where they will replace it no questions asked if it has one while all the other brands have some dumb ass policy of 3 or more stuck pixels within certain distance of each other or 2 or more Bright pixels within a certain distance of each other. I paid for all the pixels so damn it I want all of them working. If you buy on Amazon just make sure it’s shipped and sold by Amazon and you’ll have no problems with the return.
I believe I had a dead pixel in an old laptop of mine, was bummed about it too because it was one of my first PC purchases back in the day. I put up with it though as I didn’t want to do the return process on it. I eventually got used to it and sort of forgot it was there after a while. But any future laptop/screen I get that’s got dead pixels, I think I’d return it.
I had bought a monitor a long time ago and saw like 10+ “dead pixels”.
I was bummed cause I didn’t want to go through the trouble of returning it.
Then I tried wiping it and it was instantly gone.
Turns out it was just dust and everything was fine.
I’ve had stuck pixels on monitors I have bought. Fortunately there are videos you can watch that have color cycling which unstuck the pixels in my case. I’m sure it doesn’t always work but I was fortunate.
In certain cases it may be a particle of dirt behind the panel