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>On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 18:29:30 GMT, Mike <dy73ui39aHe5@hotmail.com>
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>>What I find un-acceptable is Manufacturers expecting users to tolerate 1 or more
>>faulty pixels especially on new monitors, luckily mine is okay.
>>After all you wouldn't accept a new car with a couple of scratches on the paint
>>work, and the manufacturer saying its quite normal, and only offers to change it
>>when you have 5 scratches or more.. LOL would you!
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>Bid difference Mike if you car gets a scratch during manufacture or
>delivery at worst you end up having a panel repsrayed or a best a
>touch in job. With a TFT screen if a pixel is dead it's dead can't be
>fixed. Only solution throw it away. Manufacturers who did this would
>end up passing on the cost of all these scapped screens to the end
>user and end up having to go out of business if they can't compete on
>price.
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Very true of course, and I fully understand the reasons why it would be not
viable to scrap off panels with faulty pixels.
However, it doesn't make the poor purchaser who's just spent £400 or more on a
19" panel feel any better when he has a stuck on bright pixel glaring at him day
after day. We all know the reasons why we are expected to have to tolerate
imperfect panels, but it doesn't mean I have to agree with the policy.
They should sell off the panels with one or more faulty pixels at a cheaper
price than the perfect ones.. and state so!
I build quite a lot of systems, and I can assure you its not easy trying to
explain to a customer when he picks up his system, and his LCD has 1 or more
noticeable faulty pixels and then trying to explain to him its normal!
Most of the panels I use are quite cheap, and I would say I probably get 6 or 7
perfect panels out of every 10.
Admittedly, one does tend to find more faulty pixel problems on the cheaper end
of the market and have probably already been graded and is reflected in the low
price. Having said that, I have had to return 2 expensive top end Iiyama 19"
panels because customers were un-willing to accept them. One panel had 1
noticeable stuck bright pixel and the other had 2 which were near the centre and
quite noticeable. My own Hyundai 19" 8ms panel (a Samsung panel) does not have
any faulty pixels, its just the luck of the draw! Still depressing however for
those unfortunates who do have them especially on new panels.
>Very bad move or they are very confident in their manufacturing
>process which given the time they have been making TFT's it could be
>they have improved to the point where they can offer that sort of
>service but my bet is that all they will do is only put their name to
>the perfects and sell the "faulty" ones on to a rebadge company to
>flog at a lower price point.
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Quite possibly.
Obviously as time passes the manufacturing processes improve, and no doubt they
hope such a policy will lead to increased sales.
IMO good news for the end user. Applies to all Samsung panels after February
1st 2005.
Mike
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