Stuck Pixel on Monitor

[brandon9585]

Has anyone had any luck with any of the methods to get rid of stuck pixels on LCD screens? I just bought a new TV that I'm using as a monitor as well, but it has a stuck red pixel that really annoys me. I haven't tried the massaging method yet. I was blasting the rapid rotating color gif's at it I found online. No success yet. I don't know if I'm wasting my time and I should just exchange it or hold out hope it will go away.

[basroil]

Exchange it if you can. Might be a dead pixel (rather than stuck), and then you'd be out of luck. Very few companies have a zero tolerance policy though, so may be hard to even exchange it

[brandon9585]

I actually got it on sale at BestBuy. I went with them because I know how strict other companies are for dead pixels. I don't think an exchange would be a problem. They have treated me well in the past.

[GoneTomorrow]

Exchange it if you can. Might be a dead pixel (rather than stuck), and then you'd be out of luck. Very few companies have a zero tolerance policy though, so may be hard to even exchange it

It isn't a dead pixel. Dead pixels are black, hence the name. Stuck pixels are "always on."

To the OP, besides the methods you've tried, I've gotten rid of one on an old monitor before by pressing the stuck pixel with my finger (fair amount of pressure, but don't over do it) with the monitor ON, then switch it off while pressing it, then turn back on. I did this several times and the stuck pixel went away. Sometimes they just go away on their own though. Better than a dead pixel.

[basroil]

It isn't a dead pixel. Dead pixels are black, hence the name. Stuck pixels are "always on."

Like dead/hot pixels on a camera, the words may change but not definition. When something is dead, it can't come back alive. Whether it dies black or dies white, it's dead. If it's stuck, it can change if you prod it, or just over time, but it has the ability to change. Chose whatever words you want to describe it, fish and chips, roses and tulips, whatever you want. But like the saying goes, "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

Pressure method is right though. Just be careful that all you apply is pressure and not too much of it.

[brandon9585]

I ended up exchanging it. I feel like every company's quality control has been slacking. I haven't had too much good luck with electronics lately. Very happy my replacement is perfect. Chalk up one good thing for BestBuy. No hassle for exchanges for dead/stuck pixels and no restocking fees on TV's.

[pwm2]

Companies don't ship monitors with dead pixels because they have bad quality control. They do it because they can't produce panels where every panel is perfect. Depending on size and type of panel, a varying percentage of panels will have flaws.

There are then basicall three alternatives.

1) Throw all non-perfect panels and charge more.

2) Sell their products binned into two or more quality grades (makes you pay much more. on one hand for getting a zero-error guarantee and on the other hand for the extra administrative costs of having every product model multiplied by several binning classes)

3) Weed out the too-bad panels and ship the rest. Everyone gets a reasonably good TV/monitor.

Note that this was a TV. If a large TV, then you would normally be expected to sit a bit away from it. And a TV is intended for video, not text.