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by Anonymous User on Tue Mar 07, 2006 at 10:24:10 AM PDT

Unfortunately, if you want a dead-pixel free monitor, you'll pay through the nose for it. A certain error rate is unaviodable in the manufacturing process of LCDs, though it has been decreasing. The 15" laptop display I'm typing this on has 1,296,000 pixels. A top of the line 30" display has over 4 million pixels. If a manufacturer had to throw out the umpteen displays with even a single bad pixell, they'd have to sell the pristine ones for an exorbitant price to cover the costs of the discarded displays. The choice comes down to exactly what Hypersonic offers: Pay extra for a guaranteed defect-less monitor, or not so much for one that may have a few bad pixels. The real story here is manufacturers that won't announce their policies on how many dead pixels make a returnable monitor. The rest is just whining about not having done your research prior to purchasing.



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