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Samsung Announces Zero Dead Pixel Policy

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the quality-returns dept.

Kez writes "A result for the consumer as Samsung declares any TFT that they sell from today onwards should be guaranteed dead pixel free. Until now, purchasing a TFT has been a gamble, given that dead pixels, while extremely annoying, did not necessarily entitle the consumer to a replacement monitor. Unfortunately, anybody who bought a Samsung TFT before today is not covered by the new policy." Update: 01/01 19:49 GMT by M : The new policy only applies in S. Korea. Suck.

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  1. Where does this leave us? by bogaboga · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Once again, innovation seems to be coming from Asia. We as Americans are being left in the dust! All good consumer goods are from Asia.

    Toyota of Japan are doing wonders with its Prius

    The best TVs are Asian made

    The best students come from Asia

    Americans...we seem to be interested in litigation as jobs are being out sourced.

    The best cell phones are Asian made

    The best cars are Asian made

    The best cameras are Asian made

    Pretty soon, the best airplanes will be Asian made. Who would believe that the new Boeing 737s have engines with a substantial Russian technological input?

    America cannot reliably go into space! What a mess! The Russians can...with almost 100% probability after almost 2000 perfectly launched flights with the Soyuz.

    Surely, we as Americans are slowly becoming irrelevant! Very soon, the world will stop listening. Where will it stop?

    I pitty those to live after we are gone.

    1. Re:Where does this leave us? by speculatrix · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      a rebuttal to a few points...

      The best space industry has been the USA's. The reason why the ex-Soviet space industry appears to have such a good record is that they only every let people know about the successes - there were many disasters and deaths on the launch pad that were never reported - same as China's.

      The best camera companys were in fact Hasselblad, Carl Zeiss, Minox and others. However, the Japanese largely destroyed them. I don't think the US ever had a major camera industry?

      The best politicians are American made (and paid for by american businesses!) - Land of the free (if you're a rich tycoon)

      The best lawyers are American made (and now funded by the best government money has bought) - Land of the litigated.

      The best junk food is American made (all the other food is derivative of foreign food recreated by immigrants).

      Here's a few smiley's in case you need them to make this more palatable: :-) :-)

    2. Re:Where does this leave us? by ichigo · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      At least we will always have one saving grace - we have large dicks then you Asians.

  2. Re:Only available in Korea by Carewolf · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That argument is crap. No process is perfect. For instance a lot of CPUs are scrapped to be able to deliver only perfectly working ones.

  3. Re:Only available in Korea by StarsAreAlsoFire · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That argument is crap
    Ad Hominem.
    No process is perfect.
    Non Sequitur.
    For instance a lot of CPUs are scrapped to be able to deliver only perfectly working ones.
    Non Sequitur.