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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. Garcon! by UnCivil+Liberty · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Waiter, there's a dead pixel in my soup!"
    "Terribly sorry sir."

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    1. Re:Garcon! by scotch · · Score: 4, Funny

      I see dead pixels, all the time.

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  2. Re:great for nitpickers by digital+bath · · Score: 5, Funny
    Case-in-point is the support wires in Sony Trinitron monitors. Very, very fine horizontal lines at the 1/3 and 2/3 levels on the screen are used to hold a mesh in place which gives the Trinitron series a great display. Every Trinitron style screen I've ever sold, I got asked, immediately, what the story was with the lines. Most customers balked somewhat, but all eventually agreed to live with it.


    Uhh.. thanks. I'd never noticed those lines until now. Crap.
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