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PeechCobblerPie · 02-22-2008, 06:03 AM

As I was playing ratchet and clank the other day I noticed a pixel that looked white. Just a single pixel at about the center of the screen. I believe these are called dead pixels. Anyways, it's seemed to have started working again, but does anyone know why this happens. I suppose my CC 2 year plan will cover it though if anything major happens. I was amazed at how annoying a single pixel was!

stockstar1138 · 02-22-2008, 06:04 AM

your plan should cover this.

and yes, holy cow, a dead pixel can be annoying. when i got my first tv, there was a single blue dead pixel in the corner, it was so hard to ignore, i took it back 15 min. after opening.

PeechCobblerPie · 02-22-2008, 06:09 AM

It's weird that it started working again though. This is TV number 2 though. First one my GF smashed while moving with a dolly. Talked CC into replacing it

bajor27 · 02-22-2008, 06:40 AM

I don't remember what causes it, but a lot of companies don't consider one to be a major issue and won't do anything for just 1 dead pixel.

often it has to be a certain percentage, a certain total number (which also sometimes varies depending on what color it gets stuck as), or a certain number within a small area.

PeechCobblerPie · 02-22-2008, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by bajor27

I don't remember what causes it, but a lot of companies don't consider one to be a major issue and won't do anything for just 1 dead pixel.

often it has to be a certain percentage, a certain total number (which also sometimes varies depending on what color it gets stuck as), or a certain number within a small area.

haha! how dumb is that?!

"oh, theres only a few blue pixels out of all the dead ones. oh.... hmmm, yeah that's not gonna work out. The majority need to be blue. So....yeah" -support center

MouseRider · 02-22-2008, 08:15 AM

bajor27 is right, some warranties will indicate exactly how many dead pixels have to be present before they consider it a replacement candidate, unfortunate but true.

Big Daddy · 02-22-2008, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by PeechCobblerPie

As I was playing ratchet and clank the other day I noticed a pixel that looked white. Just a single pixel at about the center of the screen. I believe these are called dead pixels. Anyways, it's seemed to have started working again, but does anyone know why this happens. I suppose my CC 2 year plan will cover it though if anything major happens. I was amazed at how annoying a single pixel was!

There is a thread on this.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=35191

PeechCobblerPie · 02-22-2008, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Big Daddy

There is a thread on this.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=35191

hmm. I saw that one but didnt read any of the posts. The title is misleading I think. Burn ins are completely different.

02-22-2008, 06:03 AM	#1
PeechCobblerPie Banned Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2	dead pixels... As I was playing ratchet and clank the other day I noticed a pixel that looked white. Just a single pixel at about the center of the screen. I believe these are called dead pixels. Anyways, it's seemed to have started working again, but does anyone know why this happens. I suppose my CC 2 year plan will cover it though if anything major happens. I was amazed at how annoying a single pixel was!

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02-22-2008, 06:04 AM	#2
stockstar1138 Banned Member since:Apr 2007	your plan should cover this. and yes, holy cow, a dead pixel can be annoying. when i got my first tv, there was a single blue dead pixel in the corner, it was so hard to ignore, i took it back 15 min. after opening.

02-22-2008, 06:09 AM	#3
PeechCobblerPie Banned Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2	It's weird that it started working again though. This is TV number 2 though. First one my GF smashed while moving with a dolly. Talked CC into replacing it

02-22-2008, 06:40 AM	#4
bajor27 Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Location:BC, Canada Blu-ray collection:1031 DVD collection:2 Trading Score:5	I don't remember what causes it, but a lot of companies don't consider one to be a major issue and won't do anything for just 1 dead pixel. often it has to be a certain percentage, a certain total number (which also sometimes varies depending on what color it gets stuck as), or a certain number within a small area.

02-22-2008, 08:15 AM	#6
MouseRider Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	bajor27 is right, some warranties will indicate exactly how many dead pixels have to be present before they consider it a replacement candidate, unfortunate but true.

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