Samsung announces 0 dead pixel policy!

[rajagra]

I failed to see why small defect were acceptable on TFT monitors, when you'd never stand for it on anything else?

Because a dead pixel represents one failure in around a million. That's a 0.0001% failure rate.
If you applied the same high standards to yourself, that would mean having less than 5 hours of sub-standard work performance during your entire working life. Gulp!
Don't know about you, but I'd be pretty pissed if I spent 45 years working, then took one day off sick and my employers demanded a complete refund of my entire life's wages.
Not saying I'd like a duff TFT, just putting it in perspective.

The other answer is that without that dead pixel policy, prices would never have dropped to mainstream levels. Production levels would never have risen to allow improved production methods, lower failure rates, and this year's plumetting prices.

If you buy a TFT anytime in the future, you should be very, very grateful for that old dead pixel policy.

Anyhow, here's to Samsung, and hoping they make the zero defect guarantee global.

[bertie]

Bah thought it might have been in Korea only - thanks for the update kez

[floppybootstomp]

Philips have been offering a no dead pixels policy for some time now.

They make good TFT Monitors as well.

AFAIK, they're the only manufacturer who offer this.

[Marcos]

Philips have been offering a no dead pixels policy for some time now.

They make good TFT Monitors as well.

AFAIK, they're the only manufacturer who offer this.

Really? Never heard of it. Ive witnessed one 15" philips TFT that was quite impressive. I dont think they're a big name in the 17" + market though

[floppybootstomp]

So I’m reliably informed.

Came as a bit of a surprise to me as well, I quite like Samsung & Iiyama myself.

This seems like quite a good buy though.

I don’t know for sure, never seen one, but I know of people who’ve been very happy with them.

Actually, I've just been over to the Philips UK site and I can't find any blurb supporting this. But several guys at another Forum insist it is so.

I shall have to check this one out a little further. But it's late now

[eUphoria]

So whats the reality here then? Do any manufacturers offer a zero dead pixel policy for the UK?

[sparky191]

Excellent news.

[SilentDeath]

Ill be sooon getting a viewsonic vx912b. Hoping for no dead pixels. If it has any, it will ofcourse go back under 7 days distance selling regulations, and theyll never know it was opened

If that dont work, good excuse to get another and sell the bad one, but if there both bad, well thats the excuse for running them in dual

[globalplayer]

Do any manufacturers offer a zero dead pixel policy for the UK?

No, unfortunately not.

[Marcos]

No, unfortunately not.

Is that to say Samsung UK doesnt have a zero dead pixel policy within the UK?

[globalplayer]

No...this policy only applies in Korea.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=...6&tid=152&tid=1

http://www.forbes.com/infoimaging/f...9333-0197-.html

[Marcos]

[Apex]

front page needs updating.....

[gothgar]

Isn't Samsung supposed to release the flat(short) tube CRT's soon?

I can't wait for that

[fRostiE]

i emailed samsung and they told me it had to be 6 dead pixels before they would replace

nevermind

[csl]

bah. dammit.