pixel has died!!

[rjstep3]

Only a week into my new VGN -S1XP and a pixel has died on my screen.

Is this normal - I thought if you bought it and it was OK, pixels wouldn't start to die on you?

thanks
rjstep3

[grahambird80]

Hazar

Someone to back up sony support it about time.

Never had a problem my self ether.

[Nifty]

Just dont look for dead pixels! Once you find one it will bug you for eternity, just casually sit at a distance from your screen and concentrate on the overall picture.

Dead pixels are just what happends with all varietys of monitor, i counted 2 on my old toshiba, and 3 on my older CRT screen. Mercifully i havent noticed any on this screen, but im sure it wont be long. Everyone gets them, and even if you get a replacement screen/laptop, whos to say that will never get dead pixels?

[JoeB.]

ooooh.... one of the the lucky ones.....

[rjstep3]

dead pixels - but after a week, of only light use?

rjstep3

[kee-lo_]

As people have said, it can happen any time.

[izzer]

hey

i recently bought a k115B about 3 weeks ago. It wasnt until a couple hours of playing around on it for the first time that i noticed a black spot on the screen. I thought it must be dirt but i realized it was a dead pixel! that really annoyed me cos the machine was supposed to be new! Well anyway i calmed down and decided that if anymore appear im sending it bac to sony. Besides i dont actually notice it now and im happy but i thought sony were meant to have quality products.

[grahambird80]

It can happen to the best of the manufactures, it is just one of the unfortunate things of TFT's it used to be seen a lot on older screens.

My PCG-GR214EP is about 3 years old with only one dead pixel. My old compaq's had so many i lost count.

I think that you only get a dead pixel during intial use but i might be wrong.

[kee-lo_]

Yes, it happens, just hope it doesn't affect your usage.

[rjstep3]

time to update everyone:

the pixel wasn't dead, it was obviously only resting - it has miraculously recovered and the glories of the screen (it is the best laptop screen I have ever seen) are restored.

And a note: my retailer (Micro Anvika, Tottenham Court Road, London, England) offered to take it back and change it without a murmur. I have only had good experiences with them - knowledgeable and supportive all the time.

thanks for the comments

rjstep3 :smileygrin:

[kee-lo_]

I have been to Totterham Court Road - it's a cool place to see new gadgets.