(3) 24" iMacs, in a row, all with one dead pixel? Why? Normal?

Hi, sorry if this has been addressed before BUT... Last week I started my adventure of getting a 24" iMac. I have returned 2 and am now with the 3rd in the same condition. All 3 have had 1 stuck (dead?) red pixel. An all 3 they looked exactly the same. In fact on the 3rd iMac the screen was perfect when I launched it for the first time, then before my eyes I watched a red one appear. On all 3 I took a photographer's loop (small magnifying glass) and looked closely. It appears that of the 3 bars of color, the Red, Blue and green lined up. The green is black or not lit up. I am baffled. Am I crazy, is this normal, can someone explain. The exact same green bar out on all 3. Please help, I am really obsessing over this. $2000 and I have to get anxiety looking at my screen....

I have one stuck red pixel on my 20" white iMac. I think it was there from the beginning, but I didn't notice it until about 2 months after I bought it. At first it was annoying, but I don't even notice it now. According to Apple, a few defective pixels is considered normal; Apple claims that if they had to reject all but absolutely perfect screens, their computers would cost much much more than they do.

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