3 displays - all with dead pixels!

Im loosing hope on Apples products right now!
I have returned three 24" led displays now - all with broken pixels!
Is it impossible to find one that not have this problem?
Its like buying a new Porsche with cracks in the wind shield!
A few years ago I also returned three 20" cinema displays that had 10-20
dead and stuck pixels and just gave up!

Hi Guys, I'm from New Zealand, I am on my third LED Display. Ive lost a little faith. I purchased the original from a premium reseller. Honestly, I have had so much bother I am too embarassed to go back. Apple and the reseller think Im crazy and tell me that Dust is a common issue and that I am picking trouble. I paid $1700NZD for this display, and I expect them to be perfect as they are overpriced. Just like buying a BMW as opposed to a Toyota, you expect flawless perfection in premium brands. All of mine seemed perfect out of the box, but the next day when the sun is shining on the screen I see dust, smudges under the screen and little marks. When I opened the last one I promised myself I wouldnt stand infront of it inspecting it, as this is how I find the defects. But when it comes to cleaning the display, you tend to notice these imperfections. I have been ringing Apple Care and they all seem to talk as if I'm OCD about the whole Apple dust situation. NONE OF THESE ARE PERFECT. But for the price they should be. I wonder if apple could directly replace my display rather than through my reseller? as I am too embarassed to go back.

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24' Cinema Display with Dead Pixel

I just exchanged an LED Cinema Display under AppleCare for the blinking/cord problem. Got the new one set up and see that it has a dead pixel. Is there a fix for these, especially being brand new, or do I have to exchange this one too?
Running tests it is very visible on a black background, then blue, and slightly on a green background. Red and white backgrounds make it so that the pixel is not a visible problem.

When I chose my LED Display, I refused two monitors because of dead pixels (green pixels on full filled white background). All of them I tried to order in on-line shops.
When I found out that Apple use LG panels for the LED Display and I understood that I have to go to the off-line shop and choose the display by myselfl. I met 2 years ago with usual LG TFT displays on my work - they all had dead pixels. (IMHO, LG is not good).
I came to one shop and there were 2 Apple LED displays - one at the exposition and one in the storehouse. Of course I wanted new one from storehouse and let manager know beforehand about not going to buy if dead pixels. He brought up the display from storehouse, unpacked, plugged and I personally start to check. I changed the background to whole white and pointed into two green pixels. "***", - I said to the manager - couldn't believe that the display costs crazy money (in Ukraine - $1400-1500) and everyone with dead pixels!
I also have 20" NEC display with perfect IPS panel that I bought 3 years ago for $800. And I should leave the buying of the Apple LED Display and back to my favourite and proven NEC it could be the right decision as you'll see below .
But the manager offer me to check the exhibition example - he assured me that exhibition one is also absolutely new and stood only 5 days in the shop. We plug it, set the background to white and ... "O, miracle! No dead pixels! After three checked displays! Can't belive!" - and this one was really total perfect.
So I forgot about to buy new NEC instead of Apple display. Brought Apple LED Display to home, connected to my brand new MBP 13, compared to my old NEC - everythnig was perfect, colors and overall picture are better than old NEC.
I was happy ... BUT JUST FOR ONE WEEK! It started to blink/flash/blackout - this is the known problem as I found out later: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1902288&tstart=0
I'm very disappointed because I realize that if I give it for guarantee service and they offer me to change it - I'm sure that I'll got the display with dead pixels and I don't want it! So I hope that it the software/firmware trouble and it'll be fixed in the next MacOS update. If no - it'll be the disaster because I'll not be able to return the display and give my money back from the one hand (under Ukrainian laws the money back period of goods is 14 days), and I don't want to give the guarantee replacement with dead pixels!
Sorry for large text I had to to unburden myself!

Have you exchanged a MacBook with dead pixels?

Everything was going smooth with my MacBook - too smooth...
My MacBook is developing dead pixels. I've had it for about 18 days and initially the display was perfect but now it seems that fabled mythical beast, the dead pixel monster, is eating my pixels.
Does anyone know what the official policy is for dead bright pixels? Has anyone actually exchanged a MacBook with dead pixels? If you did get yours exchanged how many dead pixels did it have?
Do you think I am better off to keep the MacBook for a while (wait untill the supply catches up a bit) and then return it - or do I need to deal with the issue within the first 30 days?

things were going smooth with my machine until the screen went black. not a doubt in my mind that the inverter was faulty. so that's a mfg. defect right.
the problem is that apple (like so many companies these days) does not want you bringing a dead/faulty product into their store to just "swap it out."
they're going to want you to send it in and all that fun stuff. normally i wouldn't care so much, but i'm now waiting on a technician to call me back and tell me what to do with the machine - and i'm traveling on friday. mbpro was supposed to be coming with me as it's loaded with all my work for a project. grrrrrr.

I got a damaged iphone today :( after apple sent me an ipad with dead pixel

Great,
first apple sent me an ipad with dead pixel and misbehaving display and now they are sending me this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/schipplock/4880028188/sizes/l/in/photostream/
Would you send it back?
Dear god, give me any reason why I ever should consider buying apple hardware again if quality management is so bad...I mean I spotted it in two or perhaps three seconds after unboxing it.
What makes me angry now is that this microsim card now doesn't fit into my old phone so when Apple wants to send me another iphone it takes ages (again!)...and I'm without a phone...great :!
Apple oh Apple :/.

schipplockjspasucks wrote:
What makes me angry now is that this microsim card now doesn't fit into my old phone so when Apple wants to send me another iphone it takes ages (again!)...and I'm without a phone...great :!
I don't know if you can do it at an Apple store. But AT&T will let you order the iPhone 4 and still keep what you have until the new phone arrives.

Apple policy on MBP Retina with dead pixel

Hi
New MBP retina (<90 days) with dead pixel just appeared 2 days ago.
Did anyone experience this and what's the Apple policy on this ?
Thanks
V

Call Customer Support and have them replace the screen. They will send you a box to mail to depot.
I had a MacBook Pro with a dead pixel and left speaker out. My MBP was 4 years old, definently out of warrenty. I called Apple, and they replaced the display without charge.
I received the box on Wednesday, mailed it on Thursday (FedEx) and got my fixed MBP back on Friday, same week! This is why I still buy Apple.
When calling customer service, stress that you have more than one pixel out, as you probably have a cluster. Have them do the repair at depot not at any Apple Store. Make sure, since you are still with 90 days, fix it for free.
Should not be a problem.
Ed

2nd iMac with dead pixels

Just curious if anyone else is having dead pixels (non-functional pixels, black) problems with their new iMacs. I own 4 LCDs and use two more at work and I don't have this problem with those displays. I am a web developer and graphic designer so I am a little picky when it comes to displays, but I just bought this iMac (11-30-07) and it is the second one (returned the first one) to have defective pixels. The first had a dead pixel in the top left area (right where I work in PSD), and the second has four scattered in the bottom area, and they seem to be popping up with regularity. The easiest fix is to buy a second high quality display and just use this iMac as a dual monitor setup . . . but then with that thinking, why didn't I just buy the Mac Pro? All-in-all, this is still a pretty decent machine. . . .

I to have recently purchased a 20" Intel Based iMac at my local Apple Store, after booting the beautiful computer up i noticed two small pixels where black. I plan on returning the computer to the Apple Store and getting a brand new one. And i know that a couple of pixels is tiny and nearly noticeable unless you look for it, then when you find it the thing just screams out at you, but considering the prices Apple charges i expect nothing but a perfect product and so should you.

Second 27" iMac with dead pixels

I'm intrigued to see how many others have purchased the new 27" iMac's and have managed to get one without any dead pixels.
I am currently on my 2nd 27" iMac and both of them have a dead pixel right in the middle of the screen, first one was black, this second one is red.

Simon (UK) wrote:
kelf wrote:
i feel half of ur pain! i got the 21.5" on saturday, and it had a red pixel in the middle of it! i am not gonna live with it and will return it today!
btw, is there any dead pixel policy?
It's a fault just like any other type of fault. Your brand new iMac's pixels are all meant to be working. If you receive one where they clearly are not you are right to have it replaced. This is not a PC, it is a top of the range Apple product for which we expect and demand the highest quality. After all, we're paying top dollar (or £) for this level of build and design. Accept nothing less.
Actually, Apple considers one dead pixel 'within spec'.
However, if you've only just bought it, you can choose to return it for any reason within 14 days.
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Why Apple ship macbook with dead pixel??

I have bought a macbook about two weeks ago... but i notice that one pixel was dead...
I phoned to apple costumer care and they sent to me a new macbook, but also this one have a dead pixel!!
Angry, i phoned again to the apple costumer care but this time they doesn't want to change forgotten that i was in time for a RMA request .
Now i send back this macbook again and i don't know if buy again other macbook until (i go on with RMA request ,shippement costs are paid by apple so i dont lose an euro) i dont have a screen as an Dell notebook of 450 euros give.With no one dead pixel.
Samsung sell their HD ready TV with a warranty over ALL pixels... and Apple dont care about that.
Shame!
I would like to see Steve Jobs in a keynote presenting iPhone with a little black hole in the screen... as i should do with my clients.

Most manufacturers require a certain number of dead pixels before replacing a screen. I actually believe samsung is the only company to have a 0-dead-pixel-policy.
More can be read here: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2211
Martin

Returning mac with dead pixel

Hello,
A few months ago I purchased a MacBook Pro and after a few days noticed what I thought was a dead pixel on the screen. After ringing apple
Care they advised me to return the item to where I bought it (Amazon) as the problem had occurred so soon.
I was happy with this but after an inspection from a friend I was informed the pixel wasn't dead but just stuck. I wasn't aware of this difference and was directed toward a widget which played fast moving colours over the stuck pixel to see if it fixed it. Thankfully after two attempts this worked and all was good. Now though in a different area of the screen an actual dead pixel has appeared. I tried the same thing as before to no avail. I was wondering if I took the MacBook to an Apple store would they repair it or say that i should have just swapped it with Amazon?
Any help would be appreciated!
Ian

After the 14 day return period, whether the unit is repaired or replaced is up to the Apple's discretion. I mean it wouldn't make sense to replace the whole unit over a single pixel, unless that option had some other overriding reason to do so. Sometimes exceptions are made, but I don't know that you can expect it.
Make sure you have a complete backup of the machine before taking it in. There is no guarantee that they won't wipe the unit, or if they end up replacing it after all, you will have lost everything.

Macbook air with dead pixel

I bought my Macbook Air about 40 days and "dead pixel" rised in the midle of screen.
The store wants to repair de display and not replace the machine.
Is that correct?

After the 14 day return period, whether the unit is repaired or replaced is up to the Apple's discretion. I mean it wouldn't make sense to replace the whole unit over a single pixel, unless that option had some other overriding reason to do so. Sometimes exceptions are made, but I don't know that you can expect it.
Make sure you have a complete backup of the machine before taking it in. There is no guarantee that they won't wipe the unit, or if they end up replacing it after all, you will have lost everything.

MBP Retina Display, Cluster of Dead Pixels

I have a MacBook Pro with a Retina display and when watching a movie I noticed a couple dead pixels when the screen was dark. I googled and found a screen tester that changes the screen color and while doing the test and I found the problem to be MUCH worst. I have quite a large cluster of pixels that look to be dying. Unfortunately at the time I could not spend the extra $350 on Apple Care this notebook was expensive enough.
My question is what can I do at this point? My warranty is up and per the Apple website I can no longer purchase Apple Care because the warranty is up. I did notice that A LOT of people are having the exact same issue I am but the ones that reply are those that have Apple Care and end up getting a new display.
Has anyone who does not have Apple Care had this issue and have taken it to Apple??? What was the result being such a large problem did they offer to fix it or do anything to resolve the problem??? Is there a recall on this problem???

Where do you live? In Europe for instance a reseller cannot get away with a 1 year warranty.

Could some one help me with dead pixel on my screen?

I bought my Thinkpad X61 only a few days back. I opened it and found that there is one dead pixel in the middle of the monitor. Is there any possibilty that Lenovo would fix this? I know that I have to pay 15% of the purchage amount in order to return this peice. I would be really happy to return it without any costs. I talked to the service people. This is the worst service ever I had. No one is replying. One girl told me that the dead pixel goes away in a few days and It would be okey. It looks like if you order a laptop online, they send you laptop with defective pixels.

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24" iMac with dead pixels

I haven't seen any threads about this so I figured I'd give it a go and see how many others have dead pixels. My first 24" that I took home from the Apple store had one single, almost not noticeable, dead pixel. Most LCD manufactures will not warranty anything less than 6 dead pixels. It was near the center of the screen and after forking out $2400 I wanted a perfect LCD with no dead pixels. So I took it back the next day and luckily for me the manager at the Apple store let me exchange it. I took it out of the box in the store, booted it to check it out and didn't find any dead pixels. 3 or 4 days later I found a dead pixel. Bright blue near the bottom. You can only see it on a black screen. So I told myself that I would just deal with it until the next day I found a second dead pixel. So now I have 2 dead pixels and am pondering whether I should take it back or not..
George

Hello,
'Stuck' pixels, i.e. those that are stuck at a particular colour may sometimes be cleared by simply rapidly changing the colours behind them.
Have a look at:
http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/status/pixelfix.html
cheers
mrtotes

Repairing display due to dead pixels

ive had my 2nd 30in display and now seeing 4 -5 dead pixels ... due to the type of work i do the positioning of these are VERY annoying. I spoke to AC and they are willing to repair my display meaning that the casing will remain the same but i guess the guts are to be changed. What are the experiences of anyone who has had this done? Wondering if i should just push for a totally new display however i guess the down side would be getting a display that is worse. would like to hear from anyone who has had this done.

Hello
I had 6 dead pixels on my macbook pro screen. I was quite annoyed about it.
After a huge research I did find solution. At least you can try it is for free
It is a small Jawa applet which flickers and can unstuck pixels.
I had 6 dead pixels. After using this flickering applet for 10 minutes 4 of the pixels disappeared They were in the center of the screen.
The last two are placed on the top of the screen. On the top dock where the blue apple is. Fortunately there is no way I know about how to hide this dock. Therefor stuck pixels remain. (if you know how to get this flickering applet over entire screen please let me know, the videos on the website did not work for me)
Anyway check this website and good luck, Hope it helps.
http://www.jscreenfix.com/basic.php
MIKE

People with dead pixels

I saw a lot of the dead pixel posts on here and how most everyone got their iPhone exchanged with no questions asked. Of course I go to the Genius Bwr at my store and get someone who won't exchange the thing. His claim was that I'm past the 14 day period and that the only choice was to send it in.
So to the ppl who got theirs exchanged, was your trip within the 14 day period? If so please let me know so, thanks.

Had thought i'd given it a good check before I left the store today, but the lighting in the store seems to be a lot harder to notice details like that than the ambient light at home.
Am hoping to get them to replace mine with a sealed one tomorrow instead of a refurb... don't wanna be taking back a 4th one!

3 displays - all with dead pixels!

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