Dead pixel on brand new Qosmio G30

Hello,
I just bought this machine and it is amazing. The best laptop, for sure.
However, I was very disappointed to see a faulty subpixel on the screen. When the power is on, and on a black background, there is a green pixel that stays there.
There is a leaflet that comes with the qosmio that explains about warranty and dead pixels but I cannot understand it..
The company I bought it from is currently checking on what can be done about it..
Is this pixel enough so that it can be taken to warranty? What else can be done about it??
From now on I will always test before buying.. but anyway, if someone has an advice for me it would be great!
Regards

I had the same problem and am now on the second machine.
I felt that the whole situation regarding what they suggest is acceptable when I deem it faulty was strange to say the least - however, Toshiba are no different from any other manufacturers on their approach.
I recommend you assess how much of a problem the pixel is for you before taking things further - to decide on this look to where the pixel is in the field of vision and decide if it is something you can live with. As I discovered, even exchanging the machine and having new screens yielded the same problem in a different place until the fourth correction.
If you can't live with it, take it back to the seller at first and see if you can get an exchange - this is what PC World did for me. The replacement machine had a similar problem and I then wrote to the Toshiba Head Office and complained. To their credit their very quickly arranged a repair and got the machine back to me. This then had to go back again but is now OK.
Toshiba did not have to do this and I can't fault their approach to me personally although as a whole the industry policy on this type of fault seems poor in my assessment!
Hope this helps.

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