Dead Pixel paranoid! How do I protect MacBook Pro 15 retina screen?

Hello all,
First Mac ever! I just paid over $3,100 for the MBPrd and additional apple care. After doing some research I have heard that dead pixels are a major problem! Also that apple just blames it on "DUST" when you close the lid!
As a new Mac customer I find it hard to believe that I just paid that much for a performance marvel that is so easily effected by.. Dust, the most common household / office particle.
So, what is the best way to protect the screen? B/C I can tell you right now if down the road I have to argue with some "Genius" about dust ruining the display on my super expensive laptop, I'd rather just return the thing tomorrow. It blows my mind that the screen doesn't have better warranty coverage even under the additional apple care!
Any advise is appreciated.

You should have an HDMI port on your Retina display model?
All you need is a standard HDMI to HDMI cable to connect to your television (assuming that it has an HDMI port). I actually have run an HDMI cable through my stereo receiver and just selected it via the receiver since I've a shortage of HDMI ports on my television.
You could also connect via Thunderbolt to HDMI with the proper cable, if you wished.
Clinton

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lately, I have been experiencing some screen freezes on my Macbook Pro Retina 15''... The screen just freezes, including the mouse pointer and then it doesn't respond to anything. I just have to restart the machine again. This happens sometimes and not every day, but still a few times a week. I just do normal things on my mac while I get this problem.
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panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff8011adbe2e): Kernel trap at 0xffffff8011aa3319, type 13=general protection, registers:
CR0: 0x0000000080010033, CR2: 0x00007fff7bee0000, CR3: 0x0000000065fc904e, CR4: 0x00000000001606e0
RAX: 0x0000000000000001, RBX: 0xff000000ff000000, RCX: 0xffffff8035100450, RDX: 0x0000000000000821
RSP: 0xffffff81e5a63d20, RBP: 0xffffff81e5a63d50, RSI: 0x0000000026a74e9c, RDI: 0xffffff80184f9800
R8: 0x0000000000000000, R9: 0xffffff81e5a63ed0, R10: 0x00007fff5650aee0, R11: 0x00000000ffffffe5
R12: 0xffffff80184f9800, R13: 0xffffff80164be000, R14: 0x00000000000e0000, R15: 0xffffff80449d7f40
RFL: 0x0000000000010286, RIP: 0xffffff8011aa3319, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000000
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0xffffff81d3e5bec0 : 0xffffff8011aa3319
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0xffffff81e5a63f20 : 0xffffff8011adc26c
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