Samsung LED 55" White Dot

After working outside all day and exhausted I absent mindedly flicked my ball cap at a fly on the T.V.
There is a 1 mm chip in the glass. The white dot appears when watching something. Mostly is visible on dark colored images. Hardly noticeable on sports programs thankfully.
It's very small but the overall viewing experience is diminished from an otherwise beautiful picture.
The diode looks intact. I believe the light is refracted into and through where the chip in the GLASS membrane is. When the program image is all black there is no white dot.
What are your thoughts good kind community?
Thank you for you time and advice.
R

Today...
Local TV repair outfit, sort of affiliated with Best Buy, said that we are lucky it is only a tiny white dot. Most have a complete piece of junk after similar or worse damage.
I was told that the only fix is replacement of the glass panel. This is $900 plus service and labor. Not really worth it even though I paid a very good price initially. This technician of some measure of experience has, "tried everything", to repair glass panels.
It is unbelievable that this technology is so difficult to repair! The debate of manufacturing defects begin with this design and engineering. These materials are too delicate and unreliable.
This is my point about a learning experience regarding big screen LED screen technologies. Seems to me there would be enough cases of junked units and wasted investment to start class action lawsuits vs. manufacturers.
I can live with the dot as it doesn't bother the image on sports...you don't notice it at all... Movies and dark images are another thing...and i'm a movie buff so part of my T.V. experience is affected.

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