Samsung or Viewsonic 22" monitor

[Beirut]

So far the screen is looking very good. Except for what looks like two dead pixels at the extreme right of the screen, dead center. I can live with that.

Flying is great at 1920x1200. The immersion factor really jumps up when the runways look almost life size. Need to play with the res a bit on different sims but that's part of the joys of technology I guess, fiddling around. Not taking much of a hit on the FPS at high res. Things are still flowing smoothly. And brightly, the default screen brightness is startling.

Almost all web pages stretch out to the res and look fine. They just look... wider.

So far, with about four hours on the screen, I like it.

[Papewaio]

So far the screen is looking very good. Except for what looks like two dead pixels at the extreme right of the screen, dead center. I can live with that.

Does it have a dead pixel replacement policy? If so use it.

The Samsung 19" monitors we use at work (11 monitors between four of us) all have the dead pixel replacement policy...

Still I'm green, I'd love to get a widescreen LCD for watching widescreen movies...

[sapi]

Definitely take advantage of the dead pixel replacement policy if possible

[Beirut]

I think they're dead pixels. As I mentioned, they are at the extreme right of the screen, on the very last line.

I wonder if it's worth returning it. It's only noticeable because I noticed it initially (and if that isn't the stupidest thing you've ever read) but It doesn't bother me when I'm using the screen. Also, I don't want to return the screen, which is a sixty-mile round trip, and then bring home another screen that has a dead pixel dead center. That would drive me nuts.

As someone once wrote in a tech magazine, with millions of pixels on a screen (2,300,000 on this one), odds are there's going to be at least one that gives up the ghost. Honestly, I'm not sure if that's reasonble or not. In any case, I have another 28 days to return the screen. If I get another dead pixel anywhere else, I will certianly return it, but for now I'm very happy with it.

[Spino]

I think they're dead pixels. As I mentioned, they are at the extreme right of the screen, on the very last line.

I wonder if it's worth returning it. It's only noticeable because I noticed it initially (and if that isn't the stupidest thing you've ever read) but It doesn't bother me when I'm using the screen. Also, I don't want to return the screen, which is a sixty-mile round trip, and then bring home another screen that has a dead pixel dead center. That would drive me nuts.

As someone once wrote in a tech magazine, with millions of pixels on a screen (2,300,000 on this one), odds are there's going to be at least one that gives up the ghost. Honestly, I'm not sure if that's reasonble or not. In any case, I have another 28 days to return the screen. If I get another dead pixel anywhere else, I will certianly return it, but for now I'm very happy with it.

Dead pixels, even at the extreme edges of the screen, would drive me nuts. My vote would be to return that monitor for a defect free one. Would you settle for a Ferrari with a hairline crack in the windshield? Don't cheat yourself out of a pixel free gaming experience.

[Husar]

I have a weird pixel or two in the lower right corner and if you wouldn't bring the topic up I wouldn't think about it or notice it. Really doesn't matter, though if it was a black dot right in the center, I'd have returned the screen.

[sapi]

@Husar and others: you can check for a dead pixel, rather than dirt, using a tool such as this

Run the time cycle, and carefully check the screen for any place where it is not an absolutely uniform colour.

If, for example, you've got black dots on the green colour slide, you've got a dead pixel

I'd say get it replaced if at all possible; and if you do, ask to see the monitor in the shop, and run such a program on it. No need to make the round trip multiple times