That sucks Rubicant, bu there is nothing that youcan do.
At least my problem was a shipping derivative.
LifeTime Service (btw, they are forum sponsor here) had to come & service my 1 week old Samsung HLT6189 a month ago.
The series is new, so the only parts avail were the power supply & control panel (on the case). The phone rep, as well as the tech stated that if these two parts didn’t resolve the problem, they would have to deliver a new set.
:tup: Lifetime, they are great, and have been around quite a while.
So the service guy was here from Lifetime Service and told me they were going to have to order a new light engine as some of the mirrors are not turning hence why there are some dead pixels. There is a catch, the dead spots might be within acceptable limits as far as Toshiba is concerned so I might be get the bone. I will know more on Wednesday after the new year.
He was basically saying the equivalet of dead pixels being acceptable in LCD’s and Plasmas. Toshiba might say, “Hey, you shouldn’t notice 7 at the recommended viewing distance…” or whatever so we’ll see what they say. TV works fine so I can hang on until Weds.
If they bone you it would be a shame if that component were to have a mystery voltage overload and fail completely, then needing replacement under warranty.
i had a few dead pixels when I got my lcos back in january. Noticed one like a week after it was delivered, then as I looked for more I found like 5 of them and what looked like a hair or a smear on the inside of the proj. screen.
They ended up bringing another one because it was within 30 days.
But what I did in the mean time, was I made a huge .jpg, entirely white. I loaded it onto my ps3. When they came with the new tv, I was able to quickly hook up the hdmi wire, load the white picture, and quickly scan the screen to make sure no pixels were out or discolored.
That’s a good idea but the Xbox 360 (and PS3 during the day) is bright enough to notice any kind of dead pixel in terms of their respective dashboards.
