Chances of dead pixels on W3V?

Anyone here order a W3V to find out it came with 1 or more dead pixels?

I'm wondering on the possibility of this actually happening.

I know the whole manufacturing process with LCDs and the downfalls with them, but was concerned as to the quality of LCDs ASUS uses.

Thanks.

 

Like all notebooks, there always a chance to get a dead pixel, unless its really bad, we'll have to live with it.

Also, I'm not sure, but ask the reseller about their policy, and if checking before buying was possible

 

I've already checked with a reseller and they said they will check it for me before shipping, which is very generous!

But I'm tempted to purchase from Newegg because not only is it $76 cheaper, but comes with no tax and free 3-day shipping.

I doubt Newegg would check the laptop for me.

But there service and prices are the best I've seen yet.
(That $76 can double my RAM )

Then again it's always better to deal with smaller distributors as they are willing to take care of their customers better if the need arises.

Still debating where to buy I guess...

 

Who will check it ?


Gosh I am at the very edge of going thru with the w3v purchase but kind of scared of the whole dead pixel too as well as the glossy screen.


The laptop im on now doesnt have any noticeable dead pixels..and is the real noticeable dead pixels just something new that is possible with the newer screens or somethig? is there a type of screen that cant get dead pixels?

i dont want to spend 2000$ on a laptop and end up with dead pixels. gaah

 

Dead pixels are on every LCD screen that's avaliable, new or old.

LCD screens are made of millions of pixels, which flash different colours to show you whats on the screen.

 

Well i mean blatantly noticeable ones.

Im sure i have that are unnoticable and thus dont bother me.

 

The units we have seen with dead pixels this year are very low. I have only heard of 1 of our customers having a dead pixel this year, and that was after he had it for 2 weeks. As far as new units go, Asus has done pretty good in keeping the dead pixels to a minumum, because I haven't heard of any from my manufacturing department this year.

 

Good to know.

 

i have two dead pixels, far apart from each other, but they are both light colored and dont often come in to play with most web sites or games. to tell the truth i really have to look for them

 

I have no dead pixels at all on my W3V. I even used the Dead Pixel Buddy n the LCD help guide to check to see if I had one. I probably would have been very annoyed if I had a dead pixel and did not know it, then used dead pixel buddy to find that I did but I took my chances and I was happy to say I did not have one to speak of. My friend has one on his Dell Ultrasharp and it's a Bright Blue Dot when its on a black background. It is spack dab in the middle. It is very annoying, but he said he just got used to it and it only shows up on black backgrounds. But ASUS is good with their policies for Dead Pixels from what I have heard, so maybe if you do get one call them up and ask them what they could do.

 

I think I read the asus dead pixel policy was like..

You have to have atleast 7 pixels.

If I have dirty marks on my screen it bugs me. I wouldnt be able to stand a noticeable dead pixel. And payig 2,000 for an upgraded w3 i hope to God i dont end up with even just one

 

i bought mines from newegg a while back. Had 1 deadpixel luckily it was on the lower left corner. And luckily it only shows in black but i would have to look for it to see it and also it didnt show in white.

 

...... there are something like 13,000 pixels per square inch on something like the W3...... if you see one pixel, you most likely have a couple that are bunched because even with perfect eye sight, seeing a single pixel on that screen is almost impossible. If that's the case then you most likely have something that can be replaced..... and Asus' dead pixel policy isn't exactly what you mention..... #1 bright pixels are more common and frustrating than dead ones...... #2, it's really only when they are next to each other that they can stand out... so below is Asus' and our policy and as you can read it's a LOT better than you'd make it out to be and is one of the best in the industry. Especially if you read #2 and #3, those are the more common issues people have..... If you had 6 spread out dead pixels around the outside perimeter of your screen.... you'd probably NEVER see them. Most screens of a higher resolution do have dead pixels that you never see and can never find, regardless of the software you use to find them.... when you have 13,000-16,000 per square inch.... you eye blends a lot of them together but it's almost impossible to have over a million and a half pixels on one screen and every one of them be working..... it's just a fact of the industry. With that said, due to the resolution this small screen and the glaretype screen that's used..... the couple people out of close to 10,000 with W3v's at this point have probably searched very hard to find a dead pixel on their system...... bright pixels are easier to pick up, but still difficult.


1) Over 3 bright dots or 6 black dots or 8 mixed bright and black dots in total,
2) 2 adjacent bright dots or 2 adjacent black dots,
3) 3 bright and / or black dots within an area of radius 7.5mm.