Should I exchange my iPad with 1 dead pixel?

[normandy7]

What is the difference between a dead pixel and a stuck pixel?

 

[MikhailT]

What is the difference between a dead pixel and a stuck pixel?

Stuck pixels are often incorrectly referred to as dead pixels, which have a similar appearance. In a dead pixel, all three sub-pixels are permanently off, producing a permanently black pixel. Dead pixels can result from similar manufacturing anomalies as stuck pixels, but may also occur from a non-functioning transistor resulting in complete lack of power to the pixel.[citation needed] Dead pixels are much less likely to correct themselves over time or be repaired through any of several popular methods.[citation needed]
Stuck pixels, unlike dead pixels, have been reported by LCD screen owners to disappear, and there are several popular methods purported to fix them,[4] such as gently rubbing the screen (in an attempt to reset the pixel), cycling the color value of the stuck pixel rapidly (in other words, flashing bright colors on the screen), or simply tolerating the stuck pixel until it disappears (which can take anywhere from a day to years). While these methods can work on some stuck pixels others cannot be fixed by the above methods. Also some stuck pixels will reappear after being fixed if the screen is left off for several hours.

Source: Wikipedia

 

[pruppert]

Source: Wikipedia

Maybe I'm crazy but I just slowly but firmly pressed on the screen above the apparently stuck pixel until I noticed that water-surface-like effect you sometimes see when you press on a LCD, and that seems to have resolved the pixel. Maybe there is some truth to that wikipedia article.

 

[AJsAWiz]

If it bothers you return it, if not keep it

 

[drew0020]

definitely return it. I've yet to see an ipad without a dead pixel but I have no apple luck with ipads. My new 15" Macbook Pro is perfect though!

 

[teerexx52]

Does Apple have an official policy regarding dead pixels?

They have exchanged twice for me

 

[ArcAngel66]

They have exchanged twice for me

Yep, they actually do have a policy of something like it needs to be 3+, but it's never followed... And It shouldn't be for what these products cost.

I'm debating on whether or not i should exchange mine... No bad pixels, but it has a small spec of dust under the screen that basically is the size of a pixel... This is actually good for me since they HAVE to replace screens with dust, unlike bad pixels. plus I have a bit of backlight bleeding.


anyone exchange a 3G yet? I'm not sure if my store will have any, and I don't want a referb, and don't want to waste my time going over there.

 

[teerexx52]

Yep, they actually do have a policy of something like it needs to be 3+, but it's never followed... And It shouldn't be for what these products cost.

I'm debating on whether or not i should exchange mine... No bad pixels, but it has a small spec of dust under the screen that basically is the size of a pixel... This is actually good for me since they HAVE to replace screens with dust, unlike bad pixels. plus I have a bit of backlight bleeding.


anyone exchange a 3G yet? I'm not sure if my store will have any, and I don't want a referb, and don't want to waste my time going over there.

My second one was a 3g. It came FedEx at 4PM and by 7PM I was at the Apple Store for exchange

 

[iWoz]

Does Apple have an official policy regarding dead pixels?

Most definately... Unless it said on the product description that 1 dead pixel was included!

 

[r0k]

I have not noticed a dead pixel on my iPad. If I noticed one on day 366 of a 365 day warranty, I wouldn't die. But if I noticed one within a few days of when I bought it, of course I'd take it back. Noticing it that soon means it would bother me for the entire time I own the device. If I noticed it much later, I'd have to figure out if it was like that all along and I just never looked at that spot and decide whether to take it back. I'm pretty picky about displays. A spec of dust on a screen really bothers me when I'm looking at it and I brush it away within seconds, so I'm not likely to have a stuck or dead pixel without noticing it for very long.


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A dead pixel can be like that period floating between paragraphs where you know it doesn't belong.

Another example of how to spot one is to play the roller coaster game air coaster pro. You ride a coaster and the whole sky is spinning when you are in a corkscrew or barrel roll except there seems to be a bird flying (for example) in the upper right of the screen that never moves. The ride stops and the spec is still there. That's a stuck or dead pixel. If you switch to a night sky and the spec is gone, then switch to bright sunlight and the spec comes back means a dead pixel.