Hey all,
I'm new here and discovered these forums when searching for my first 42" inch plasma TV. It came between the samsung and the Panasonic PH-42PZ80E. The panasonic won because of the better black levels.
But now my question: In each shop I went here in Belgium they said death pixels are very rare. One even told me that he sold 200 TV's and not one came back because of a death pixel.
My first set arrived on tuesday, I inspected it and it had two errors. A small plastic between the glass plate and screen itself and yes, the second error was a pixel that staid grey. So the delivery guys could pack it back in and send me a new one.
The second one arrived on Friday, we inspected it again using the Break In DVD (which I found also through these forums) and found nothing. Not a single death pixel.
But now, only two days later, after a day watching movies, again I see strange things when playing the Break In DVD. First there was a pixel that was grey but changed to the correct color when the dvd showed another image, a minute later another pixel started blinking. So during the night I turned the TV off to let it rest. This morning I turned it back on and the stuck pixel was gone but another one was redish untill the color changed again.
So I'm wondering off course if I should worry about these strange pixels or if it is normal. And are those sales people correct that death pixels are something rare or is it still a common thing?
I had a deal with the shop that when I saw a death pixel within the 10 days I could exchange it again. But now everything is perfect so should I keep on running that DVD continuously or should I give the TV some resting time?
Thanx already
I'm new here and discovered these forums when searching for my first 42" inch plasma TV. It came between the samsung and the Panasonic PH-42PZ80E. The panasonic won because of the better black levels.
But now my question: In each shop I went here in Belgium they said death pixels are very rare. One even told me that he sold 200 TV's and not one came back because of a death pixel.
My first set arrived on tuesday, I inspected it and it had two errors. A small plastic between the glass plate and screen itself and yes, the second error was a pixel that staid grey. So the delivery guys could pack it back in and send me a new one.
The second one arrived on Friday, we inspected it again using the Break In DVD (which I found also through these forums) and found nothing. Not a single death pixel.
But now, only two days later, after a day watching movies, again I see strange things when playing the Break In DVD. First there was a pixel that was grey but changed to the correct color when the dvd showed another image, a minute later another pixel started blinking. So during the night I turned the TV off to let it rest. This morning I turned it back on and the stuck pixel was gone but another one was redish untill the color changed again.
So I'm wondering off course if I should worry about these strange pixels or if it is normal. And are those sales people correct that death pixels are something rare or is it still a common thing?
I had a deal with the shop that when I saw a death pixel within the 10 days I could exchange it again. But now everything is perfect so should I keep on running that DVD continuously or should I give the TV some resting time?
Thanx already