Hello Guys,
I've just taken delivery of a new VT540K after returning two others due to dust blob problems and dead pixels.
This one is no different in that it has a dead pixel like the other two I returned. I had been told by the sales people that stuck on or dead pixels were rare. However after reading posts in this forum and from my experience of the two projectors I returned I now know better. Since I'm on my 3rd projector I wanted some advice on whether to return this one as well as I feel both NEC and the sales staff are losing patience with me. As a matter of fact NEC opened up this 3rd projector before sending it to me to ensure it was OK.
This 3rd projector has what appears to be a "dead pixel" when I set the projector to all blue screen I can see it as a black (or missing) pixel. This is not bad at all since I find I can't detect it when viewing from 9-10 feet on an 80" screen. In fact it appears to function properly when I go up close to examine it !!! BUT....after about 20 minutes of viewing movies, it turns bright blue and stays that way..it seems to warm up and then BANG stuck on blue which is quite distracting.
The pixel is located about 6" left of centre and about 8-10" above center, that is, it is very close to the center of the screen. Is there any way I can prevent this pixel going BLUE on me?? is there any way NEC can fix this (I doubt it) and finally should I return this 3rd one and ask for a fourth and risk that it may be worse it terms of dust blobs and number of dead pixels than this one I've got
Maybe I'm just too picky because none of my other friends seem to mind much.
Here in Australia we don't have access to INSTACARE but nonetheless NEC have been great thus far in swapping projectors, but I'd feel a bit embarassed returning this one given that NEC Tech even checked it out.
Your advice is most welcome and eagerly awaited.
Thanks,
Luke
I've just taken delivery of a new VT540K after returning two others due to dust blob problems and dead pixels.
This one is no different in that it has a dead pixel like the other two I returned. I had been told by the sales people that stuck on or dead pixels were rare. However after reading posts in this forum and from my experience of the two projectors I returned I now know better. Since I'm on my 3rd projector I wanted some advice on whether to return this one as well as I feel both NEC and the sales staff are losing patience with me. As a matter of fact NEC opened up this 3rd projector before sending it to me to ensure it was OK.
This 3rd projector has what appears to be a "dead pixel" when I set the projector to all blue screen I can see it as a black (or missing) pixel. This is not bad at all since I find I can't detect it when viewing from 9-10 feet on an 80" screen. In fact it appears to function properly when I go up close to examine it !!! BUT....after about 20 minutes of viewing movies, it turns bright blue and stays that way..it seems to warm up and then BANG stuck on blue which is quite distracting.
The pixel is located about 6" left of centre and about 8-10" above center, that is, it is very close to the center of the screen. Is there any way I can prevent this pixel going BLUE on me?? is there any way NEC can fix this (I doubt it) and finally should I return this 3rd one and ask for a fourth and risk that it may be worse it terms of dust blobs and number of dead pixels than this one I've got
Maybe I'm just too picky because none of my other friends seem to mind much.
Here in Australia we don't have access to INSTACARE but nonetheless NEC have been great thus far in swapping projectors, but I'd feel a bit embarassed returning this one given that NEC Tech even checked it out.
Your advice is most welcome and eagerly awaited.
Thanks,
Luke