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Do TFT standards need to improve?
I have just been reading the letter in your October 2005 issue about problems with dead / faulty pixels on TFT monitors and I am basically astounded. I have been in IT for almost 20 years professionally but for various reasons have had almost no experience with TFT screens.
However I cannot believe that a manufacturer can hide behind a wording to avoid replacing what is basically a faulty product. The purpose of a monitor is to display accurately images that the PC sends to it. If it cannot do so then it is faulty irrespective of whether it is being used for personal or professional use. I am more concerned however with the implicit acceptance of the ‘standards’ from yourselves, surely this is exactly the sort of thing your magazine should be pushing to improve.
Terry Murphy
I totally agree with Terry Murphy's comment. One answer is to buy these things on line, and if it does have one or more dead pixels on receipt return the monitor under the distance selling regulations. If a monitor should have one or more dead pixels then it should be sold as a 'B' product at a lower price so that a customer knows what he is getting.
Posted by Peter Day | August 21, 2005 9:06 AM