Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Posts: 170

I recently noticed what at first appeared to be a small speck of dust trapped underneath my VDX screen... but the more I look at it, the more it appears that it might actually be a pixel burned onto the screen. Can anyone confirm that that might actually be what it is, and how that might have happened? Anyone else experience the same thing?

Registered: Oct 1999
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA
Posts: 255

On my old unit I need to send back for reasons not related to pixels, there's an area of the screen that has a slightly darker tint to it. It's not a full pixel, rather a small patch is darker than the rest, but slightly.

After seeing that, I'm glad I decided to get a replacement.

Registered: Nov 1999
Location:
Posts: 341

It's possible for pixels to be dead. Fairly rare though on grey scale devices.

Registered: Jan 2000
Location: Twin Cities, MN
Posts: 1683

You can't "burn" an LCD pixel as you can on a CRT monitor. As dequardo mentioned, it's most likely a 'dead' pixel that isn't "flipping". This is pretty common on a lot of laptop screens. Call up Handspring and see what they say.

Registered: Jul 2000
Location: Jersey City, NJ
Posts: 170

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Originally posted by homer:
You can't "burn" an LCD pixel as you can on a CRT monitor. As dequardo mentioned, it's most likely a 'dead' pixel that isn't "flipping". This is pretty common on a lot of laptop screens. Call up Handspring and see what they say.

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