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Old October 4th 04, 03:30 PM
Steve
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Peter Parry wrote:
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:28:13 +0100, Fat Freddy's Cat
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Guy, you really need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Dead pixel threads (complaints) are second only to folks moaning
about ebuyer enotes on this group.
A vendor who will guarantee 100% pixels is worth something to some
people.


Question is if you pay the extra for a machine with no dead pixels
what happens to the machines with dead pixels? They don't go back to
the manufacturer so would you really want to buy from a company which
does this _without_ paying out the extra?


Then you exercise your right to choose and don't buy from them!

EASY
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Old October 4th 04, 08:49 PM
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Peter Parry wrote:

On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 00:28:13 +0100, Fat Freddy's Cat
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Guy, you really need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Dead pixel threads (complaints) are second only to folks moaning about
ebuyer enotes on this group.
A vendor who will guarantee 100% pixels is worth something to some people.


Question is if you pay the extra for a machine with no dead pixels
what happens to the machines with dead pixels? They don't go back to
the manufacturer so would you really want to buy from a company which
does this _without_ paying out the extra?


I bet that the pre-delivery check for dead pixels is just a check against
dead pixel policy that the company have in force; this could work both ways.
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Old October 4th 04, 09:19 PM
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On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:37:33 +0100, "yes" wrote:

It takes approx 15 seconds to check for dead pixels. Installation of SP2
takes about 2 minutes.


SP2 install taking 2 minutes, now you really are being silly.

If you think a company charging about £1300 per hour, pro rata for this
sevice is a good deal, then you are mad. £5 is probably an acceptable fee in
my book for a dead pixel check. Charging for SP2 installation is thievery.
Its a rip-off plain and simple.


It is not for me to say and I didn't. It is for the OP to make that
judgment. If he is happy to pay for that service, then it is good
value to him, and that is all that counts. I'm sure that everybody
here has paid for something in the past that somebody else would not.

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Old October 4th 04, 09:23 PM
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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 19:49:50 GMT, Johannes H Andersen
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I bet that the pre-delivery check for dead pixels is just a check against
dead pixel policy that the company have in force; this could work both ways.


Notice how people don't read properly? The OP said he paid for a
'dead-pixel check'. Some Herbert read that to mean that the OP was
guaranteed a screen with no dead pixels. No wonder Churchill said what
he did (see the sig).
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Old October 4th 04, 09:25 PM
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On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:02:56 +0100, Peter Parry
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Question is if you pay the extra for a machine with no dead pixels
what happens to the machines with dead pixels?


Where did that come from? The OP said he paid for a dead pixel check,
not a 100% assurance that his screen did not have any.

The check could just check that the screen did not fall outside the
dead pixel standards.
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Old October 4th 04, 09:35 PM
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On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:37:33 +0100, "yes" wrote:


It takes approx 15 seconds to check for dead pixels. Installation of SP2
takes about 2 minutes.


Have you actually installed SP2? I have, and it takes a lot more than
2 minutes!

Alan


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Old October 4th 04, 09:42 PM
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Alan Norris wrote:

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 09:37:33 +0100, "yes" wrote:

It takes approx 15 seconds to check for dead pixels. Installation of SP2
takes about 2 minutes.


Have you actually installed SP2? I have, and it takes a lot more than
2 minutes!


Yes, but it's not exactly demanding work. Any monkey can do that and
perhaps do a dozen at the same time.
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Old October 4th 04, 10:10 PM
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Dr Teeth wrote:
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 12:02:56 +0100, Peter Parry
wrote:


Question is if you pay the extra for a machine with no dead pixels
what happens to the machines with dead pixels?



Where did that come from? The OP said he paid for a dead pixel check,
not a 100% assurance that his screen did not have any.

The check could just check that the screen did not fall outside the
dead pixel standards.
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Cheers,

Guy


You're really clutching at straws here mate.
Everyone here can read - you asked "Don't know exactly what the
'dead-pixel' test was about though."

It has been explained to you.

If a tft screen falls outwith the standards, it can be returned because
it fails to meet its specification. No problem.
The issue here is that to a lot of users, even tft's that fall within
the manufacturer spec are unacceptable i.e. with maybe one or 2 'dead
pixels'. Therefore, the *only* check *anyone* might *possibly* pay for
is a 100% pixel perfect one.

So, herbert, there is no other check.

Best keep yer gob shut and appear ignorant rather than open it and
remove all doubt.

g.
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Old October 4th 04, 10:17 PM
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Fat Freddy's Cat wrote:
[...]

You're really clutching at straws here mate.
Everyone here can read - you asked "Don't know exactly what the
'dead-pixel' test was about though."

It has been explained to you.

If a tft screen falls outwith the standards, it can be returned because
it fails to meet its specification. No problem.
The issue here is that to a lot of users, even tft's that fall within
the manufacturer spec are unacceptable i.e. with maybe one or 2 'dead
pixels'. Therefore, the *only* check *anyone* might *possibly* pay for
is a 100% pixel perfect one.


In truth, nobody knows for sure what the check was about; but it doesn't
follow at all that it was a check for 100% pixel perfection. After all
The most common quality checks are for conformance to tolerances. So
with nothing in writing to the contrary, it is not unreasonable to assume
that it is just an extra quality control check.
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Old October 4th 04, 11:13 PM
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Johannes H Andersen wrote:


Therefore, the *only* check *anyone* might *possibly* pay for
is a 100% pixel perfect one.



In truth, nobody knows for sure what the check was about; but it doesn't
follow at all that it was a check for 100% pixel perfection.


******** mate. It does follow.

g.
 




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