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Robert P Holley wrote:
>PSP Screen Issues Rampant
>Sony says dead pixels aren't a sign of malfunction.
>by Patrick Klepek
>When Jeff McDaniel picked up a PSP from Target yesterday, he didn't
>anticipate it would take three exchanges to find a unit without a
>glaring problem. McDaniels' first PSP had a cluster of five dead pixels
>that "looked like the North Star," and his second contained irremovable
>dust under the screen and a stuck pixel on the left-hand side. Third
>time was not the charm, though; McDaniel inspected his next PSP, only
>to discover an enormous dent that looked "like a mechanical pencil had
>punctured the screen."
>
>http://psp.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3139152&did=6
>
>
>For the folks here in this group who own a PSP, what's the pixel
>situation on your unit?
>
>
>
Even though $250 sounds like a lot of money, the PSP is fairly
inexpensive considering all of the features it packs inside. If Sony
were to guarantee that every unit was free of dead or stuck pixels, it
would raise the price even higher. It would require the LCD
manufacturers to jack up the price since the yield in manufacturing
would drop considerably. Every manufacturer that uses LCD screens in
their products has a policy on dead or stuck pixels. You'll see this
with digital cameras, laptops, etc. It's hard to know exactly how bad
the problem is with the PSP, since we all know that more people post
complaints about products. Plus everyone is examining their screens
with a microscope instead of playing games. I'm not criticizing those
who aren't happy to find a pixel problem, but even the PSPs with perfect
screens will suffer dings over time. My PSP isn't perfect. It has two
very tiny dimples in the clear plastic that covers the LCD. They're
caused by trapped air during manufacture. I can see them if I hold the
screen up to the light, but they're not noticeable at all during
gameplay. But I'm not going to go on a quest for the perfect LCD since
everything else on the unit works great.
Robert P Holley wrote:
>PSP Screen Issues Rampant
>Sony says dead pixels aren't a sign of malfunction.
>by Patrick Klepek
>When Jeff McDaniel picked up a PSP from Target yesterday, he didn't
>anticipate it would take three exchanges to find a unit without a
>glaring problem. McDaniels' first PSP had a cluster of five dead pixels
>that "looked like the North Star," and his second contained irremovable
>dust under the screen and a stuck pixel on the left-hand side. Third
>time was not the charm, though; McDaniel inspected his next PSP, only
>to discover an enormous dent that looked "like a mechanical pencil had
>punctured the screen."
>
>http://psp.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3139152&did=6
>
>
>For the folks here in this group who own a PSP, what's the pixel
>situation on your unit?
>
>
>
Even though $250 sounds like a lot of money, the PSP is fairly
inexpensive considering all of the features it packs inside. If Sony
were to guarantee that every unit was free of dead or stuck pixels, it
would raise the price even higher. It would require the LCD
manufacturers to jack up the price since the yield in manufacturing
would drop considerably. Every manufacturer that uses LCD screens in
their products has a policy on dead or stuck pixels. You'll see this
with digital cameras, laptops, etc. It's hard to know exactly how bad
the problem is with the PSP, since we all know that more people post
complaints about products. Plus everyone is examining their screens
with a microscope instead of playing games. I'm not criticizing those
who aren't happy to find a pixel problem, but even the PSPs with perfect
screens will suffer dings over time. My PSP isn't perfect. It has two
very tiny dimples in the clear plastic that covers the LCD. They're
caused by trapped air during manufacture. I can see them if I hold the
screen up to the light, but they're not noticeable at all during
gameplay. But I'm not going to go on a quest for the perfect LCD since
everything else on the unit works great.
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