Got a HOT Pixel on my LG 42" Plasma ...
07 September 2007, 11:28 PM
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Got a HOT Pixel on my LG 42" Plasma ...
Currys have said they have the part that needs to be replaced 'In Stock' and will send an Engineer out with it - a PCB apparently.
Now, call me daft if you wish, but I thought that a dead pixel or hot pixel was a fault with the actual panel ....... not something which could be cured with a replacement board??
Now, call me daft if you wish, but I thought that a dead pixel or hot pixel was a fault with the actual panel ....... not something which could be cured with a replacement board??
07 September 2007, 11:39 PM
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Well, not being a daytime (plasma) tv watching layabout I wouldn't know.
Clearly, if you're the expert, why are you asking for advice?
lewis you can use your alias accounts to ban me if you want to. I still won't blub like a baby to the webmaster. Unlike you I have a life outside of Scoobynet.
Clearly, if you're the expert, why are you asking for advice?
lewis you can use your alias accounts to ban me if you want to. I still won't blub like a baby to the webmaster. Unlike you I have a life outside of Scoobynet.
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Here we go:
A plasma display panel (PDP) is a type of flat panel display now commonly used for large TV displays (typically above 37-inch or 940 mm). Many tiny cells located between two panels of glass hold an inert mixture of noble gases (neon and xenon). The gas in the cells is electrically turned into a plasma which then excites phosphors to emit light.
Sounds like a matrix of separate parts to me. Each probably controlled by its own PCB.
They might each be nailed to a lump of wood though I suppose....
A plasma display panel (PDP) is a type of flat panel display now commonly used for large TV displays (typically above 37-inch or 940 mm). Many tiny cells located between two panels of glass hold an inert mixture of noble gases (neon and xenon). The gas in the cells is electrically turned into a plasma which then excites phosphors to emit light.
Sounds like a matrix of separate parts to me. Each probably controlled by its own PCB.
They might each be nailed to a lump of wood though I suppose....
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With a plasma TV, there is a way to get dead/stuck pixels working again.
Pete, leave the TV on tuned into an analogue frequency that has nothing on it except the white snow and leave it like that for a few hours as that may clear your problem. The constant changes from white to black can get your stuck pixel working again.
I have the same TV as you, and its working well after more than 12 months now (bought just after they came out).
Pete, leave the TV on tuned into an analogue frequency that has nothing on it except the white snow and leave it like that for a few hours as that may clear your problem. The constant changes from white to black can get your stuck pixel working again.
I have the same TV as you, and its working well after more than 12 months now (bought just after they came out).
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I guess thats what you get when you buy cheapo brands like LG, Goodmans etc
You should have saved harder for a few months and gone for a Panasonic or Sony!
You should have saved harder for a few months and gone for a Panasonic or Sony!
08 September 2007, 11:52 AM
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Ha Ha Ha - I went into Currys to buy a Panasonic ...... sadly, the LG PQ blew everything else in the shop out of the water 
UncleBuck - a PCB controlling each part of each Pixel??? Hmmmmmm, that would mean how many million PCBs stuffed in the back of the TV??
Mannyo - thanks for that tip ....
The annoying thing is that I think the pixel was dead very soon after purchase, I guess I spotted it withing 4 weeks and have been too lazy to do anything about it
Now that I can see it - it is only visible on dark shades - I see it all the time!! I find myself focused on ONE SINGLE PIXEL!!!
I really don't think a change of main PCB will cure it at all - it's a panel fault IMO .............. will they give me a new panel? Is a hot pixel acceptable??
Oh, yes, to the muppet who is claiming I have aliases on this thread - please tell me, and everyone else, who I am supposed to be??
UncleBuck - a PCB controlling each part of each Pixel??? Hmmmmmm, that would mean how many million PCBs stuffed in the back of the TV??
Mannyo - thanks for that tip ....
The annoying thing is that I think the pixel was dead very soon after purchase, I guess I spotted it withing 4 weeks and have been too lazy to do anything about it
Now that I can see it - it is only visible on dark shades - I see it all the time!! I find myself focused on ONE SINGLE PIXEL!!!
I really don't think a change of main PCB will cure it at all - it's a panel fault IMO .............. will they give me a new panel? Is a hot pixel acceptable??
Oh, yes, to the muppet who is claiming I have aliases on this thread - please tell me, and everyone else, who I am supposed to be??
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With a plasma TV, there is a way to get dead/stuck pixels working again.
Pete, leave the TV on tuned into an analogue frequency that has nothing on it except the white snow and leave it like that for a few hours as that may clear your problem. The constant changes from white to black can get your stuck pixel working again.
I have the same TV as you, and its working well after more than 12 months now (bought just after they came out).
Pete, leave the TV on tuned into an analogue frequency that has nothing on it except the white snow and leave it like that for a few hours as that may clear your problem. The constant changes from white to black can get your stuck pixel working again.
I have the same TV as you, and its working well after more than 12 months now (bought just after they came out).
On Plasma, its like a crt, with the phosphors changing the pixel coulours as there exited. (i could be wrong though)
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08 September 2007, 02:29 PM
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you mean in terms of price?...
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Done it again then?
The truth hurts.....
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And just how would these work, in your world? Just think, for one moment, others may just think you are an idiot
I wouldn't want the power to Infract and I haven't got that power ...... think on that
09 September 2007, 11:13 AM
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Well this must be covered by the guarantee, you have not had the tv that long. As long as they did not stipulate in the initial guarantee the it was possible to have a dead pixel or two as they do in PC monitors.
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Just off Fishing now ... Bass for tea?
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I didnt, i am a member of that forum & noticed the Mr Ree.