If, like me, you've ever bought an expensive monitor or TV and found it sporting one or more dead/stuck pixels, you'll know how the sight of those dark or light spots can make a person apoplectic with ...

Apple's shaky dead-pixel policy A note in Ed Foster's "Grip log" notes Apple's dubious policy for replacing new displays that are found to have dead pixels or other "pixel anomalies." Ed writes: "One ...

A defective pixel on an LCD screen. Bad pixels are often transistors that are permanently dead and appear as black dots or permanently energized and show up as white or colored dots ("hot pixels").

Properly identifying whether the affected pixel is dead or merely stuck is crucial before attempting any fixes. Applying gentle pressure around the dead pixel may help re-establish proper contact if ...