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Originally Posted by sirmaru
The Monitor I had before the present one had one dead pixel in the upper left corner. I never returned it since it did not interfere with anything.
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Personally I used to be quite picky about dead pixels at one time, but over the years I've come to accept screens that have one dead pixel as a reality not worth fighting against in most cases. Raised resolutions have also made dead pixels smaller and less problematic. More than one or two would probably be a deal breaker. I accepted a single pinhole in PW1 too - and a crooked screen and uneven lighting... well, I don't use that one much though.
That said, what I personally can accept on a computer or even on a television (although dead pixels on a large television are easily so large that they may bother me more), is different from what I can accept on a reading device. The reason is simple: Most of the time LCD monitors and TVs are displaying diverse color imagery that will much of the time hide any imperfections anyway. You'll notice dead pixels and light leaks mostly in solid color screens and those are fairly rare.
But reading a text book is different. You'll be watching a solid background color and simple single-color text hours on end. That's something where imperfections pop up much easier and can stop some people from "getting lost in the book"... and that's when it becomes a problem. It seems to vary a lot from individual to individual, who is bothered by what.
Personally I could probably live with most of my PW1 imperfections, but in the end regular e-ink on the $69 Kindle is so superior to PW1 that the choice - for me - is simple. $69 Kindle is the most assured bang for the e-reading buck. We'll see if PW2 changes my mind once it ships.