TFT's still not good enough?

[StevenG]

ive got a dead green sub-pixel
nice macro photo to show it off in all its glory

 

[Hamish]

Considering there are over 5 million sub pixels on a modern monitor it's not suprising that they will break occasionally, get over it.

 

[GT3]

Rather have a dead one than the one thats stuck bright green in the middle of my screen!

 

[Magic Man]

Good photo'!

With the issue of dead pixels and backlight bleed even on the newest LCDs, to my mind, if some manufacturer came along now with good quality (i.e. Trinitron/Diamondtron tube) 20" and 24" CRT's at competetive prices, they'd make a killing.

When's that next technology, where each TFT equivalent is basically a mini cathode emitter, meant to be coming?

Also, with regards backlight issues, why can't they build a backlight plate that is a white led for each TFT, build it into the TFT array so that each LED is individually controllable - that way you wouldn't need the global lighting that is currently used...

 

[StevenG]

Rather have a dead one than the one thats stuck bright green in the middle of my screen!

becuase its the green one that died i have a bright RED dot on my screen now. its about a cm from the right hand side of the screen.. so i guess ive been lucky with the placement of it just wish it hadnt died on my newest monitor out of 3

 

[Spyhop]

Nice photo

Also, with regards backlight issues, why can't they build a backlight plate that is a white led for each TFT, build it into the TFT array so that each LED is individually controllable - that way you wouldn't need the global lighting that is currently used...

I'm pretty sure that's on the way.

 

[djohn]

I'm intrigued with the photo. What background colour would one have on to take a macro like this?

 

[Mr. Brightside]

White I would guess

 

[StevenG]

Yea it was white... you can only see it on light backgrounds like yellow and white.