A good LCD will pee all over a good CRT. It may amaze some people to realise that the market's moved on and yes, there are amazing LCDS now.
You can get manufacturers with a zero dead pixel policy. You can return the monitor and keep swapping it till you get one without dead pixels. Dead pixels are more common on cheaper LCDS than expensive ones.
This is because the panels are graded at the panel manufacturers, for example Optronics, and they sort them into A, B and C.
A has no dead pixels, B has minor flaws and C has a few dead pixels.
Then you might get the same quality panel in an ACER as you would in a viewsonic, however the ACER one which retails considerably less will have a couple of dead pixels. That is how the industry works and you get what you pay for.
That is not to say you don't get the odd dead pixel on an expensive panel, it means that the liklihood of a dead pixel occuring is a lot less.
Regardless I changed my monitor instantly when one of them had a dead pixel. You should too, and persevere, if for your own health's sake. CRT is a proven health hazard, LCD isn't.
You can get manufacturers with a zero dead pixel policy. You can return the monitor and keep swapping it till you get one without dead pixels. Dead pixels are more common on cheaper LCDS than expensive ones.
This is because the panels are graded at the panel manufacturers, for example Optronics, and they sort them into A, B and C.
A has no dead pixels, B has minor flaws and C has a few dead pixels.
Then you might get the same quality panel in an ACER as you would in a viewsonic, however the ACER one which retails considerably less will have a couple of dead pixels. That is how the industry works and you get what you pay for.
That is not to say you don't get the odd dead pixel on an expensive panel, it means that the liklihood of a dead pixel occuring is a lot less.
Regardless I changed my monitor instantly when one of them had a dead pixel. You should too, and persevere, if for your own health's sake. CRT is a proven health hazard, LCD isn't.