One dead pixel I can live with

I'm no monitor expert but I wanted an IPS screen. I hate having the color and brightness shift when I move my head. This monitor seems a lot better than my TN laptop monitor. HD videos (EyeTV on a Mac) look fine when they are HD native. But you can really tell if something was not shot in HD and is being rebroadcast as HD. Lots of artifacts (the source's fault; a testament to how good this monitor is in showing detail). Motion is not quite as fluid as on my CRT HDTV of course. IPS monitors have slower pixel response than TN. But at 5ms (or was it 7ms?), this one is spec'ed better than most IPS monitors. I bought this monitor mainly for being able to read two pages of a doc at once. So video performance was secondary. And it is probably as good as an LCD monitor would get short of a dedicated LCD TV. My main concern on such a large screen were dead or stuck pixels (high probability for some). I ran a standard online test in my web browser. I found one dead green pixel. I can live with that. It is near the center. Despite that, you wouldn't find it unless you were looking for it. I have no idea whether HP will honor its 3 year warranty if an issue comes up. The seller would not answer my inquiry whether it was an authorized HP dealer for warranty purposes. I am thinking of buying a Squaretrade warranty. But maybe not, as prices on these things tend to come down rapidly, making a warranty less worthwhile.Read full review