Dead pixels on LED and OLED screens, which distract from the view of the screen in question, may not immediately come to mind as every gamer's worst nightmare — the winner of that contest most likely ...
A pixel on your computer monitor or TV screen may be a very small thing. But if it is not acting in perfect concert with all the other pixels in the screen, the malfunction will stick out like a sore ...
I recently got a good deal on a HP zr24w LCD monitor from MacMall. I think it has a single dead pixel (dark) in the upper left corner. Would you try to return or exchange the monitor for this reason?
I've used my 48" CX for 3.5 years as a monitor until replacing it recently with the AW3225QF, mainly due to ergonomics (too close on my desk, too small a desk for 48") but also due to dead pixel ...