I have found an interesting software for you guys to test on your brand new LCD monitor. It’s called Dead Pixels Buddy. You can use this software to test for dead pixels, bright pixels or any other defect on your LCD monitor. Well, what this simple program does it to blank your entire screen white, black, red, green and blue so that you can spot these dead pixels much easier. And it blanks the entire screen, which includes your taskbar as well. You won’t need to strain your eyes to spot any dead pixels anymore. Especially now with big sized LCD panels, the chances of getting a dead pixel on your screen is quite high. Some companies do have a 30 day return policy, so you should use this program once you get your brand new LCD monitor and check for dead pixels. If you discovered dead pixels, then you can safely exchange or return your product. A lot of manufacturers won’t let you change if you have one or two dead pixels/bright pixels, so it’s better to do the exchange during the 30 day period.

A dead pixel is sort of like a small black spot on your screen which doesn’t change. Same case for the bright pixel, just than it is now bright.

This software is for windows and is free. Just download the program and run it. You don’t even need to install it. And it’s small enough to fit on a floppy or a thumb drive, only about 28k in size. Fantastic piece of software.

I am just surprised that it is not widely available. Perhaps it is not that well known, but this is surely a very useful software for nearly everyone to have. Even for an IT administrator to test out his/her monitors. When I first bought my monitor, I didn’t know about this software. But luckily, the monitor I purchased don’t have any dead pixels at all now that I have tested it.