If the dead pixel is too prominent to be ignored, you can use it as a good excuse to buy a new computer monitor. But what if ...

A new monitor purchase isn't something that happens often. It's likely you're going through multiple PCs for each monitor ...

A defective pixel on an LCD screen ... and is situated several feet from the viewer, dead or lit pixels may not matter. On a computer monitor only two feet away, they may be very annoying ...