I got an RMA from Valve for my LE after noticing a dead blue subpixel without testing for it. The pixel isn’t in the middle of the screen and isn’t very distracting when running games but I know it’s there which bothers me. The unit is otherwise perfect. Everything from the overall build quality to the screen uniformity is great. It’s just the one dead subpixel… My question is if anyone in a similar situation has decided to keep their LE despite it having a pixel issue in order to not risk getting a unit that’s worse?
I had this same dilemma and finally decided to exchange my LE for another. I have 3 dead pixels and 2 of them are close to where my eyes focus in game most of the time. The third is in the top right corner and hardly bothers me at all. I’ve been gaming a lot on it and after seeing the dead pixels enough times during gameplay I decided to go forward with an exchange. If it was only the one pixel in the top right corner I would be keeping it because that one only occasionally bothers me while I’m in the menus or browser.
The other reason I was concerned about exchanging it is the uniformity on my panel is fantastic. I threw the worst scenarios I could find at the screen at different brightness levels and there is absolutely no green tinting and minimal grain. I’m hoping the replacement looks just as good and that the uniformity is consistent across these BOE panels.