Is this good value, or a rip off?

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So yeah, it's basically a cheap monitor with a couple of dead pixels. How noticable are dead pixels, and are they worth the considerable saving?

Just so you know, it's only one-two dead pixels. Also, it's a very good price for Australia.

No, not worth it. Buy it from bestbuy new for like $250 or less. I gota 21.6" for $200 at futureshop.sergeantscul

I live in Australia. The best other price you can get here is four hundred bucks.

Most people don't even realize they have dead pixels, they're not very easy to spot. However, if you do find them they will probably bug you. If you decide to get the monitor, I'd recommend just treating it like you bought it brand new with no problems. SuperBeast

Best advice possible. I've had my monitor for over a year and if I have a small black spot on my monitor, I'll freak out, but then just find out that it's a little smudge of dirt or something. I'm really anal about things like that.