It does and it doesn`t.
You didn`t cover what a permanently "on" pixel would be. Not from burn in, but from day one. I don`t have any of the problems you`re referring to. I have a dot that was lit from the first time I turned the DS on.
I guess it`s just a stuck pixel.
Hehe, to be honest, if something was defective from day one such that pixels were stuck and the color didn't change, we might call it just plain defective
There isn't really a word when it come to most display/television eletronics for when a pixel effective has 'burn in' from day one. There is a term for when pixels are void or lack of light or almost 'off' which we call Dead Pixel.
In teleivision and more expensive display devices, if its permanently stuck one color its usually due to burn in and not from the factory production because its pretty rare and usually caught by Quality Control departments/testing. I know if I dropped say 4 grand on a Plasma TV and it had a stuck pixel or dead pixel before I even used it, I'd return it in a flash.
Generally its cheaper for a company to fix the tv or display device in their factor than pay for return shipping costs possibly at their expensive, repair it and send it back out most likely at their expensive. Better quality control processes actually save companies money in the long run. Not to mention, you can potentially lose customers or future business that way although its not too likely at all to occur.
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Like all those unfortun...oops...I mean 'Lucky' customers who bought the first ps2s in north america. 500,000 of the first 1,000,000 north american unit's dvd players were unable to play dvd movies (a major selling point of the original ps2 as at that time dvd players were expensive similar to how hd-dvds or blue-ray players are expensive by todays standards).
Of course, you would think they would learn from their mistakes and correct this manufacturing process such that the next shipment of playstation 2s would not have a 50% defect rating right?(industry standard is between 3-5%). 250,000 of the next 1,000,000 released in North America couldn't play dvd movies.
Of course, I understand the demand for the DS is too high in Japan so returning might not be possible. Its a tricky situation but its like you said. Now your DS has its own unique fingerprint that makes it special and your's alone
Sometimes you do have to look at the bright side.
You can still play games
With any luck, Nintendo will start improving the quality control processes on the DS and less and less of the issues that do occassionally occur will occur.
