How's everyones success with dead pixels?

I've been looking at the Sager NP5792. The thing that bugs me is this $200 for 30 days protection for dead pixels on the website customization page for ordering. What a cash grab!! ...oh and makes me a bit cautious when they will only give you 30 days protection for that.

So question to all, how many have received Sager laptops with dead pixels?

The Sager looks pretty good for the most part. I've been comparing the Dell m1730 vs the Sager NP5792. The thing I like with the Sager is a choice for a 1680x1050 res screen and not be locked into taking the 1920x1200. I generally like to run my games on native resolution and not having to throttling down the graphics res. Plus Sager seems to have some good options. I hear the Sager is built more durable and Dell feels flimsy and hear Sager (Clevo) has lower quality components. I currently have a so called low quality ESC G736 and has served me well for 5 years. So would be nice to see both of these laptops in action. If the Dell agents know what they are taking about Dell appears to have older technology under the hood besides the obvious 8700M video cards. Although the system should handle next generation CPU and hopefully release an 8800M SLI version later.

However that being said if I match Sager's technology (customization options) to the Dell's options it is pretty close in price depending on your choices. The problem is I would have to pay for the shipping for Sager and possibly customs fees from going US -> Canada where Dell is including this cost. Not to mention I do get a bit of disco for Dell through my company. So in the end I can actually save a few bucks on Dell. Oh... can't forget that $200 dollar option is ontop of the price so makes the Sager that much more expensive. If Dell or Alienware have included the dead pixel in there price then they are coming in at a cheaper price than Sager.

Dell m1730 customized:
Intel Core 2 T7500 (4MB 2.2GHz / 800 FSB)
Vista Business
2GB DDR667
8x DVD+/-RW writer (Not sure if Dual Layer)
200GB SATA (not sure is SATA150 or SATA300)
512MB Dual 8700M in SLI mode plus PhysX
Intel A/B/G/N WiFi
BlueTooth 2.0
9 Cell Battery
Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software
Mini USB Modem
17" WUXGA (1920x1200)
S-Video Out
Logitech Game Panel and Luminated Keyboard
8-in-1 Card Reader
I think that was it. There are some other items for HDMI using DVI adapter and whatever but for the most part that's it.
$2,689.00

- 12% discount
no shipping fees

Sager NP5792 customized:
Intel Core 2 T7500 (4MB 2.2GHz / 800 FSB)
Vista Business
2GB DDR667
8x DVD+/-RW writer Dual Layer
200GB SATA300
512MB 8800M (not sure if there will be an SLI ability)
Intel A/B/G/N WiFi
BlueTooth 2.0
8 Cell Battery
Sound Blaster 3D (Azalia 8CH)
Built in modem
S-Video Out
Firewire
17" WUXGA (1920x1200)
Fingerprint reader
7-in-1 Card Reader
$2,629.00

+$200 for LCD protection
+ shipping and whatever fees

All in all both are looking pretty good but I'll probably end up going for price point. Decisions decisions!!

anyway, getting back to the dead pixel thing. I'm hoping others will put in their 2 bits if they got dead pixels or not. If there is only a few posts then their quality probably isn't that bad and can feel confident to bypass the $200 option.

So far FPS is pretty close with 8700M SLI vs 8800M GTX single. Dual 8700M isa total of 64 stream processors vs 96 on the 8800M. I think the PhysX is a culpret in lowering frame rates on different games. The PhysX adds particles that need to be rendered adding load to the GPUs. I read a review with Ghost Recon. The PhysX card didn't really impress me that much because you have to blow stuff up to get the use out of it. Cool concept though. It will be awesome when / if the 8800M SLI is released for the m1730.

Regarding pixels, I've been in the IT industry for a long time. I've come across a very few dead pixel LCDs. Most of them I found on lower end ECS laptops. If Sager comes from a lower end MFG even though they are rated pretty good they may tend to buy the cheaper LCD batches. That's my theory anyway. LCD mfgs still have to look at the screens to make sure they work. They must be able to see a dead pixel right off the get go.