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Michael Simmons
PiXel Check is an application that assists you in visually inspecting your LCD for bad or "dead" pixels.
The concept is simple - select a test color, and PiXel Check will put up a screen to allow you to check the specific pixels.
"Red" activates all red piXels, "Blue" activates all blue pixels, and "Green" activates all of the green piXels. The "Black" and "White" tests activate or deactivate all red, green, and blue pixels respectively.
The reason that red, green, and blue are the colors that are checked for is because each pixel on an LCD is actually
The concept is simple - select a test color, and PiXel Check will put up a screen to allow you to check the specific pixels.
"Red" activates all red piXels, "Blue" activates all blue pixels, and "Green" activates all of the green piXels. The "Black" and "White" tests activate or deactivate all red, green, and blue pixels respectively.
The reason that red, green, and blue are the colors that are checked for is because each pixel on an LCD is actually
What's New
Version 1.3:
- Support for Intel Macs (thanks to Dustin Bruzenak for his help!)
- Support for Gatekeeper and OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- PiXel Check now requires OS X 10.7 Lion or later
Requirements
- Intel, 64-bit processor
- OS X 10.7 or later
- 64-bit processor
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PiXel Check is an application that assists you in visually inspecting your LCD for bad or "dead" pixels.
The concept is simple - select a test color, and PiXel Check will put up a screen to allow you to check the specific pixels.
"Red" activates all red piXels, "Blue" activates all blue pixels, and "Green" activates all of the green piXels. The "Black" and "White" tests activate or deactivate all red, green, and blue pixels respectively.
The reason that red, green, and blue are the colors that are checked for is because each pixel on an LCD is actually made up of 3 separate transistors - red, green, and blue. When all of the transistors are turned on, you see black, and when all of them are turned off, you see white - the reason why there are also black and white check modes.
The concept is simple - select a test color, and PiXel Check will put up a screen to allow you to check the specific pixels.
"Red" activates all red piXels, "Blue" activates all blue pixels, and "Green" activates all of the green piXels. The "Black" and "White" tests activate or deactivate all red, green, and blue pixels respectively.
The reason that red, green, and blue are the colors that are checked for is because each pixel on an LCD is actually made up of 3 separate transistors - red, green, and blue. When all of the transistors are turned on, you see black, and when all of them are turned off, you see white - the reason why there are also black and white check modes.
afm666 reviewed on 12 Mar 2013
+294
Harv reviewed on 20 Jul 2012
And, Rosetta is no longer required.
Many thanks to all those who brought this to pass.
Bravo!
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+1
choyboy reviewed on 02 Jun 2009
Also free which is what you want for something you may only test once every few years.
Would be nice if this was ported to intel though. Takes a while to launch on startup.
+680
+1
Does what it should, and does it very, very well!
Anonymous reviewed on 20 May 2005
Anonymous reviewed on 24 Nov 2004
Anonymous reviewed on 07 Sep 2004
What's point of the application?
+5
To bring them back to life, try massaging them. Not to hard though.
Anonymous reviewed on 08 Oct 2003
... I'm a space buff, and I wholeheartedly approve of the dedication for this software.
Anonymous reviewed on 04 May 2003