LCDTester 1.3

Has this ever happened to you? Arriving home with your stunning new LCD monitor, you set it up and plug it all in, adjust the brightness and contrast and revel in the wonderful display. After a couple of hours trying various programs and games in the new higher-resolution, you open your webbrowser, email client or explorer, and you see a spec of dust on the screen. You dab at it, but it doesn't go away. Then you look closely and realise it's a dead pixel.

Most manufacturers will allow you to exchange a monitor with a dead pixel within the first week, which means it's important to check for dead pixels ASAP.

That's where LCDTester comes in. Just run it, click Begin and click the mouse to cycle through several solid colours across the entire screen. As each new colour is displayed, check the whole screen for odd-looking pixels.