[martin42h]

In my house, we have 2 Panasonic's (32 & 26 inch) & 1 Samsung 32 inch (my son's) and there are no 'dead' pixels on any of them. Picture quality looks much the same on all when plugged into the V+ (720p), but the Panasonics are definitely better on their 'internal' freeview tuners than the Samsung. The Panasonic 32 inch which is the latest model also looks great at 1080i on the V+ although I prefer 720p for any fast motion stuff e.g sport. Shame the V+ doesn't do 1080p. Going back to the dead pixel problem, I don't think this is the problem it once was, improved manufacture techniques no doubt.