Website claims to fix "stuck" pixels

Rob Beschizza 4:46 am Fri Jun 26, 2015

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JScreenFix purports to repair pixels stuck on a certain color using nothing more than javascript and HTML.

The JScreenFix pixel fixing algorithm has been applied to over four million screens and is the most effective software solution available for repairing defective pixels.

It hits a portion of your display with noise for 10 minutes, giving those pixels a good proper shake.

The site claims a success rate of 60% or more. There's an offline suite of tools for 21st-century screen-saving, too, "used in museums, stock exchanges and even a nuclear power station to extend the life of screens displaying repetitive output. "

Alas, I don't have any stuck pixels.

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