ViewSonic LCD Display: Limited Warranty

This document describes the warranty terms for all ViewSonic LCD products.

ViewSonic® Limited Warranty

For Middle East and Africa Countries (UAE, KSA, Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Oman, Qatar, Iraq, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria)
ViewSonic provides customers with the security of a manufacturers warranty against defected products. The type and duration of the applicable warranty service varies by product type and can also vary on an individual basis according to customer requirements agreed at time of purchase.

What the warranty covers:

ViewSonic warrants its products to be free from defects in material and workmanship during the warranty period. If a product proves to be defective in material or workmanship during the warranty period, ViewSonic will, at its sole option, repair or replace the product with a similar product. Replacement Product or parts may include remanufactured or refurbished parts or components. ViewSonic provides no warranty for the third-party software included with the product or installed by the customer and does not warrant that software will meet customer’s requirements or that operation of software will be uninterrupted or error free.

Warranty types:

  1. Dead-on-Arrival Service: (DOA claimed within 15 days from purchase invoice date)
    Replacement of the defective product by a brand new product free of charge
  2. Return-to-Base Service:
    Repair or replace the defective unit at the service centre. User has to carry-in the unit to service center on his/her cost.

How long the warranty is effective:

LCD display Size Warranty (including Panel)
VA series & ≤ 19.5” 1 year
Other series and size 3 years
  • The above is not applicable to KSA, ViewSonic provide 2-years warranty for all products in KSA except for accessories.
  • VA series & ≤ 19.5” in Egypt, ViewSonic provide 2-years warranty except for accessories.
  • Consumable items with 3 months warranty. Such as signal cable, power cable, remote control or other consumable items not mentioned.

Pixel policy statement

Defective Pixels Maximum allowable number of pixel faults:
Screen size Series Bright or Dark or Combination bright + dark
All size VA / VG / TD 2 2 4
All size VP / VX / XG 2 2 3

DOA definition and returning criteria

  1. DOA definition
    When the product has:
    1. No power
    2. No video
    3. OSD (On Screen Display) malfunction
  2. Non-DOA definition
    When the product has:
    1. All In specification and workable since it can be aligned
      - Purity
      - Geometric distortion
      - Poor Focus
    2. Compatible problem
      - VGA card incompatible
      - External interference problem (e.g. Power source, electric equipment…etc)
    3. Damage caused during the transportation
  3. Returning criteria
    - Original purchasing invoice
    - Completed package with all original accessories and packing materials.

Who the warranty protects:

The warranty stated above will be provided in accordance to the country of warranty request and is valid only for the first consumer purchaser from the date of original purchase (Proof-of-Purchase = Invoice).

No global warranty. Customer need to pay for service if purchased from other country. No matter purchased from physical store or online markets (E-commerce), the warranty is valid only for the country where customer purchased from.

What the warranty does not cover:

  1. Any product, on which the serial number has been defaced, modified or removed.
  2. Damage, deterioration or malfunction resulting from:
    1. Incorrect use, carelessness, misuse, neglect, unauthorized alterations, improper storage.
    2. Accident, misuse, neglect, fire, water, lightning, or other acts of nature, unauthorized product modification, or failure to follow instructions supplied with the product.
    3. Repair or attempted repair by anyone not authorized by ViewSonic.
    4. Damage to or loss of any programs, data or removable storage media.
    5. Software or data loss occurring during repair or replacement.
    6. Any damage of the product due to shipment.
    7. Removal or installation of the product.
    8. Causes external to the product, such as electric power fluctuations or failure, or liquid permeated.
    9. Use of supplies or parts not meeting ViewSonic's specifications.
    10. Normal wear and tear.
    11. Failure of owner to perform periodic product maintenance as stated in User Guide, such as failure to perform periodic cleaning of user-cleanable projector filters.
    12. Damage caused by static (non-moving) images displayed for lengthy periods of time (also referred to as image burn-in).
    13. Any image burn upon the polarizers or LCD panels.
    14. Any other cause which does not relate to a product defect.
  3. Removal, installation, and set-up service charges.
  4. Cleaning of internal parts when used in a smoke affected atmosphere.
  5. Damage to external parts including the cabinet.

How to get service:

  1. For information on obtaining warranty service, call your ViewSonic dealer or ViewSonic Call Desk / Service Provider or ViewSonic refer to the contact information located in each country's corresponding web site.
  2. To obtain warranty service, you will be required to provide.
    1. The original dated sales slip (POP).
    2. Your name.
    3. Your address.
    4. The serial number and model number of the product.
    5. A description of the problem.
    6. Mobile and wireless products, customer should provide the user name and the password in order to access the device and perform warranty service.
  3. Bring or ship the product prepaid in the original container, with the associated accessories, to ViewSonic or any ViewSonic authorized service center.
  4. For additional information or the name of the nearest ViewSonic service center, contact your ViewSonic dealer or ViewSonic.

Limitation of implied warranties:

THERE ARE NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WHICH EXTEND BEYOND THE DESCRIPTION CONTAINED HEREIN INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Exclusion of damages:

VIEWSONIC'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE COST OF REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT OF THE PRODUCT. VIEWSONIC SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR:

  1. DAMAGE TO OTHER PROPERTY CAUSED BY ANY DEFECTS IN THE PRODUCT, DAMAGES BASED UPON INCONVENIENCE, LOSS OF USE OF THE PRODUCT, LOSS OF TIME, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY, LOSS OF GOODWILL, INTERFERENCE WITH BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS, OR OTHER COMMERCIAL LOSS, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
  2. ANY OTHER DAMAGES, WHETHER INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHERWISE.
  3. ANY CLAIM AGAINST THE CUSTOMER BY ANY OTHER PARTY.

LCD display: LCD pixel criteria

This article has detail description on how ViewSonic defines LCD pixel criteria for warranty of LCD flat-panel displays.

ViewSonic is committed to customer satisfaction by providing the highest quality products in the industry. The result is that our LCD displays generally have very few non-performing pixels. For example, an 18" SXGA (1280 x 1024) display has nearly 4 million sub-pixels. A product exhibiting 7 non-performing pixels would equate to an extremely small 0.00018 percent of the total sub-pixels.

(1280 Horizontal Pixels) * (1024 Vertical Pixels) * (3 sub-pixels per pixel) = 3,932,160 sub-pixels

[(7 non-performing pixels) / (3,932,160 sub-pixels)] * 100% = 0.00018%

To ensure the highest performing displays, ViewSonic sets limits as to the allowable number of pixel anomalies. ViewSonic has adopted the following pixel criteria to supplement our existing limited warranty. This policy applies to all ViewSonic LCD displays during the warranty period for Middle East Union (Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Qatar).

All LCD Models

  • ViewSonic sets limits on all size LCD's of VA / VG / TD series at 2 bright pixels, 2 dark pixels, or a combination of 4.
  • ViewSonic sets limits on all size LCD's of VP / VX / XG series at 2 bright pixels, 2 dark pixels, or a combination of 3.

It is possible that any replacement display may also have some non-performing pixels. This should be considered when requesting a warranty exchange.

Explanation

A pixel or picture element, is composed of three sub-pixels in the primary colors of red, green, and blue. At each pixel position in an AMLCD (active matrix liquid crystal display) flat screen monitor, three cells of liquid crystal material form the red, green and blue sub-pixels that together allow the full range of colors to be displayed. Individual transistors are arranged in an array on the rear glass to control each sub-pixel. An anomaly on any one of these individual transistors will cause a bright or dark pixel to appear. These anomalies generally occur only during manufacturing, and additional bright or dark pixels should not appear over time.

The allowable number of non-performing pixels has a direct impact on the yield of the process. If the industry attempted to set a zero standard, the current manufacturing yield would be so low that the cost of an LCD display would be many times higher than it is today. Luckily, most customers and applications are tolerant of a low level of non-performing pixels and prefer the lower cost that the existing standards allow.