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Used to get this happen around 10 years ago with cornflies getting into peoples laptop screens / monitors. Didn't find a succesful way of removing them before it suddenly stopped happening again.
Black marks appearing on TV
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I spoke with Sony this afternoon and they were quite receptive to the issue. I even called them "bugs/stormflies" when I was describing the issue, the chap at the other end said "We'll just list these as black marks at the moment".
They wanted me to go through some basic troubleshooting - reset display settings, reset TV, make sure certain settings were turned off. They offered to do it all remotely, but I wasn't at home to give them access.
They also listed all the pictures they wanted from me, which I've subsequently taken and emailed over. They only work Monday - Friday, so I won't hear back until at least Monday.
What I was quite surprised about was the actual age of the TV. I've had it for just under 4 months. When I spoke to Sony they asked me when I bought it and asked if I could include a copy of the VAT receipt with my pictures. I said no problem at all. They explained that currently the TV was showing as out of warranty. From their end not a problem as the warranty begins when I purchased, so the receipt will solve that. However what that means is that it was sat in a John Lewis warehouse for at least 8 months. That sounds like terrible stock rotation!
They wanted me to go through some basic troubleshooting - reset display settings, reset TV, make sure certain settings were turned off. They offered to do it all remotely, but I wasn't at home to give them access.
They also listed all the pictures they wanted from me, which I've subsequently taken and emailed over. They only work Monday - Friday, so I won't hear back until at least Monday.
What I was quite surprised about was the actual age of the TV. I've had it for just under 4 months. When I spoke to Sony they asked me when I bought it and asked if I could include a copy of the VAT receipt with my pictures. I said no problem at all. They explained that currently the TV was showing as out of warranty. From their end not a problem as the warranty begins when I purchased, so the receipt will solve that. However what that means is that it was sat in a John Lewis warehouse for at least 8 months. That sounds like terrible stock rotation!
They'll die and fall, only to be replaced by others.
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100% a thunderfly/thrip depending on where you live. You get an absolute tonne of them at this time of the year if you live in the countryside with lots of fields etc. You get thousands of them appear when they disturb the fields harvesting them. We do anyway, huge pain.
They are attracted to light and as such your TV screen and LED's in the back and are extremely thin hense how they get into practically anything known to man.
One of the reasons I went for the OLED to be fair as its a solid panel vs the normal LCD panel which is in layers, not all that greatly sealed either. Have had quite a few of them in monitors before. All replaced under warranty.
As most have said usually they die and dry up and a few light taps usually dislodges them to the bottom out of sight.
They are attracted to light and as such your TV screen and LED's in the back and are extremely thin hense how they get into practically anything known to man.
One of the reasons I went for the OLED to be fair as its a solid panel vs the normal LCD panel which is in layers, not all that greatly sealed either. Have had quite a few of them in monitors before. All replaced under warranty.
As most have said usually they die and dry up and a few light taps usually dislodges them to the bottom out of sight.
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I'm still awaiting a call back from Sony, however as I only emailed over all my pictures on Friday I'm giving them until end of play tomorrow before I chase.
We've lived in this house for about 11 years. In that time 2 Samsung's (one of which is still here) and 1 Panasonic have been used. 2 Iiyama monitors and a current Dell - never had a bug under a panel before.
So whereas I'm 99% sure that is what has happened, I'm chalking this down to "manufacturing defect" and I'll chase it all the way
We've lived in this house for about 11 years. In that time 2 Samsung's (one of which is still here) and 1 Panasonic have been used. 2 Iiyama monitors and a current Dell - never had a bug under a panel before.
So whereas I'm 99% sure that is what has happened, I'm chalking this down to "manufacturing defect" and I'll chase it all the way
I just wanted to make a quick update to this.
Spoke with Sony last week who asked for pictures etc.
On receiving them they asked me to switch the TV off and make the room "as bright as possible" for a number of hours. I'm guessing they wanted to see if the bugs might "move to the light" so to speak. However there was no sign of movement in the 8hrs I actually did this for.
Sony called me up this morning and they are going to arrange a swap-out for me.
It will be a "factory certified" unit, however I'm not too worried as I've still got the rest of the John Lewis 5yr warranty to back me up.
Gotta admit Sony were a lot easier to deal with than stories and threads on other forums made me believe.
Spoke with Sony last week who asked for pictures etc.
On receiving them they asked me to switch the TV off and make the room "as bright as possible" for a number of hours. I'm guessing they wanted to see if the bugs might "move to the light" so to speak. However there was no sign of movement in the 8hrs I actually did this for.
Sony called me up this morning and they are going to arrange a swap-out for me.
It will be a "factory certified" unit, however I'm not too worried as I've still got the rest of the John Lewis 5yr warranty to back me up.
Gotta admit Sony were a lot easier to deal with than stories and threads on other forums made me believe.
Soldato
Good news then
yep there not bad to deal with in regards issues that are easy to prove, however if you do have any hassle in the future with them use the Resolver App 
Soldato
Excellent! I’ve had a couple my screens replaced in the past due to the bloody things.
Had one in my monitor this year luckily it crawled back out again overnight.
I’d suggest putting an ultra fine mesh up if you have your window open near the TV.
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At least it's not full of lizards.