A very strange behaving blue line on screen

Yesterday I noticed a new blue line on my iMac display before I went to sleep. Today it is still there. It is a bright blue line that appears on the right side of my screen, is vertical, and goes a third of the way up from the bottom of the scrreen.
Running OS Lion.
When I put a program in full screen mode the line turns to a faint yellow.
When I watch a movie in iTunes the line is still there.
When I open Pages and move various parts of the docoment or the inspector windows over the line it changes color to a faint yellow. In the gray portion of the box I cannot see the line. I can't tell if the the line, a faint yellow, is there or not.
Now here is the WEIRD part. I cannot take a screenshot of it. When I do the line is gone, it is not present in the image. It is present in all other instances... but I cannot seem to take a picture of it.
If I open up QuickTime and make a recording of the screen... it is NOT there.
What gives? I've looked through other discussion forums and find a lot of ranting. The inconsistency of the line leads me to believe that it isn't strictly hardware. But what do I know.

I suggest that you try to run a software reinstall using SUS.
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/
If the problem still remains you should contact your local support team, to have the phone examined and fixed at an repair center.
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/support/contact-us/contact-info/
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Do you think this is anything I can attempt to fix myself or should I call Sony?
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I suggest that you try to run a software reinstall using SUS.
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/tools/update-service/
If the problem still remains you should contact your local support team, to have the phone examined and fixed at an repair center.
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hi,
sometimes when i write something, there are blue lines appear on screen. i take screen shot photo so i think it's about settings or firmware. How can i fix it?
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Welcome to the community! Since you're new please be sure that you have checked out our Discussion guidelines.
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