Screen or backlight problem - washed-out colors, fuzzy white overlay

I've had my iPod for quite a long time now and have been living with this problem for at least a year. Some times, when I start using the iPod, the screen gets all washed-out with a fuzzy white overlay. It looks fine when the backlight turns off from not touching it, so I think the problem might be with the backlight. If I completely recharge the iPod, letting it fully turn off, the screen will usually come back to clarity. Also, if I leave it in the refrigerator for a while, that too will often solve the problem.
The fuzziness usually happens after having the iPod go to sleep - either from me pressing and holding the pause button, or from the songs being stopped or paused and the iPod not being used for a time. I don't recall, but it might also happen when playing if it's been playing for a fair time and the backlight has been off. It seems like, if the iPod goes into sleep mode when it is warm - room temperature or greater seems to do it - it's fuzzy the next time I start using it. Having it fix itself from being outside in the cold, in the refrigerator or in the basement seems to suggest it as being a heat-related problem.
So, what part do you think is causing this problem? A light? The screen? A chip or connection somewhere?
Are there others out there with this problem? It's rather upsetting, as I like to watch videos and play games on it but I can't rely on it having a clear screen.

All the things that my iPod has been through (in no particular order):
- Age; I've had the iPod pretty much since they came out
- Manufacturing problem or Firmware update bugs; I've survived a multitude of problems in the past (seemingly bricked being stuck in a loop of trying to turn on, the videos don't play video or sound problem, the not-recognised-by-iTunes problem, not being recognised by the iPod updater)
- Slight bending and pressure from by carrying it in my pants pockets (front and back) on occasion over the years
- Damage from being dropped on occasion
- Possible damage from being used in a hot, smokey environment for months
- Being exposed to heat or static from fuzzy jacket pockets
- Being exposed to heat from my waterbed
- Being exposed to cold over some very cold winter days
- Pressure and scratching from a plastic shell I bought to protect it, which turned out to be a very bad idea as it caused many scratches to the screen and may have been too tight as the lcd was showing distortion with it on
- Probably got some water on it a few times
Thinking back to when I first had this problem, the causes may be one of:
- Possible damage from being used in a hot, smokey environment for months
- Being exposed to heat or static from fuzzy jacket pockets
- Being exposed to cold over some very cold winter days
- Probably got some water on it a few times
- Age; I've had the iPod pretty much since they came out

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