Stuck pixels in the thousands

Sorry to harp on stuck pixels I know there are alot of posts on this subject. However in most cases people are talking about 1 or 2 pixels, in my unfortunate situation I have hundreds if not thousands. A 5cm x 2 cm portion of my 14 inch screen is covered in green "stuck pixels". One line is permantly stuck on green however the remaining stuck pixels appear to change colours (pink or green) depending on what is on the screen.
Strangely I used Pixel Check (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11661) and only the top green line showed up as being "stuck on green" the rest of the stuck pixels didn't show up. However after the test they reappear.
I have tried using "pixel fix" software flashing for hours on end trying to "unstick" the pixels and also I have given them a good rub but all has failed.
I bought the ibook over 18 months ago so it's no longer under warranty.
I am now contemplating getting the screen replaced, however I just wanted to know if anyone out there had any ideas on my situation. Is it really a bad case of the stuck pixel anomaly or something else?
thanks
Starwolf
ibook G4 PPC 1.33 GHz Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Hello
I had 6 dead pixels on my macbook pro screen. I was quite annoyed about it.
After a huge research I did find solution. At least you can try it is for free
It is a small Jawa applet which flickers and can unstuck pixels.
I had 6 dead pixels. After using this flickering applet for 10 minutes 4 of the pixels disappeared They were in the center of the screen.
The last two are placed on the top of the screen. On the top dock where the blue apple is. Fortunately there is no way I know about how to hide this dock. Therefor stuck pixels remain. (if you know how to get this flickering applet over entire screen please let me know, the videos on the website did not work for me)
Anyway check this website and good luck, Hope it helps.
http://www.jscreenfix.com/basic.php
MIKE

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