Thin black line across screen

My 5th generation Ipod classic has, in the last year, developed a think black line across the center of the screen that is always there. Is this a "dead pixel" area that has developed? Is there any way to repair this that isn't costly?

This is a fairly common problem and I believe the only solution is to replace the screen or simply live with it. My daughter's old ipod does the same thing. You will notice that the lines only show up when the backlight it on, right?
Patrick

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Can you tell me, does this mean my iMac was one of
the first off the production line and could have all
the usual Apple early problems...?
I think I should still take it back to shop and
change it for one of their new stock models in about
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edit-
I understand what you're saying about the first models of anything, but I've looked at this as actually being the best of the G5 revisions combined with better, cooler running internal components. If yours is as quiet as mine, and if you resolve the black screen issue, my opinion is that it's not worth giving it up. I've been using an iMac Intel that was returned to Apple, I don't know why and don't really care because it works perfectly for me and cost less.
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