Vertical blue segments on screen

For the past 2 weeks I've noticed that two vertical blocks would come and go on my screen. After discussions with apple help line and a trip to the apple store I figured out that the power strip with 2 power bricks for the modem and wireless which were sitting behind the screen were causing the anomaly. Thought I had a bad screen. Just keep the power bricks at least 3 feet away.

Hello and welcome...
Considering you've tried all the troubleshooting tips, if you purchased from an Apple retail store, help here. http://www.apple.com/legal/salespolicies/retailus.html
You have up to 14 calendar days from the time you receive your item(s) to initiate a return.
http://store.apple.com/Catalog/US/Images/salespolicies.html#topic-4
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I haven't read anything about the ABC website causing problems. Watching videos may be more processor intensive and the machine may run a bit hotter, which might be enough to trigger a video problem that could have been there all along, but just hadn't manifested itself yet.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1573?viewlocale=en_US
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The line appears on the left had side of my Thinkpad Yoga, which was purchased about two months ago. I saw some similar posts here. So this is likely LCD panel issue and have to send back for repair?

it is a hardware issue with lcd cable or panel, you have to send it into repair.
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purplesunshine3 wrote:
Please help any advice will be appreciated! I successfully have repaired iphone 4's and iphone 5 before but this is the first iphone 5c.
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Hello,
I have a Macbook Pro 15" (mid 2010) 2.53GHz Interl Core i5 running OSX Lion 10.7.4.
Generally the computer and screen are in good condition and have had no damage.
The screen has Vertical blue lines and there is a tint of blue generally. The startup apple grey screen however is perfect, it is only when it enters the login screen that the lines appear. All the colours are off. Other than these lines the computer works perfectly
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