Why do I have a flashing white line of pixels across the middle of my screen?

My Ipod Touch 4 Gen has a small line of off coulour pixels mid way down the screen and after a while this line stretches across the screen and the whole screen flickers.
Is this a hardware issue or is it part of the notorious graphical glitches present in IOS 4, so to solve this I tried upgrading to IOS 5 this did not help.
Hopefully you can help me.
Thanks.

Since iOS 5 did not solve the problem I conclude it is a hardware problem. I would make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store.

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