Just noticed that my 20 month old Sharp Aquos TV has developed a black line going down the screen about 6" from the right hand side.It appears on all channels-HD,SD and freeview.Could any of you chaps point me in the right direction.Have posted a link to a picture of the problem.
Many thanks in advance D3XT3R
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...n1970/line.jpg

Just a quick update,it seems the line appears exactly where the 4:3 picture would end

Am I am right in assuming that you watch some material in 4:3 format and have the black space at the sides? if so it is likely some kind of screen burn. It can be fixed...

http://www.pixelprotector.com/

I don't think LCD's suffer from screen burn unlike plasma panels..... the pixel recovery programs might help, but more often than not they're designed to revive a pixel at a time (and success seems very limited) but chances are that the lcd panel has a fault


But if you want to try software to unstick stuck pixels there's this free one
http://udpix.free.fr/

Many thanks guys for your tips and download suggestions,I will give the free one a go and run it from my laptop straight into the HDMI of the tv.Will let you know how I get on

I have just had the same thing appear on my Samsung Panel. Run your windows desktop through some solid colours to get a better look at it, mine only appears with some of the browner shades.

Still annoying.

Just a quick update,the TV has gone in for repair under the extended warranty(phew £65 seems good money now).They say it needs a new panel and if it costs too much then they will probably scrap it.i am now left with this for up to 2 weeks
<a href="http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/n177/recon1970/?action=view&current=SDC10218.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n177/recon1970/SDC10218.jpg" border="0" alt="oh dear!!"></a>


In reply to stvn758 the same colours were affected on mine too.I tried using the dead pixel program but no good for this particular problem

My TV has been written off too, getting a Plasma. See how that works out.