Problem With A Samsung SyncMaster Monitor

I can't show you screenshots of the problem with my monitor because it doesn't show up in the screenshots. I have a Samsung SyncMaster 920NW I purchased back in September 2008. I like it. Now it shows a long horizontal band of corruption in the dark pixels. The band of erroneous color is about a third of the total screen. Mostly it shows warm colors like white, yellow, red and I lose the blue and darker colors.

This happened just after I downloaded updates which includes an nvidia driver update. Coincidence?

It feels like a hardware problem than a software problem because it doesn't show in the screenshots. That's bad news. It means I have to replace it. Good news. That means I'll have a brand new LCD.

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