Tungsten C screen - should I be worried?

[PocketPowerPC]

I found this just a few minutes ago when I powered-up my C.

There's a funny gray area on the screen, which when I push on it, results in what you see in the picture. It still responds to stylus taps though, no problem.

I know it's the classic case of "then don't push there" but is this something I should worry about? Is the screen broken? Is it going to break? I got my C in 2003, so it is far out of warrantee, and anyway I live in Japan (though US model.)

What do people here think?

[dmitrygr]

it won;t get worse if that's what you're asking but the gray area will get on your nerves. You must have presse don the screen really hard sometime

[ahsirg]

I've got the same thing on my Z72, but its only 2 weeks old....

[PocketPowerPC]

it won;t get worse if that's what you're asking but the gray area will get on your nerves.

Yeah, that's what I was wondering. I'm hoping it doesn't get any worse, since I don't want to fork out to have the screen replaced. How much would a screen-replacement cost anyhow?

You must have presse don the screen really hard sometime

I guess so, although I can't remember doing so. I put it in a soft case and kept it in my pocket. Did I damage the LCD itself?

[Romeol]

Well, I'm not sure if this helps, but when I was replacing a digitizer on a PDA, I accidently made smudges on the inside of the LCD, just below the digitizer, that look similar, although not wholly exact.

[Legodude522]

It looks like the actual LCD is damaged and not fixable. Is it only showing where the pixels are? Or random places?