HELP! Flickering magenta colored snow along the top of my Panasonic Plasma!

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I got up this morning and turned my TV on to finish up a download/install of a game I purchased on Steam, I realized it had 20 minutes left to go, so I turned the TV off to let it finish.

I come back, turn the TV on, finish installing the game, and then decide to run the anti-image retention scrolling white bar. As the white bar scrolls, you can see patches of flickering pink/magenta colored pixels all along the top of the screen. I let the white bar scroll for about 5 straight minutes and it's still there.

I haven't had enough time to see if it's noticeable during gaming or movie watching, but I didn't see it against my PC wallpaper background, no pink pixels or any flickering of any kind, but once the white scrolling bar is activated it sticks out like a sore thumb. I'll do more tests when I get home.

Has anyone heard of this? I've read several posts saying it goes away once the set warms up, and others say it's a faulty board. UGH!...I hope my TV isn't broken