iPad 3G - Garbled Display

I have a feeling the answer to this is simply going to be a "it needs to be sent for repair", but it's worth a try anyway.

I put my iPad on to charge last night, as I do every few days, and this morning, I turned it on only to find the display 'garbled'. And by that, I mean nothing appears except random lines that vaguely resemble what should be displayed. For example, when I turn it on, there are grey lines along the middle of the screen where the Apple logo is usually displayed.

It's hard to explain, so there is an image below.

Has anyone ever seen/experienced this before? Or am I going to have to send it for repair .

PS: I have tried a hard reset, and restored it to factory settings - the problem is still there.

Chris. said:

Book a Genius bar appointment at your local Apple store. They will replace the whole unit.

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Thanks Chris - thought it would be the case, but thought I'd just see if anyone else had experienced the issue .

trsnrtr said:

I figured mine out. Somehow, even though I hadn't been anywhere near the settings page, the display had been changed under the accessibility settings. The change happened during a crash of Angry Birds Seasons.

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Wish this was the case for me!