The K-7 Vertical Line Issue Silently Solved with the Latest Firmware??

See this latest report by this user:-http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036&thread=32886371Is this just a coincidence or Pentax/Hoya has already succeeded to use the firmware to *hide* the lighter vertical line (not always in "green" colour actually, read here for some of the previous bug reports by different users and the details)? I think time will tell.But since this is very