How Can I tell if My iPod Touch Has a Screen problem?

Will it be pretty obvious, or is it just something that I wouldn't notice if I didn't watch a lot of dark videos?

From my knowledge of LCD is they are a back light technology that lets light through the LCD panel. When the display is supposed to be black on any part the LCD should simply block all light from getting through the LCD. That being the case, the screen that displays all your application is all black except the applications. If the LCD is defective the black area on this screen should look gray as well not just video you play. Since no one that I can recall in this forum has described the problem of the blacks not being black on the screen except in the video application, it sounds like a software problem either in the application or in the actual video itself. Does anyone see the problem in a photo??

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