Macbook screen dying problems - display or connector?

Hey there guys, I have a serious problem with my Macbook (2007, old style) and have had it for quite a while, but it's getting worse it seems and it's stopping me from using 1 half of my screen effectively, there is a flickering line down the left hand side of the screen which is either green or purple and when I move my display it flickers and sometimes engulfs the entire left half of the screen. Now a new problem has arose as the screen turns into an odd kind of negative effect (it isn't fully negative as it is not countered out by making the screen go actually negative).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0wdb-W0IY0
Now I have been to the Apple Store with this problem, but as my Macbook is out of warranty it would cost £330 for a new display, but I'm thinking of trying to fix it myself and as I see it it can be 1 of 3 problems:
- Display is broken (buy a new display)
- Connector is loose (reattach)
- Connector is broken (buy a new connector)
So my question is: do you reckon this is a display fault, or connector fault?
Thanks a lot for reading this and helping me out if you do.

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