Safari "flickers" /"pixlization" with new tab and top site option

I was using a 20" Imac running snow leopard. Then June'11 I got a 27" Imac and did a complete migration from the old mac to the new. Btw the new 27" is running Snow 10.6.8
Not too long after running with the new 27"Imac, I noticed that within Safari when opening a new tab, I would intermittenly get a "flicker" briefly when opening a new tab. The only other way I know how to explain it is like on Sattellite TV when you get a signal loss - you see momentary pixle flicker on the tv.
I am working with Mac's 2nd level support. The first guy had me to a reinstall of MacOS. Since this problem is easily reproduceable, it seemed to work. However, 2 weeks later it came back. The next guy had me delete all my preferences for EVERYTHING. This initially seemed to work, but quickly the problem came back.
The work around is to set preferences to open an empty page upon a new tab being opened.
It just has me more curious than anything now. Apple's next actions were for me to 1) uninstall every 3rd party app or plugin (NOT easy to do) or 2) wipe/erase the hard drive, reinstall clean mac OS and then bring data back slowly (not easy for me).
I guess the other option would be to upgrade to Lion, see what happens.
I have a very short video which shows this, but nor sure how or where to upload it to show people.
Any thoughts...

Btw I was able to find all my Safari Plugin's - hey its a start. Any of these look like potentials to cause this:
Flip4Mac Windows Media Plugin 2.3.6
The Flip4Mac WMV Plugin allows you to view Windows Media content using QuickTime. — from file “Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin”.
application/asx
Windows Media Plugin
application/x-mplayer2
Windows Media Plugin
application/x-ms-wmp
Windows Media Plugin
audio/x-ms-wax
Windows Media Playlist
wax
audio/x-ms-wma
Windows Media Audio
wma
video/x-ms-asf
Windows Media Video
asf
video/x-ms-asf-plugin
Windows Media Plugin
video/x-ms-asx
Windows Media Playlist
asx
video/x-ms-wm
Windows Media Video
wm
video/x-ms-wmp
Windows Media Video
wmp
video/x-ms-wmv
Windows Media Video
wmv
video/x-ms-wmx
Windows Media Playlist
wmx
video/x-ms-wvx
Windows Media Playlist
wvx
iPhotoPhotocast
iPhoto6 — from file “iPhotoPhotocast.plugin”.
application/photo
iPhoto 700
Java Plug-In 2 for NPAPI Browsers
Java Plug-In 2 for NPAPI Browsers — from file “JavaAppletPlugin.plugin”.
application/x-java-applet
Basic Java Applets
javaapplet
application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.6.0_29
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.5
Java applet
application/x-java-applet;version=1.6
Java applet
application/x-java-vm
Java applet
application/x-java-vm-npruntime
Java applet
LogMeIn Plugin 1.0.0.586
LogMeIn remote control components — from file “LogMeIn.plugin”.
application/x-3amlabs-rafiletransfer
File Transfer
application/x-3amlabs-raperfview
Performance Viewer
application/x-3amlabs-raremotecontrol
Remote Control
application/x-3amlabs-raversion
Version
Microsoft Office Live Plug-in
Office Live Update v1.0 — from file “OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin”.
application/officelive
Office Live Update v1.0
QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site. — from file “QuickTime Plugin.plugin”.
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SDP stream descriptor
sdp
application/x-mpeg
AMC media
amc
application/x-rtsp
RTSP stream descriptor
rtsp,rts
application/x-sdp
SDP stream descriptor
sdp
audio/3gpp
3GPP media
3gp,3gpp
audio/3gpp2
3GPP2 media
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AAC audio
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QUALCOMM PureVoice audio
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WAVE audio
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AAC audio
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AC3 audio
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AAC audio
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AAC audio book
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AAC audio (protected)
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MIDI
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audio/x-mp3
MP3 audio
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audio/x-mpeg
MPEG audio
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