Shadowy line and corners at bottom of display

Hi all.
I'm on my second MBP (late 2008) now because I took the first one back for having shadowy bottom corners on the display. Unfortunately the replacement has the same issue.
The displays I've seen on in store models do not have the shadowy corners.
(although one of them had a much brighter left side...)
Is this a common thing or do I keep lucking out? It's not the worlds biggest issue, I just think the price of this machine justifies a near flawless display.
(the default leopard background does not display the dark corners obviously because its a black background but try turn it to a different colour. It's worst on grey.)
To be fair the rest of the display is the crispest, clearest laptop screen I have ever seen. maybe thats why its such a shame I'm having this shadowy problem.
(please note, restarting the machine, or having it charging does not change the issue and it even happens in windows)
Message was edited by: Rycey
Message was edited by: Rycey

It's entirely possible that some defective displays escaped detection in the manufacturing process and were installed on MBP's. I think that if they replaced your machine once for that defect, you have every right to expect it to be replaced again. I would talk to Apple about it and see what they can do for you. If the fault is not on a store machine, you can contrast that machine with yours to show up the flaw.
Good luck!

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