Subtle screen flicker at lowest brightness

Try the following:
1. Unplug adaptor
2. Rip a DVD using Handbrake
3. During ripping the process, lower the screen brightness to 1 (lowest level before turning black)
4. Notice there is a very slight and subtle flicker in the the screen
It only happened to me in the above set up, anyone else can confirm this?
Thanks

i got the same problems with a flickering tft on my mbp.
i figured out, that you can avoid the flickerproblem by set on the isight camera with photobooth and mirror widegt
the same effect will occur, when you install the programm "quietmbp", that originally should minmize the whining sound in the mbp. so, by installing "quietmbp" the flickering will be automatically stopped.
an apple reseller (gravis in germany) should replace the inverter due to this whining problem. the technician told me, that my mbp would be one of the most quiet mbp, he has seen for the last three months.
my question: what do you guess will happen if the inverter will be replaced in my mbp? will the whining sound stop and also the flickering symtopms as well?
thank you very much.
greeting from germany
f.breithaupt
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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