Two thirds of macbook display fading out

Recently the display of my Macbook Pro (2.2 GHz, Santa Rosa) has started fading out/going gray in the bottom two thirds when I open it from sleep. It also occasionally fades out after it's been open for a while. If I just give the screen a tap on the side, the problem disappears. Here is a picture of it (http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/4kTLACtvR0YFfPAsF1Ztdg?feat=directlink).
Any ideas? I kind of feel like the screen is just going. Would Applecare cover a failing screen?
Thanks for any insight!

No solution but I have the same issue on my early 17" Macbook Pro. The bottom half or 3/4 goes blank but everything else still works. I have found I get the screen back by squeezing the edge of the frame on the left at the level where the screen is blank below. I guess this is an intermittent contact to the screen in the side of the frame. The kids had worked out that closing and opening the lid would often get the screen back but I suspect that was just a way to induce some movement in the spot I am squeezing. I'd be keen to know of a site that shows how to get into this part of the screen and whether the likely issue is a fatigued wire or a connection to a board or something irrepairable.

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