Video playback brightness flickers iPad3

Question

Watching videos on my iPad 3rd gen the brightness of the screen keeps changing. As in if something bright suddenly comes on the screen the screen darkens a bit to compensate for the overexposure. On most videos where scenes have a constant lighting source you don't notice it, but if the camera tends to move around or things are popping up in the video it's very noticable.
For instance watching the video podcast for Mad Money on my iPad when ever a chart comes on the screen darkens. As the camera zooms in or out on Jim Cramer the brightness of the screen changes. The brightness changes so quickly it's quite disconcerting. But watching the average TV show it's not that noticeable unless you are looking for it. My iPad One with 5.1 doesn't do this, nor do the same videos on my iMac. Just on my iPad 3.
Anyone else notice this?

Answer 1

For what it's worth.
I lived with the brightness (backlight) fluctuating problem on my 3rd gen iPad since March 2012. I was on my third replacement at the end and they all had the problem. As previously stated it would happen in the middle of a shot and in the end I got very good at predicting when it was going to happen based on the composition of the shot. It was also repeatable in that you could play the same shot over and over and it would always happen at the same point.
What was really annoying was that the problem was only happening in the natve VIDEO player. The problem was not there when using the VLC player. I was therefore hoping that iOS upgrades would have reduced or eliminated the playback problem. Unfortunately they didn't.
I have now upgraded to an iPad Air and the brightness problem has gone - well, not really, it has changed.
If I play files that show the problem on my old iPad the problem shots still have problems on the iPad Air but now instead of the brightness changing in the middle of the shot they now change on the first frame of the shot or at worst the 2nd frame. It's as if the player is looking ahead in the shot and deciding that the shot needs it's brightness (backlight) adjusted and cleverly does so. The unfortunate thing is that sometimes it happens right on the shot change and sometimes a frame or so later. It is not repeatable any more and when the adjustment is late it is noticeable but not as much as my previous iPad adjusting in the middle of a shot.
Again, the VLC player does not have this problem on my iPad Air.
I have seen this behaviour on 3 iPad Airs.