Broken Display? (white noise, horiz. lines) MBP

Got a problem with my 17" Core 2 Duo 2.16ghz...
When connecting an external display, I can still view the extended screen.
http://imgur.com/WzQJW.jpg
It works from time to time and usually tilting the screen fixes the screen back to normal but I can't do it anymore and its stuck like this:
http://imgur.com/rMYS6.jpg
http://imgur.com/AQyPE.jpg
When applying pressure or twisting the bezel slightly, I can get the image to display but as soon as I let go, it goes back:
http://imgur.com/eyLSO.jpg
What's wrong?? Loose connection somewhere? I've checked the display cable, but only the connection to the logic board. I didn't get to check inside the bezel to see if the cable connection there was solid.
I just checked and the laptop is still under warranty...going to go the apple store early tomorrow. Do you think they'll figure it out and repair it or do I have a better chance of receiving a new/refurb one?
http://imgur.com/wyci2.png
Thanks in advance!

By all means take it in. It looks like some sort of problem with the internal display, and I expect the repair would be to replace the display as a unit. I think you are onto something with the idea of a poor or broken contact somewhere, but I don't know that they would try to fix something like that.
Most likely they would repair your Mac rather than replacing it. It might not be a bad idea to run the Apple Hardware test to see if there is anything else that might need to be fixed before the warranty expires--like maybe your hard drive.
Good luck!

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