Horizontal ghosting on brand new T450s LG Full HD Screen

Hi,
Last friday, I've received a brand new T450s laptop, but after using it a bit, I've discovered that the screen has a weird behavior. I'm nearly sure that the problem is hardware related...
Have you already seen this:
Link to image
(more pictures there:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6TDb7DjOC5Xd2JJbDF3OVIzRDg&usp=sharing
Bad lines move when I move the windows so it's not a bad line or something like this. The more contrast there is on the whole line, the more the problem appears (you can see more samples with the picture causing problems in the link above).
Can I ask for a replacement, or reimbursement? I don't like the idea of this laptop, freshly out of the factory will be left in the hand of a brute repairman .
Any advice will be welcome...
Regards,
Robin

Hi Hemanth,
Thanks for the suggestions... to be honest, I doubted any of your suggestions  would help, but I tried anyway.
Booting in "safe mode" didn't solve the problem
Drivers were already updated (I installed all windows update packages and run all lenovo solution center updates which include a network driver update, but no graphics drivers AFAICT).
I didn't go into the BIOS because these lines appears in rather specific conditions (background has to be dark but not black, there must be a strong contrast -ideally white and black- windows on the left of the screen for the problem to be seen at its maximum).
Furthermore, following the suggestion of a technical support guy, I tried connecting the laptop to a real screen (through VGA because I don't have a display port cable at hand)... there is no problem with the external monitor/vga... this must be a TFT screen or cable defect :-/.
After contacting technical support, I'm about to get reimbursed (DOA procedure was accepted) and now, I wonder...
Is this a common problem? related to the first items of a new batch? I really like this laptop, it's the only computer I find fitting my taste (14" Full HD Display, external battery, dimm socket, room for a real hard drive). There is no real alternative, but I'm reluctant to buy another one now :-/

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