Magenta cast and wavy lines

Hello forum, having just purchased a new eMac and finding everthing as great as my last one apart from my screen! It seems to me that there is a large area at the centre of the screen with a magenta cast. When calibrated with my Spyder Eye One it gives an even more pronounced cast. When I change resolution (from 1280 x 960 to 1152 x 864) I get a series of wavy lines at the edge of the display. This is not screen I knew and loved on my previous eMac. Is this a common prroblem with this model 1.42 GHz? Do I need to seek Apple support and send the computer back? or is it a setting that can be corrected? Any help or advice Thanks, Tony
powerbook g4 15" emac Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Thanks for that Donny, just been talking to Apple and told it is a Known Issue. Been offered a repair or refund. Not really sure about repair, my feeling is the mac is less than a week old and already needs a fix. Has any one else any experience if the repair is a god idea? Think maybe I should move up to iMac. I know that Apple can not replace the eMac as it is discontiuned item. This one was a clearance item New, Unused and unwrapped but with damaged box. Thanks again, Tony
powerbook g4 15" emac Mac OS X (10.4.8)
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