Uneven backlighting and light leakage

OK, just booted up my new MBP and so far I'm pretty disappointed with the display. The backlighting is uneven and there is significant light leakage around the bezel. Furthermore, it doesn't seem to be even as bright as my 1GHz Ti book. I'm thinking that one of the lights in the MBP may be out.
Anybody else having similar issues? If most people have these great looking displays then I'm going to have to call Applecare and get it fixed.

Well, one thing is that it was pretty cold when it arrived. Having used it for a bit now, it looks better. Still not as awesome as I was expecting (the rest of the machine is absolutely great though). Unfortunately, I live no where near an Apple store, so I'm trying to decide if it is in fact flawed before I have to call Applecare and ship it back.
Thanks for the input.

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