Thank you all for replying so far. I'll keep checking this thread.
FYI, Ziphnor in
this thread states that he had no issues replacing his girlfriend's Bebook Neo because of the screen problem.
I certainly don't want to be too anal about this, but I was put off by the way Sony seems to be handling defective units. Customers basically have to fight with them to get a replacement, and even then it's generally a refurbished one. It doesn't seem right to me to replace a defective unit with a refurbished unit....
Thanks again!
Rainbow