Weird Texture on Laptop Screen - Poor Anti-glare coat?

Hi,

I recently purchased a new LOQ Lenovo computer and noticed a weird texture on my screen; it is on the screen, not a graphical artifact or anything of the sort.

It is a strange wave texture, almost like "tire-marks", all across the monitor screen. It is not localized on one spot. It is best seen on white backgrounds, and you have to be angled away from it to view.

It isn't anything like a stain, as I wiped the screen with distilled water & a clean microfiber cloth. The laptop itself is about a few weeks old.

I attached several images: the texture itself is very difficult to see, but you can pinpoint some track-like marks on the screen. I can edit and select them specifically on request.

I wonder what this could be: is it the anti-glare coating? Or something more related to damage?

Best

Update on this situation. Just in case.

I sent for a replacement; new one came through. The screen is much better, but indeed, it looks like I was right; it is just a variable on the anti-glare coating they use, since I can see some elements of that same track pattern on the brand new replacement (the manufacturing date of the replacement laptop is just a little under a month old, as of current writing).

There was a strange audio issue on this new one, and for anyone curious on a solution to Realtek's crackling audio on a laptop, it is most likely caused by the power setting, Link State Power Management under the PCI-E option. Whatever issues I had with the audio were gone when I changed this to "off". Very strange.

Best to all.