Well, I tried re-seating the screen but that didn't help at all. I didn't respond right away because I assumed that maybe I didn't do it properly, or there is something else I am missing.. and I haven't gotten around to trying again.

I think I will also consider hooking up my broken screen again just to see if I am imagining the difference.

On a side note, I am also noticing that on my lockscreen there is more purple visible in the white text (very noticeable when the Email and Facebook notifications show up on lockscreen) and the clock numbers need some anti-aliasing ;p Not sure if that is typical or not.. not anymore.