Albatron LWX-30-AMS: Albatron's Convergence LCD TV

Construction (continued)

Albatron LWX-30AMS
LCD	30" UXGA LCD (Active Matrix) pixel pitch: 0.71mm Anti-glare coating Super MVA
Response Time	25ms (TrTf) 16.6ms (Gray-to-Gray)
Contrast Ratio	500:1 (Typical)
Compatibility	1280x768 (Native) 1024x768 Supported**
Brightness	500 cd/m2
Dimensions (WxHxD)	32" x 20.5" x 7"
Power	Working: 110W Standby/Off: 10W
Weight	36lbs
Warranty	1 year panel, parts and labor

For a screen this size, the resolution and contrast are superb. However, there is one lingering detail that bothers us. Even though the panel itself runs natively at 1280x768, the Ayuttha signal processor on the LCD does not achieve a resolution better than 1024x768. This is a huge problem for anyone anticipating using this massive LCD as an exclusive monitor. The negative aspects are really two-fold. First, since the monitor does not properly reproduce a WXGA signal, anything displayed at 1024x768 on the LCD is stretched out horizontally. Secondly, since the image is distorted horizontally, pixilation occurs along the x-axis. For all the advantages of the LWX-30AMS, we will see this single problem continually haunt the LCD.

As you can clearly see below, objects that should appear round instead appear elongated. Even closer inspection of the pixels reveals that the LCD is producing an image that distorts almost every other pixel.

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You can see in the above picture that there are severe pixilated edges as the 1024x768 signal fills a 1280x768 panel.

Close inspection revealed zero dead pixels and a sole dead subpixel. The blue subpixel stuck off was located near the upper left corner of the screen. Since the pixel pitch is considerably larger than monitors we have looked at in the past, broken and dead pixels become significant eye sores.