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

The importance of Signal Processors

As we mentioned a few pages ago, the Achilles' heel of this display is the signal processor; the LWX-30-AMS attempts to display an XGA signal on a WXGA panel. Although certainly possible and occasionally encouraged, in the particular interest of desktop computing, we are particularly unhappy with the skewed aspect ratio of this monitor. Unfortunately, it is the Ayuttha processor inside the LWX-30AMS-3 that causes the majority of the problems. Issues with the On Screen Display, skewed aspect ratio, and other little "gotchas" can be directly attributed to this processor.

With regard to DVD playback, 1080i, 480p and other signal types, we had no problems.

Fortunately, after working with Albatron for over a month, we were able to get some more information concerning the signal processing and eventual upgrades. It appears that all new LWX-30AMS' will ship with a much different Pixelworks signal processor capable of WXGA (1280x768) display modes. Hopefully, some of our comments and suggestions along the way helped facilitate Albatron with this decision to go with a much better signal processor.