Syntax Olevia 30" LCD: Cheap, Robust and Exceptional
by Kristopher Kubicki on June 30, 2004 12:00 AM EST- Posted in
- Displays
Subjective Analysis
For the subjective analysis below, we use a combination of test patterns, test methods from FPDM2.0, DisplayMate and CheckScreen software.DisplayMate/CheckScreen/VESA FPDM 2.0 | ||
Test | Monitor | Observations |
Intensity range check | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 4 |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 4 | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 4 | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 4 | |
Black level adjustment | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 5, Excellent |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 5 | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 5 | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 5 | |
Defocusing, blooming and halos check | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 5 |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 5 | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 5, No Imperfections | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 5 | |
Screen uniformity and color purity | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 5, Excellent |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 5 | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 5, Excellent | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 5 | |
Dark screen (Glare Test) | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 4.5 |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 4.5 | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 4.5 | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 4.5 | |
Primary colors | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 4.5, Accurate but not perfect |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 4.5 | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 4.5, Almost identical to the LWX-30AMS | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 4.5 | |
Color Scales | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 4.5, minor red errors |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 4.5 | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 4.5+ | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 4.5+ | |
16 intensity levels | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 4.5, Uniform |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 4.5 | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 4.5 | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 4.5 | |
Screen regulation | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 5, No issues |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 5 | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 5, No problems | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 5 | |
Streaking and ghosting | LWX-30-AMS (digital) | 5, none |
LWX-30-AMS (analog) | 4, 1024x768 signal does not present huge streaking issue. Interference can be attributed to the cabling | |
Olevia 30" (digital) | 5 | |
Olevia 30" (analog) | 4, Artifact Issues as expected |
One of the largest issues with LCDs of this size is the black level. With so many high powered backlights behind the LCD that even with an liquid crystal completely blocking the light path, a large majority of light still passes through. Of course, since the LCD has three brightness levels, we were able to achieve excellent results with some tweaking. During gaming and high motion video, we used the "Bright" backlight preset. There were obvious instances where the darkest darks were washed out with this preset, but compared to other LCDs that we have seen in the past, the trade-off was acceptable. While using the "Soft" backlight preset, black level was excellent - it was actually almost impossible for us to discern an "off LCD" from an "all black image" in soft atmosphere lighting.
As expected, performance-wise, the Syntax LT-30 looks identical to the Albatron LWX-30AMS. Both displays use nearly identical panels, although vastly different construction techniques and signal processors.
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