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

CMO V296W1-L01 LCD Panel

30" LCD panels were the talk of the town during Computex 2003 Taipei. Several manufacturers market very aggressive 30" LCD panels, but CMO has typically been one of the primary suppliers for the international (as in outside Taiwan) marketplace. In our opinion, the 30" CMO panel selected by Albatron for the LWX-30-AMS is possibly one of the most exceptional third party panels available.

The V296W1-L01 uses an MVA derivative display mode. As you may or may not know, Fujitsu holds the patent on the original MVA technology, so manufacturers like CMO tweak the technology slightly in order to avoid paying royalties; hence the "Super" in Super MVA. Feel free to view its specifications. For some information about TN, VA and IPS display modes, turn to our previous Dell 2001FP LCD review.

The panel also uses an 8-bit driver, typical of VA based LCDs. This allows for a full 24-bit color replication (16.7M colors) without dithering. Remember, some of the panels we looked at in the past suggested "24-bit" emulation, but in actuality, they were 6-bit drivers with dithering.

The backlight of our CMO panel is provided by 16 CCFLs. To put that into perspective, our Dell 2001FP and Samsung 213T LCDs are both backlit by 6 CCFLs. It is no surprise that even with three times the screen size the V296W1-L01 is easily twice as bright as either of our high end 1600x1200 LCD displays.

You may check out the CMO V296W1-L01 LCD data sheet here.