Shuttle XP17 Preview: A better looking 16ms LCD
by Kristopher Kubicki on July 29, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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On Screen Display
The XP17 has an on-screen display that screams Sharp, although with slightly different logos and color schemes.Shuttle's menu was surprisingly thorough. Phase, Image, Brightness, Sharpness and Contrast were all adjustable in the menu using the Analog input. Over the Digital input, Contrast and Brightness were disabled.
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The front panel input has five input buttons plus the power button on the far right. From left to right, they are: Power, Menu, Up, Down, Enter, and Auto. The Auto functionality is disabled on the digital interface, and only usable when we have an analog cable connected. "Auto" adjustment plagues most LCDs as far as cropping the signal correctly, and the Shuttle XP17 is no exception, but still better than most. On an all-black background, the DSP has no issues cropping horizontally, even though many monitors unnecessarily over-crop the image and stretch out the signal over the boundaries of the screen. Anyone who has used an LCD on a Linux console or some other white-on-black text knows this problem well. Vertically though, the LCD does have some issues on the top edge. Without a light colored bar running across the top of the screen, the DSP will crop the top edge as much as 10% past the visible threshold. Generally, the auto synchronization took about three seconds.
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Depressing the "Menu" button brings up a ten-menu display. Up and down adjustments cycle through the menu items while pressing the Enter key selects/processes the commands.
The monitor has an extremely good viewing angle; we had no issues over the duration of the analysis when viewing the monitor from extreme angles.
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marcusgdaniels - Wednesday, September 1, 2004 - link
In light of the claim that there is a new model shipping with better anti-glare coating, I am not encouraged to see that there is a no refund/no return policy on the XP17. It makes one wonder if they are shipping less `perfect' units to overeager buyers...Jyrinx - Friday, August 13, 2004 - link
Oh, yeah, I forgot my point :-) So, do you suppose you'll be amending the review, or does Shuttle only get one chance? (Not sure what your policy is; I'd just like to know if you would think better of the monitors as available now.)Jyrinx
Jyrinx - Friday, August 13, 2004 - link
Hey - I just got word from Shuttle that (contrary to common sense) they sent you a crappier demo than the production units (as agrees with the word on the street), and that the ones shipping have nicer anti-glare/reflection coating on them. Here's the original e-mail:---
Thank you for contacting Shuttle Computer.
That XP17 monitor we sent to reviewer Anadtech was the first demo
product we have, so it is not as perfect as the product we just released
now.
The product we have now has anti-glare coat on each monitor.
If you have any question, please let us know.
Thank you.
Sonic Tseng
Account Executive
Shuttle Computer Group,Inc.
Phone:(626)820-9000 ext.201
Fax:(626)820-5060
Email: sonict@us.shuttle.com
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Jyrinx
jyrinx@mindspring.com
fragstar - Wednesday, August 11, 2004 - link
refering to your comments that the Neovo monitor didn't have a glare issue, I took the panel off my monitor to show the world how bad viewing the neovo monitor really is.Check out my thread in the video section of the forums for pictures
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=...
MadAd - Tuesday, August 3, 2004 - link
Going slighly off topic, I hope you are going to be evaluating the L2335 sometime soon? (16ms 23" tft)Thx Kris
KristopherKubicki - Thursday, July 29, 2004 - link
nullpointerus: Yeah, glare was an issue, but plain old reflection was terrible too - which is probably much worse!Kristopher
KristopherKubicki - Thursday, July 29, 2004 - link
nullpointerus: I like your suggestion. Consider it done for the next review.Kristopher
nullpointerus - Thursday, July 29, 2004 - link
And if you think Max Payne can stress test the glare on a display, you should try running one of the Thief series. You will *kill* your eyes if you don't have the right setup. If glare is such a big issue, maybe someone at Anandtech could incorporate this game into the display articles?nullpointerus - Thursday, July 29, 2004 - link
It sounds like that 17" LCD is just what I'm looking for provided I can eliminate the glare problem. Kinda negates its usefulness as a LAN gaming LCD if you have to tote around an easily-smudged glare filter, though.Just an FYI for Anandtech readers: glare can usually be fixed by removing glare emitting light sources (e.g. putting room darkening blinds over windows, switching to properly angled halogen lights) and by purchasing a decent glare filter (e.g. Fellowes) which can usually be had at a good price on eBay.
CRXican - Thursday, July 29, 2004 - link
Have you guys checked out the price tag? They want $650 for that thing. Rip off!!!