Lenovo IdeaPad A1: Full Review
22.05.12
Miles behind its competitors in display quality, the IdeaPad A1's 7-inch, 1024 x 600 screen provided dull, grainy images and mediocre viewing angles in our tests. When we streamed an HD trailer of "The Avengers" from YouTube, the edges of objects looked pixilated and colors such as the orange fire in an explosion just didn't pop as much as they had on the Kindle Fire, Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet or Toshiba Thrive 7-inch.
Worse, when we angled the tablet away from our body, or twisted it left or right, colors started to really wash out. Perhaps we should not be surprised because, at full brightness, the IdeaPad A1's screen registered only 271 lux on our light meter, far less than the Kindle Fire's 460, the Nook Tablet's 392, or the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus 's 326. All of the competitors offered far superior viewing angles, sharpness and color vibrancy.
Audio
We don't expect 7-inch tablets to provide strong audio, so the IdeaPad A1's mediocre sound is on a par with the rest of the industry. Its single speaker, which sits on the bottom short side of the tablet, delivers sound that's loud enough to fill a small room, but when we played a rock tune - Tragedy's "Staying Alive" - the music was monotone and very tinny. Users who like to hold the tablet in landscape mode may find themselves covering the speaker and thus muffling the sound.
Source: LAPTOP Magazine