As expected, Samsung is now offering a version of its Series 9 ultrabook with a 1920 x 1080 pixel display. But the good news is that it’s less has a lower starting price than expected. You can now pick up Samsung’s 2.6 pound laptop with an Intel Core i7 processor and an Ivy Bridge display […]
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Attack of the 1080p phones (in China)
In 2013 it’s still pretty tough to find a laptop with a 1920 x 1080 pixel display. But a growing number of smartphones (such as the Droid DNA, HTC One, and LG Optimus Pro G) have 1080p screens on handsets small enough to fit in your pocket. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. […]
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Dell brings 1080p, Toshiba brings touch to ultrabooks.
For years, virtually every major notebook to hit the streets has features a 1366 x 768 pixel display, regardless of the physical size of the screen. But recently we’ve seen a move toward 1920 x 1080 pixel displays, particularly in ultrabooks and tablets. Yesterday HP announced it would soon offer a version of the HP […]
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Acer’s Series 7 ultrabooks with 1080p screens: Too many pixels?
There might be such a thing as too many pixels… at least when it comes to Windows laptops. Companies have been duking it out to see who could pack the most pixels into smartphone and tablet displays, and Apple’s latest 13 and 15 inch MacBook Pro laptops also have “Retina” displays. But those phones, laptops, […]
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Archos device with full HD screen in the works, could be a gaming tablet
French tablet maker Archos offers a range of portable media players and Android tablets, often for relatively low prices. But the company has announced plans to release a tablet aimed at gaming, and if some benchmark results spotted by ArchosLounge are anything to go by, the new tablet could have a 1920 x 1200 pixel […]
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How to enable 1080p output for the MK802 Mini PC (Ubuntu)
The MK802 Mini PC is an inexpensive computer that’s about the size of a large USB flash drive. It ships with Google Android 4.0 software, but as we’ve already seen it can also run Ubuntu, Puppy, and other Linux-based operating systems. While the hardware can handle 1080p screen resolutions, out of the box the MK802 […]
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Acer’s 1080p Android tablet up for pre-order for $450
The Acer Iconia Tab A700 is one of the first Andorid tablets to feature a 1080p HD display. Actually, with a 10.1 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel screen, it kind of has a 1200p display, but the bottom few pixels will be occupied by the Android status bar most of the time. Acer introduced the tablet […]
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LG packs more pixels than you’ll ever see into a 5 inch display
The reason Apple refers to the 3.5 inch, 960 x 640 pixel screen on the iPhone as a “retina” display is because at 326 pixels per inch, the pixels are packed so tightly that you can’t tell one from the other while holding the phone a reasonable distance from your eyes. LG apparently missed the […]
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Acer Iconia Tab A700 visits the FCC, inches toward release
The Acer Iconia Tab A700 is a 10 inch Android tablet with a high resolution 1920 x 1200 pixel display and an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor. Acer started showing off an early build of the tablet at CES in January, but we haven’t seen much of it since then. Now the Iconia Tab A700 […]
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Asus gives the Transformer Prime a 1080p display
Asus is rolling out an updated version of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The tablet still has its signature features, including a 1.3 GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor and an optional keyboard dock that “transforms” the tablet into a laptop (with extended battery life thanks to the battery in the dock). But the […]