Asus Officially Unwraps Eee PC 1005PR Netbook
Asus Officially Unwraps Eee PC 1005PR Netbook
Posted 03/09/2010 at 6:53am
| by Paul Lilly
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Asus was busy showing off its Eee PC 1005PR netbook during CeBIT, and has now gone official with its latest entry to the Eee PC line. So what's the big deal about this one?
When you flip the lid of the 1005PR, you'll find an LED backlit WXGA display with a 1366 x 768 resolution, making it the first 10-inch netbook in the Asus camp to sport a higher res display. But that's not all. Asus also crammed in a Broadcom BCM 70015 HD accelerator.
"The Eee PC 1005PR embedded HD Decoder Broadcom BCM 70015, which comes with ArcSoft Total Media Theater to smoothly play high definition quality video. Users can enjoy HD video entertainment on the unit's 10.1-inch high definition screen," Asus says.
The rest is mostly standard for a Pine Trail netbook, including Intel's Atom N450 processor, 1GB of RAM, and a 320GB hard drive. Other features include Express Gate / Dual OS, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, three USB 2.0 ports, and a 0.3MP webcam.
No word yet on pricing or availability.
Image Credit: Asus
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violian
March 09, 2010 at 11:22am
I don't know why many editors get excited over the idea of 1366x768 resolution on 10.1" netbook screens. I bought a Dell Mini 10.1" netbook last summer that had 1366x768 resolution, and it was a really bad experience - due to the screen. I have very good eyesight, but the dots were so small due to the high-density resolution, that my eyes were super strained. I was literally squinting my eyes to read texts. While surfing the web, I'd usually just zoom in at 130%, but then the images look bad because the images and other graphical aspects of the web-page would be interpolated by the browser. And the desktop, texts were super small. I exchanged it a week later for the regular 10.1" resolution of 1024x600 - and it was SO MUCH BETTER and usable. And with netbooks, I think the computer functionality should come first over using it for watching HD-videos (which netbooks don't do a good job of doing anyways).
tanmansd
March 15, 2010 at 3:27pm
My only compelling reason for 1388 x 768 is dialog windows. Some dialog windows seem to assume at least 768 lines and don't resize. With all of the dragging I can't get to all of the settings on the dialog box. 600 lines seem to be a problem for some print and Adobe Acrobat dialog windows.
Otherwise for video I can live with 480p on my 10.1" screen....
And if I want to watch 720p or higher I want HDMI to connect it to a HDTV when picture resolution counts...
Airheadq
March 09, 2010 at 12:55pm
Its more or less that the market wants HD products. 720p HD (1280x720), is the lowest resolution you can have to be called HD. 1366x786 is a larger resolution with more pixels, thus its for lack of a better term "more HD." With upcoming hardware acceleration flash content steaming upwards of 720p natively, people want that crisp look of HD. (Netbooks are getting better at this, especially with the ION platform)
Also, the common resolution for while was 1024x786 (4:3 ratio). They can expand the horizontal pixles to 1366 to keep the vertical the same and create a perfect 16:9 ratio. (widescreen)
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