Asus Joins High Density Display Club With New Transformer Tablet

Posted by Unknown on Monday June 25, 2012 @11:05AM from the like-a-laptop-but-give-us-more-money dept.

crookedvulture writes "The new iPad has received a lot of attention for its high-density display, but it's not the only tablet with extra pixels. Enter Asus' Transformer Prime Infinity, which has a 10.1" screen with a 1920x1200 resolution. The display doesn't look as good as the iPad's Retina panel, which has crisper text and better color reproduction. However, the Android-based Transformer has perks the iPad lacks, like an ultra-bright backlight, a Micro HDMI port, a microSD slot, and more internal storage. The Infinity is also compatible with an optional keyboard dock that adds six hours of battery life, a touchpad, a full-sized SD slot, and a standard USB port. The Transformer's tablet component is definitely no iPad-killer. When combined with the dock, though, the resulting hybrid offers a much more flexible computing platform."

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Re:" high density club" not really by noh8rz4 · 2012-06-25 15:54 · Score: -1, Flamebait

"HD" for TVs is 1920 pixels wide and 1080 tall. This asus (sounds like anus?) is 1920x1200. This means that it can just barely play HD footage, with not additional pixels. In contrast, the iPad is 2048x1536, so it can play full HD footage in just 2/3 of the screen real estate. That's a high density display!