UK Netbook Review

So that first batch of Pixel QI screen sold out pretty quickly but we’re told there are more on the way, and we saw in action on video too. In the meantime, check out this this video of one customer installing the Pixel Qi screen on the Acer Aspire One netbook.

Predictably, a few daysPixel Qi started selling their display kits, we’ve have a video from one of the first users to have actually purchased one. Quick first impressions: installation was pretty simple, and incredibly good visibility in full outdoor light. Yes, on the outdoor setting it pretty much looks like a black and white screen, but most (glossy) netbook screens are completely unusuble in outdoor light. Then, there are the benefits to battery life, and it’s great screen for reading period.

DigiTimes reports that processor manufacturer AMD is waiting to see if the tablet market even takes off. The silicon firm will still work on desktop PC products and graphics cards, but is currently focused oultraportables, including netbooks and thin & light notebooks.   Aaccording to the publication, they’re also not terribly interested in following in competitor [...]

The Pixel Qi screen combines the benefits of the low power, high contract e-ink dispalys found in many ebook readers, and the full colour displays currently in netbooks. Better yet, the Pixel Qi display’s power consumption is said to range from just .5 watts, without backlight, to 2.5 watts with the backglight on.

Broadcom’s Crystal HD video accelerator is a popular solution to boost the meager grahpics capabilities of non-Nvidia Ion powered netbooks.  It’s a PCI Express card that simply slots into a slot in your netbook  to enable 1080p HD video playback on a computer that normally wouldn’t have enough processing power to handle high resolution video. [...]