Eight brands of ultra-high-resolution notebooks

Apple's success depends on a fine grasp of the turning point in the electronics market, which relies on consumers ' dissatisfaction with the status quo after the product is popularized, such as the popularity of the ipod as a result of the boom in downloads, and the rapid cooling of demand for tape and CD media, especially at home, Downloads are synonymous with free, so consumers are more inclined to invest in one-time ipod players. As people get tired of the button-down experience and smaller screens, Apple is launching a touch-capable iphone on the screen in due course. Since then, the rapid development of chip technology so that the overall performance of electronic products far beyond the application of the public demand, and Apple is the sword Pifo, that the visual revolution will be the main theme of the future, so the concept of retina screen came into being.

It was the first combination of a thin fuselage and a retina that made the iphone 4 more expensive in a certain period of time, but for Apple, the iphone 4 was just the test of their visual revolution, and its ambition was to hope that its entire line of products would be equipped with a Retina screen, This is the launch of the subsequent Retina Macbook Pro. As Apple has always been a competition to imitate and surpass the object, since its proposed ultra-high-definition standards, Google, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba and other well-known manufacturers have also followed, racing to launch a super-high-definition notebook products, the following let us to these can bring shock visual impact of products detailed introduction.

Ultra-high resolution Retina Macbook Pro (2880x1800)

Reference price: From $10988

I have to admit that Apple's Retina Macbook Pro is a revolutionary product that features an aluminum-in-one design that is thinner than the old MBP and is only 18mm thick, while the older MBP is 24.1mm. For the first time, many people find this notebook incredible, knowing that the MacBook Air is 17mm thick. At the same time, the Retina Macbook Pro has more flexible features on the fuselage expansion interface due to the cancellation of the old MBP optical drive.

Of course, the Retina MacBook Pro is revolutionary more or more on the retina, according to the traditional design idea, the notebook screen from inside to outside mainly by the backlight, LCD panel and tempered glass three parts, while the Retina Macbook Pro took off the outermost glass protective layer , directly to the LCD panel facing the user, thereby reducing the screen thickness. Obviously this is why the retina MacBook Pro can compete with the MacBook Air in a light and thin way.

Retina Macbook Pro

As a product of the visual Revolution, 2880x1800 's resolution is four times times the number of pixels in the previous generation of Macbook Pro, a total of 5.184 million pixels, in addition, due to the use of IPS wide viewing angle panel, Retina Macbook Pro's visual angle greatly increased, reached 178 degrees, This is also the difference from the previous generation TN screen place. A larger viewing angle is of course helpful to enhance the display, especially when looking down or up the screen, and the wide viewing angle does not appear white or black.

However, Apple's marketing strategy is apparently to have a Retina screen on all products, and it says Apple will update the MacBook Air series notebook in June this year, with MacBook Air on its Retina screen. In addition to being equipped with a Retina screen, the main content of the MacBook notebook June upgrade should also include the use of the new intel® Haswell processor. This greatly improves the performance and battery life of your notebook, and helps you to make your notebook more lightweight and portable.

Ultra-high resolution Google Chromebook Pixel (2560x1700)

Reference Price: from US $1299

Pixel Chinese meaning is pixel, and a notebook to name the nature is to bring people a different visual experience, this is from the Google launch of the Chromebook Pixel, the biggest selling point of its products is the resolution of up to 2560x1700 12.85-inch ultra-high-definition display. The screen aspect ratio is 3:2 and the brightness is 400-nit. The entire screen is covered with Corning "Gorilla Glass". The screen pixel density is up to 239PPI, which is higher than the 227PPI of the Apple 13 inch Retina MacBook Pro Notebook. But the naked eye is almost indistinguishable.

In terms of hardware, Google Chromebook pixel 1.5 kg, measurements size is 297.7x224.6x16.2mm. The processor is a 1.8GHz Intel Core i5 processor and is equipped with HD 4000 core graphics. Equipped with 32GB SSD storage space and 4GB DDR3 memory. A mini DisplayPort video output interface with Apple is configured. The product lasts approximately 5 hours.

Google Chromebook Pixel

In addition, the hinge of Google Chromebook Pixel is very smooth, it feels like the door of a luxury car switch. The pixel trackpad is made of glass and is tuned using a laser to achieve the best possible touch. The pixel is equipped with 3 microphones, one of which is set below the keyboard to eliminate keyboard noise at the input.

The WiFi version is priced at $1299 and $1499 for the 4g+wifi version, depending on the product's network configuration. This price includes a three-year 1TB Google Drive cloud storage space and a 12-period commercial aviation service Gogo inflight Internet.

Objectively speaking, Google Chromebook Pixel is not a perfect product, after all, its reliance on the concept of network applications, so that it has the nature of the terminal, low-priced, low matching only reasonable, so the starting price of $1299 is indeed a bit too high.

Ultra-high resolution Samsung Series 9 (3200x1800)

Reference Price: Unknown

Although Apple first launched the Retina screen, Apple's products are actually the world's factories, which means that in addition to designing molds, the finished parts are sourced all over the world, and most of its products are made from Korean manufacturers such as Samsung and LG. As a result, Samsung has an innate advantage in screen-making technology that obviously won't allow Apple to dominate the screen quality, so today it is reported that Samsung has introduced an ultra-high resolution display panel.

The panel's resolution has reached an astonishing 3200x1800, and it is learnt that it will be used on a 13-inch laptop. This product has surpassed Apple's Retina MacBook Pro (2560x1600) in terms of resolution alone. In addition to the digital advantage, Samsung's panel is said to have significantly reduced energy consumption. Samsung is committed to reducing the number of drive circuits and using more energy-efficient backlight components, which are 30% more energy efficient than existing LCD panels.

Samsung Series 9

Based on the market positioning of the Samsung notebook, the panel, with its stunning resolution of 3200x1800, is likely to be used on its highest-end series 9 family, with the latest generation of series 9 Series being 100% mg-aluminum and with an aerodynamic design.

In addition, the curve on the side of the fuselage is still so charming, although the arc is not as concise as the previous generation, but the aesthetic beauty of Oriental art is still one go, especially after opening the screen, touching the side of the fuselage by hand, it will find that the transition of the hinge joint is very natural and the concept of streamlined fuselage is carried out very thoroughly.

Ultra-high resolution Toshiba Kirabook (2560X1440)

Reference Price: from US $1599

Despite the consistently unsatisfactory sales volume, Toshiba has always been an activist in the mobile PC industry, which seems to be related to the first laptop manufacturer, such as the glasses-free 3D, ultra-thin, and 21:9-a revolutionary vocabulary that comes from Toshiba. The same is true in the ultra-thin camp, although the retina display's Apple MacBook Pro and Google's Chromebook pixel seem louder, despite the name tolerance, but these two products are not actually affiliated with the Windows camp.

In this case, Toshiba has surprisingly released the new ultra-polar product--kirabook, the first high-resolution screen notebook with a Windows 8 system with a 13-inch pixelpure touchscreen with a resolution of up to 2560x1440 pixels. There is no doubt that screen resolution above Full HD is the main reason for everyone's interest in Toshiba Kirabook, and its overall display is not disappointing, and 2560x1440 pixels can actually bring more detail. In addition, the excellent display of Toshiba Kirabook is not only from the high resolution, but also the screen panel uses the advanced IPS material, which means it has a wide viewing angle.

Toshiba Kirabook

Toshiba Kirabook Screen brightness up to 350 lumens, in cloudy environment, the use of 20%-30% brightness level can meet the needs of the use, 100% of the brightness may only need in a clear outdoor environment to use, reading is very good, there will be no shadow and reflective phenomenon. All in all, Toshiba Kirabook is currently the best laptop in the PC camp.

Behind the ultra-high resolution is the superb workmanship, Toshiba Kirabook using an integrated aluminum-magnesium alloy body, and brushed processing, the body weight of only 1.34 kilograms, can be easily grasped with one hand, details, the top part of the "TOSHIBA" logo looks like glass, A sharp contrast to the metal material. In addition, in front of the base to tilt the part, you can also see the Toshiba Kirabook speakers.

Of course, as the industry's first product price is naturally not cheap, with the Core i5 processor version of the non-touch screen price will be up to $1599 (about 9821 yuan), adding touch screen will cost $1799 (about 11050 yuan), The highest-profile Core i7 touchscreen version is $1999 (about 12278 RMB).

Ultra-high resolution ASUS Zenbook UX51VZ (2880x1620)

Reference Price: from US $2200

Asus is a good at playing with cutting-edge technology and new concepts of manufacturers, so in the era of screen revolution will not lose its figure, recently, Asus quietly released a 15.6-inch Zenbook UX51 series, with a resolution of up to 2880x1620 (16:9). This machine can be seen as an upgraded version of UX52. With the advent of more and more high-end products, ASUS has been the main push of the X 1080 resolution display may not be too strong persuasive, and this is the first ASUS company, pixel more than 1080p products. Unfortunately, this high-quality product will only be sold in Germany in the near future. The country will not appear for the time being.

Although the 15.6-inch screen doesn't sound as portable as a 13-inch model, Zenbook ux51z is ideal for less than 0.8 inches of thickness and about 4.5 pounds of weight. Plus all-metal body, the texture is also very good.

Asus Zenbook UX51VZ

In terms of configuration, the Asus Zenbook ux51vz-db114h HD display is just one of many highlights. It features a 2.2GHz intel® corei7-3632qm four-core processor and an NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M discrete graphics card with 8GB of memory and a block of up to 512GB SSD SSDs, plus a 90WHr (watt-hour) Lithium-ion batteries.

It is reported that Asus Zenbook ux51vz-db114h 256GB Solid-state hard disk version, starting price of about 1699 euros 2200 dollars (about 13513 yuan), 512GB version of the price is about 1999 euros 2600 dollars (about 15970 yuan).

Ultra-high resolution sharp IGZO Notebook

Reference Price: Unknown

In the past, one to the display, LCD and other words we will first think of sharp this manufacturer, no doubt, sharp for the electronic product screen contribution is not necessarily a newcomer, and nearly two years of overall performance continues to lower the situation, sharp also gradually narrowed down the product line, began to the most adept in the direction of progress.

Sharp is planning to release a Igzo laptop screen, which appears to be trying to improve its product by a notch, according to news reports. Sharp is planning to produce 3 sizes of IGZO displays. The pixel density of the 11.6-inch display and the pixel density of the 15.6-inch display, respectively, are 262ppi per inch 253ppi and 235ppi,14 inches per inch.

Sharp Igzo

According to the current development of notebook computers, many Windows notebooks are equipped with high-resolution display, this progress both for the business and users are welcome. In addition, the built-in tools of the Windows operating system allow users to easily adjust their DPI settings so that when displayed in such a high-resolution mode, the font is not so small when the document, image, or other application is running.

Sharp has yet to announce any official news about when the computer screen panel will be officially released. It may be premature to talk about it now, but it is certain that Sharp will begin formally producing its IGZO display in June.

Ultra-high resolution HP Envy TouchSmart (3200x1800)

Reference Price: Unknown

This year, any industry is tall tree catches, especially in the entire mobile PC industry, and this industry has never been seniority of the tradition, has always been the product and sales, even if you are the industry's top, in the absence of a revolutionary label products are still forgotten in the corner.

HP Envy TouchSmart

For example, Hewlett-Packard, a former industry leader, has been deteriorating for the past two years, and is not going to start apple-like Apple's design gene, such as its recent release of a super-envy TouchSmart, which is designed to mimic a MacBook Pro with a retina display. A low-resolution (1366x768 pixel) screen with a minimum configuration of 14 inches, priced at $699 (about RMB 4288), but the user can choose to upgrade to 1600x900 pixels, or more "no previous 3200x1800" resolution, This model should be launched this summer. In addition, the Edge-to-edge glass touchscreen is a standard configuration on the Envy TouchSmart.

Ultra-high resolution Acer Retina PEN power (2880x1620)

Reference Price: Unknown

Apple's Retina Macbook Pro series has been launched with the consumer's recognition that ultra-high resolution (15 inch 2880x1800,13-inch for 2560x1600) brings unparalleled visual perception and high prices have not prevented sales from rising. Acer, a traditional computer maker, also wants to share from the news that Acer is likely to launch its own retina-screen laptop this summer.

Acer to launch Retina screen notebook

Apple has long insisted on using the traditional 16:10-percent resolution, but Acer is likely to use a 16:9 resolution, 2880x1620, which makes its screen's total pixels slightly lower than Apple's 15-inch RMBP. Even so, Acer's new laptop is the highest resolution in the Windows camp. Acer's retina screens are likely to use Sharp's IGZO technology, which is ideal for making ultra-thin, high-resolution screens. For Windows itself and Microsoft software such as Office, IE, high resolution is not a problem, you can adjust the size of the font by adjusting the DPI, but many third-party software does not support DPI adjustment, may be inconvenient in the use of the process.

Summary:

Nearly two years we found that manufacturers have been on the screen, such as always occupy the front page of the naked eye 3D display, but in the near future the overall heat gradually lower, in fact, largely due to the soft environment and the overall needs of people can not keep up, but have to say that ultra-high resolution is a good direction, After all, the network resources to increase the level of sophistication, the public naturally hope that the screen will be able to show this delicate performance incisively.