HP HDX and laptop imprints reloaded
HONG KONG--It was all about style and entertainment at the HP Engage Excite Experience media summit yesterday. On showcase at the event was the Palo Alto company's latest range of Pavilion and gen-two HDX consumer laptops. For those seeking a large screen experience over mobility, it further lined up an upgraded TouchSmart PC and HDX desktops assembled from nifty and impressive hardware. Here's our onsite report of the key home computing highlights at the regional event.
Latest 2008 HP imprints.
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 Vivienna Tam-designed imprint on a prototype Netbook. Psst, it's a 10-inch mini****.
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These stylish and intricate patterns complement other aesthetic touches such as a seamlessly flat LCD bezel, chrome accents, metallic surfaces and illuminated HP logo to deliver an even more dramatic statement, according to its spokesperson. To better market these products, HP is increasing its regional presence by tying up with new partners such as Electronics Art. The Palo Alto giant also plans to set up 200 HP experience stores manned by trained staff across Asia in selected retail channels.
Making a comeback, albeit in 16- and 18.4-inch form factors, are the premium HDX16 and HDX18 mobile entertainment powerhouses. On the visual department, both these models are well-equipped with a movie-centric 16:9 display and an HDMI 1.3 output for large-screen video playback. To ensure proper reproduction of the explosive sound effects, there is also an inbuilt HP triple bass subwoofer and Dolby Home Theater for a virtual surround sound experience.
Additionally, there're value-added analog and digital TV tuners, bundled mobile ScrollSmart remote control to facilitate movie playback, and a 512MB Nvidia GeForce G9600M GT discreet graphics card. While this mid-tier graphics processor unit loses out to other G9800M class chips in raw gaming power, the higher-end HDX18 does offset this shortfall with a full-HD screen, Blu-ray drive and dual hard drive support for a whopping combined storage capacity of 800GB.
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