Samsung's 40-inch Microsoft Surface Demonstrated on Video
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How long before people describe the Surface as a giant iPad?
Even though it's not exactly a bleeding edge concept anymore with tablets everywhere you look, Microsoft's Surface technology is still cool. On display at the Samsung booth at CES 2012 is the SUR40, which is a 1080p 40-inch LCD that runs the latest Microsoft Surface software.
It's not going to make anyone want to ditch their iPad, Android tablet or even the cheap PlayBooks and TouchPads they're using for couchside browsing, but then again, those aren't huge like Surface. You'll likely find this in business trying to show off their products in a new and innovative way. Check out a video demo below:
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Nooo, not at all... a 40" 4k display would cost more than $2500 by itself.
Because it's the current HD standard.
This was in development way before the iPad 2 was even conceptualized
...guess so.
I would probably blame Samsung on the hardware front.
It didn't look as smooth as it should have been.
The touch panel's resolution (NO not the screens) is probably fairly low for it's size as well.
I'm seeing it well-used for commercial applications and presentations, where a very large screen is used for interaction. In fact, this is where it commonly is used. Surface also seems to use a lot of Microsoft developer tools, and if there's one thing that Microsoft is good at, is kissing developer ass.
Hawaii Five-O.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Supersonic-SC-1512-15-Class-LED-HDTV-W-Built-in-DVD-Player-/230695888030
The resolution for that 15.4" screen is 1440 x 900. It will accept 1080p as input, but it won't output at that resolution.
Although I'd like to see more of the 1080p screens for 20 inch and below, they are very rare. The 13" Sony Z does 1080p, but the basic config laptop costs $2000.