Netbook buying guide – I want to watch 720p video on netbook

No surprise – netbooks are very popular because of their small size and inexpensive price. Now netbooks are equipped with almost all kinds of Intel Atom low-energy central processors. But if you want to watch high definition videos, like 720p, you need to know which netbook to choose, because they all arent strong enough. Gadgetine. Com will help in this dilemma with “Netbook buying guide – I want to watch 720p video on my computer”.

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Well, almost every notebook can play this kind of video, but we have one question – how smoothly? Software manufacturers can are offering software based encoders for 720p videos, like CoreAVC, but even this software can`t run these videos perfectly.

Nvidia can offer another solution – the newest ION platform. This platform is made for netbooks and it has up to 10 times more power than Intel integrated graphic accelerators, but consumes up to 10 times lees power, which means much more longer battery life.But here is another problem – we have to wait few months, because netbooks with this platform is not available right now., but this wait is worth – this platform will even support 1080p video playback.

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ASUS Eee PC 1201N

Now we can check out netbooks with first generation Nvidia ION platform. One of the best price/performance choices will be Asus EEE PC 1201N which is available in Newegg.com for $489.99. Even if this netbook is equipped with 12.1” monitor, it`s still netbook, as it is cheap, small, light and helps you to save energy. Asus EEE PC 1201N can play high definitions videos smoothly, it`s quit and can be perfectly used even as an HTPC ( Home Theatre PC ).

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ASUS Eee PC 1001P

If the last one for you seems to large and too expensive, to be a netbook, then we can offer another great choice from Asus – EEE PC 1001P, which is equipped with 10” screen. Laptop is based on Intel Atom 450 1.66 Ghz CPU and Intel GMA 3150 GPU. This is another platform for netbooks, called Pinetrail. This laptop can play 720p video video smoothly, without any software accelerators. It is available at Newegg.com for $299.99 which is almost $200 cheaper than on ION based Asus EEE PC 1201N.

These wto netboks offered by Gadgetine.com is very good for 720p videos. Now it depends on you – if you want 10” netbook or very powerful 12.1” netbook which will cost extra $200 for you. Full specifications of both netbooks can be found below.

Asus EEE PC 1201N specifications and prices in Newegg.com

Asus EEE PC 1001P specifications and prices in Newegg.com

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