Info about allpowerful from alienware 16:9 screen maybe

I asked if this laptop would have a 16:9 screen and alienware replied with this.

"Regarding the screen question, we definitely understand your concern and you will be able to see improvements with this prototype at the moment of its launching."

 

ambiguous answer... could you perhaps post your exact email, or at least the exact phrasing of your question?

 

"Question #2 Do you plan on adding a 16:9 ratio notebook with your upcoming release? I think either a 16.4 or an 18.4 would be a welcomed
addition. More and more people watch video that is in this format
and I think it would be a good idea to offer most likely the 16.4
because the 18.4 is so bulky."

 

ah yes. that makes it much more clearer in the sense that a 16:9 screen seems more plausible now.

 

I would actually be very happy to see a 16.4" 16:9 screen. I think its the perfect size as far as portability but still a decent size.

I think we are in for a 16.4 or 18.4 16:9 screen with allpowerful, yay!

 

the question arises however if a notebook with a 16.4" screen will have sufficient space to house two GPUs.

 

Very tru whizzo. 18.4" are nice too but man they are so gigantic and like almost no cases fit it pretty much nothing fits it. I would still love an 18.4" one though that are beautiful screens to look at.

 

Probably not but but 17.3" would.

 

Who makes a 17.3" 16:9 ive only seen the 16 and 18 one.

 

16:9 comes in a few sizes. 10.1", 11.6", 13.1", 14.0", 15.6", 16", 16.4", 17.3", and 18.4" for laptops.

HP dv7 uses a 17.3" 16:9 screen.

 

thats cool, Well I'd have to say 17.3 would have to be my fav 16:9 size then. Not too big not too small. Lets pray AW makes the new allpowerful with a 17.3" 16:9.

 

It'll be a 16:10 17" or 16:9 18.4". Just my guess.

 

If it were me it would be 17.3" offering 1600x900 and 2048x1152 screen res options and the 18.4" would be part of the Studio XPS line.

 

if they are smart they will use a 16:9 screen. Almost all companies are offering at least 1 16:9 notebook. Marketing wise I think right now is a perfect time for AW to get into the 16:9 market, especially when they got a blu ray drive playing movies in 16:9 format. You need a native 16:9 screen to get the best picture from the blu rays people will be playing.

 

the shift to 16:9 screens is merely because they're cheaper to manufacture.

 

And they come with the native cheap looks too ...

 

And the 16:9 screens are cheaper! That's even more of a reason for the notebook to come with that. Cheaper prices for the allpowerful is readily welcomed by me.

 

NO! 16:9 is looks funny. i hate this ratio T_T

 

I just hope whatever monitor they come out with is at least LED backlit. After using LED backlit Latitude E6400s at work... I'm kinda envious. :\

 

I'd like to see some new tech like a LED backlit screen too but I'm not sure how much sense that would make on a rig like this? At least in terms of power savings.

On a powerful rig with dual GPU's and multiple fans for cooling,the percentage of power savings would be minimal at best.

LED backlit screen do look nice though.

 

This is true, but I'd go LED backlit for clarity and color. The power savings, but the CCFL screens in most laptops do not age well at all unlike LEDs. Plus the colors are better (much more important for gaming!).

Also, I really have to imagine the "allpowerful" will have both discreet and on-board graphic solutions for portability and power (like the M15X and Apple's solutions). I love Alienware, but the idea of laptops with an hour long battery life is a killer. I mean, I know they're gaming laptops, but still. Gaming on the go? Awesome. But having a decked out laptop with 59 minutes of battery life as a best condition scenario is ridiculous when you pay $3K for a laptop... I dunno.

Technology's changed a lot. That would have been acceptable a year ago, but things have changed since.

 

I would love to see LED backlighting and the Binarygfx on this new 1 as well. I'm also hoping for fully featured aleinfx maybe even with some new abilities and not just basic lighting like on the m17. Better brightness level adjustments for the lights and screen too. Good power management abilities will be nice. Have a real dark screen and dark keyboard in low light to save power etc.

 

I think the new rigs will have lighting FX at least equal to the 15X and 17X.

That would be cool if an LED screen was at least an option.

Alienware sure as he** can't be faulted for a 1 hour battery life. The only way to get more gaming time out of these rigs is an exrta battery in a smart bay.

Extreme performance requires a lot of power.

 

I really hope they price this rig in a sensible zone because the M17x was way overpriced for what you where getting, although it did look awesome.

 

from what i know it will have binaryGFX

 

It would be awesome if they used the RGB 1080 screen from the Studio XPS 16...it's a beautiful screen that was actually the perfect size (I was orginally looking for a 15.4" but with the smaller resolution and a footprint not much bigger than most 15.4" lappies, it was a great overall size)

 

Can someone explain the difference of a 16.4 inch chassis vs a 17 or so inch chasis? How can 1 inch make that huge of a difference in terms of components?

 

I don't understand the interest in 16:9 when 16:10 has more pixels. For watching DVD's? Blu-ray? Most movies are 4:3 or 2.40:1 anyway. You'll still get black bars on the sides or top and bottom anyway. Why give up the extra pixels? Now you will have to scroll more for web pages and documents.

 

I like the larger screen with the slightly less resolution.

Then again, 20.1" on my old HDX @ 1650x1080 was nirvana.

 

Lrn2Pythagorean theorem.

When you change the aspect ratio you're changing the shape of the screen...making it wider and shorter...not just the diagonal length. Because of it that .6" difference in diagonal actually results in a noticably smaller screen area....and by association chassis area.

A 16.4" screen has dimensions of 14.3"x8" and a total screen area of 114.4 sq. in.

A 17" screen has dimensions of 14.4"x9" and a total screen area of 129.6 sq. in.

16:9 exists because it can display movies filmed using any aspect ratio without cropping or distortion by using black bars. It was never designed to get rid of masking.

The reason why there is a push to use it on computer screens is because 16:9 allows screen manufacturers to cut production costs by using their equipment to cut computer screens at the same dimensions as TV screen.

The fact is 16:9 aspect ratios makes it possible to display more total pixels on a smaller screen, at a readable resolution, than a 16:10 screen, however, the reason 16:9 screens have less resolution right now, I believe, is because computer users are stuck only getting the common resolutions of TV screens which are 1366x768 and 1920x1080. As the transition progresses we should start seeing LCD sheets with higher pixel counts being cut.

 

+1 phinagle

 

not more of a reason, it's the SOLE reason.

 

exactly. the whole excuse about fitting the screens to the aspect ratios of films is BS, you still get black bars since films run at 2.34:1 or something like that.

 

yes but smaller black bars and there are some movies that are 1.78

 

who cares about the size of the black bars? if they're there, they're an annoyance.

PS: please don't read any puns into the first sentence.

 

This is a good explanation of aspect ratios.

Page 8 explains the why of 16:9 for films.

 

interesting, nice find. +rep.

still, black bars.

 

It's the price we pay to preserve the director's art....

And thank you for the rep. 3 more for another bar.