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    Anyone here bought the Fujitsu PH520 ?

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by chong67, Nov 5, 2010.

  1. chong67

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    I do a search here and it come up empty. Nobody has this netbook?

    I saw it at the Fry's store today.

    I seem to like it. No shiny palm rest (but I think the lid is) and it got delicate graphic with HDMI output and bluetooth.

    Can it play 1080p movies?
     
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    Amazing. Not a single person bought one.

    I might buy and give you all reviews ... LOL Only saw 2 opinions about it on oldegg but no opinion on the Jungle River. Weird.
     
  3. Bron5

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    The PH520 uses the popular AMD Nile setup and does very well (for a netbook class rig) as far as performance. Videos play well, 1080p should not be a problem, but 720p is more suitable for this setup due to native resolution of 1366x768. Still, 1080p should play fine.

    Many manufacturers snapped up this chip set and used it in their new lines (e.g Asus, Acer, Hp, etc.) and all perform very well, better than most atom chip sets until you get to the dual-core (e.g. Su7300) and even then they held up pretty well in comparison.

    The ATI 4225 is far better than the Intel gfx in most netbooks though not up to latest IONs. It definitely does well for a netbook.

    I just ordered one of these myself and should have it in a week or so. If I have time, I'll come back and post my impressions then.
     
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    Got mine and everything seems fine. Not crazy about the keyboard as the keys are small, but other than that they're fine. Screen looks nice, better than most, I'd say. Long set-up routine. Pretty basic rig, but nicely done and seems fine for it's purpose. I could not live with the lower rez 10" netbooks, but I like this size fine for a netbook.

    Not a stand-out in any way, but a nice looking, solid netbook. Will outperform most Atom netbooks, I would guess.
     
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    Does the HDMI connect to a 1920x1200 monitor with no problem?
     
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    Sorry, don't know and no easy way to test right now. I would think it would be OK.