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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's what they want you to believe.<br><br><br>;)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[N900]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 9:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Function key is on the bottom left.  No thanks.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jdwannam]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 9:47AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[More like 2-3 years I would say.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 11:13AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[So instead of expecting people to understand what to expect from certain segments of the hardware market we'll just let everyone have retarded expectations and then completely smudge across the market to reward their retarded expectations?<br><br>Super. <br><br>NONO, YOU"RE all sane.  I'M the crazy one.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[strider_mt2k]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 10:01AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[What's the problem? It's a product people want. If you want, maybe a new category such as lolexpensive netbook should be created. Wouldn't change the fact that it's a product fulfilling a certain demand.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[McCool009]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 10:10AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Something like this is exactly what I'm looking for in a netbook size. Flawless HD video and all those internets protocols. Well, maybe I'll wait 6-12 months for oled laptops. It would be cool if that really happened.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[McCool009]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 9:56AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[VIA has a long way to go in convincing me they don't still suck.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[konshuss]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 10:02AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[the first of many to come]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bryce]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 10:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[this has more potential for set top boxes and such. just because the hardware can play hd video, when the cpu chokes on youtube video people won't be happy.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[awholeian]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 10:27AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[When did 1080p playback become the "must have" feature for an ultraportable?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Yem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 10:46AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[when folks starting saying that Blu-ray is THE way to watch movies. <br><br>also on the name thing, they are clearly trying to avoid the trademark infringement complaints]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LAGal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 12:02PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[When did netbooks get 1080p screens and blu-ray drives?<br><br>I can understand codec support and 720p since we have 720p screens out for some of these 12" super-cheap computers.  How close does my face have to be to distinguish between 1080p and 720p on a 12" screen?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David S]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 12:25PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA["its support for H.264, MPEG-2/4, VC-1, and WMV9 sounds quite a bit more inclusive than we've found NVIDIA's ION to be."<br><br>Huh? If memory serves, that's the exact same range of codecs that NVIDIA's playback acceleration supports. On Linux, anyway. I presume it's the same on Windows.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Adam Williamson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 11:18AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Your talking about VDPAU which actually is more advanced in terms of video playback than anything Nvidia offers outside of Linux.  Regardless, the ion can ASSIST with video decoding, it can't necessarily completely take the work off the processor like VIA is proposing.<br><br>Honestly, I would trust VIA to do this pretty well.  My very old VIA mini-ITX board can playback pretty intensive video with the video acceleration of the Unichrome chipset and a 933Mhz C3.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fritz]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 1:28PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Who cares what this thing can do, it's GORGEOUS. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[DanielT]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 1:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[A 10.2" display that handles 1920x1080? Very cool. No prices yet.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 1:47PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[A 10.2" display that handles 1920x1080? Very cool. No prices yet.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 1:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Aaaaaahhhh!<br>The first post didn't show up after several refreshes, so I posted it again figuring I typed my password wrong.<br>And now I can neither edit nor delete the duplicate!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Michael]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 1:50PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[hook'em horns.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 2:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on VIA unveils its 1080p-playing SurfBoard NetNote, we'll still call it a netbook]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/16/via-unveils-its-1080p-playing-surfboard-netnote-well-still-cal/</guid><description><![CDATA[Yea! I saw the color and that's exactly what I thought! Fight Texas Fight!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Chasqui]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sep 16th 2009 3:20PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
