HP Mini 2140 reviewed: "You get what you pay for."

HP's Mini 2140, with its 1024x576 screen and 3-cell battery, is faster than the 2133 it replaces but has a lower-resolution display. Brad likes it as reviewed, but reminds us that if we wait a month, HP will makes the "1366 x 768 pixel display available ... it will be one of the first companies to offer a sub-$500 netbook with an HD screen". [Lilliputing]

[#1 posted by Garr , March 23, 2009 7:50 AM]

lol. Marketing.

So now simple WXGA (or anything similar to that) is "HD"?

[#2 posted by Agies , March 23, 2009 8:51 AM]

By definition WXGA is HD.

[#3 posted by Rob Beschizza , March 23, 2009 10:04 AM]

Hell, by some official definition, anything over 480, including this dismal 576p spec right here, is HD. Australia specifically defines 576p as HD: http://www.broadcastandmedia.com/articles/ff/0c0276ff.asp

Lol, I say. Lol.

[#4 posted by Jerril , March 23, 2009 1:58 PM]

... I'm pretty sure Standard Definition is 640x480 or thereabouts. At least as far as TVs go.

Of course, I'm sitting here with my monitor at 1600 x 1050 wondering when we decided to go BACKWARD with our computer displays.

[#5 posted by freshyill , March 25, 2009 11:05 AM]

So the burning question: How suitable is it for use as a hackintosh? I'm really itching to buy a Dell mini.