Review of the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook computer from my dining room table. Includes a comparison with the 900HA.
The review of the 900HA can be found at http://www.youtube.com/watc... .
A note ...
Review of the Asus Eee PC 1000HE netbook computer from my dining room table. Includes a comparison with the 900HA.
A note about the 8.9" models being discontinued. After reading many contradictory reports, it appears Asus is NOT discontinuing the 8.9" models. However, the 8.9" size will eventually be marketed to developing nations and to the industry sector. So even though the 8.9" Asus netbook size should still be available for a while, It could still become no longer available in your area.
A couple of technical rants. First, I'm not happy with the sound quality of my narration. I've been experimenting with different settings on my mixer during the last few videos, and have discovered that YouTube's audio converters tend to occasionally over-emphasize the low end. So even if my voice sounds perfectly all right on my copy of this video (including the slight emphasis I've added to the low end), YouTube's encoder pushed it a bit too close to Isaac Hayes territory. And it's also distorted!
Second, even though my YouTube video has nearly all of the contrast and detail from the original video, the frame rate is all over the place! I've been uploading 960x540 resolution XviD encoded material as a test. This format preserves the most detail from the original 1440x1080i HDV material, but with none of the deinterlacing issues (combing, softness, low contrast). Add to this the microprocessor friendly nature of the 960x540 resolution format, and I don't need to create different formats for different computers. This quarter-HD format solved so many problems at once.
Unfortunately, YouTube doesn't appear to know how to handle the 960x540 format very well. The contrast and detail are there, but the frame rate is all screwed up, making the video appear as a slideshow at times.
While I've just about figured out how to extract the maximum quality and compatibility out of my own videos, I still haven't figured out YouTube's exact needs. And it's starting to drive me nuts! Their own help section on submitting videos is not much help at all! How difficult can it be for them to tell us EXACTLY what their encoders need to be fed for the resulting video to come out right? Come on YouTube! Throw us a bone here!
If this keeps up, the automated broadcast system I'm building for my conventional television channel will have better real-time capabilities than YouTube could have ever hoped for on their own Web site! And while we're at it, why is it we still can't update an existing video with a newer one without having to delete and re-add it, and losing the original link in the process? It would be nice to submit the occasional upgrade, especially when technological improvements are introduced, making everything look better.
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I'm still using my 900HA, though it's falling apart. I foolishly walked into a wall while holding it (it was dark), cracking the right rear corner off. Then, it fell one story onto a hardwood floor. But it still works!
I'm waiting for the T91MT (8.9" tablet, Z520, multitouch, Windows 7), though I've given a lot of consideration to the HP Mini 311 (Atom N280, ION graphics). The only thing I don't like is the large size (11.6"), but going from GMA950 to 9400M graphics would be a nice upgrade.
Very clever review! Trying to decide on a netbook myself. I wanted the Samsung Go N310 because I read about it's great 6 cell battery... Turns out that's only in the USA, not Ireland or the UK. Bummer.
8.9inch screens are the perfect size for netbooks, 10.1-11 are starting to get a little bulky, edging more towards sub notbook not really netbook. Asus need to update there 8.9inch line up not end it. the best Eee was the 900a perfect for mobility, harddrives are a bad idea for mobility
But definitely Asus should keep making 8.9" netbooks. It may be only an inch smaller, but that dropped inch has a huge impact on the unit's overall size and portability.
Nope! It's still being used as my office computer!
My next review might be a Supermicro 5015A-H rackmount server. What's different about it? It's less than ten inches deep, and it's powered by an Atom processor!
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I'm waiting for the T91MT (8.9" tablet, Z520, multitouch, Windows 7), though I've given a lot of consideration to the HP Mini 311 (Atom N280, ION graphics). The only thing I don't like is the large size (11.6"), but going from GMA950 to 9400M graphics would be a nice upgrade.
But definitely Asus should keep making 8.9" netbooks. It may be only an inch smaller, but that dropped inch has a huge impact on the unit's overall size and portability.
My next review might be a Supermicro 5015A-H rackmount server. What's different about it? It's less than ten inches deep, and it's powered by an Atom processor!