HD video (720p) on a netbook? With NVIDIA & Flash Player you can!

Posted by on Sep 28, 2009 in Flash Platform, open screen project | Comments Off

If you’ve toyed around with netbooks, you know that they are not the fastest machines you can get these days. Playing HD video is out of the question… or… WAS out of the question. Today German site Notebook Journal posted a video showing a demo of a netbook running a new NVIDIA (partner in the Open Screen Project) graphics chip. The NVIDIA ION chip does hardware acceleration for Flash Video and – as you can see in the video below – does an amazing job at it.

The video starts by showing an HD clip on a device not using hardware acceleration. Around the 1:20 minute mark, you can see how big the difference is when using NVIDIA’s new chipset.

[Via CrunchGear & Engadget]

Weekly blend – the one with the MP4 watch, Google, massive screens, Apple netbook, pirates and opening sequences

Posted by on Dec 20, 2008 in Weekly blend | 1 comment

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Looks like the watch that Tim Buntel used during the MAX keynotes

mosttrustedGoogle off list of 20 most trusted companies
Title says it all

videoart120 (36.5 meters) Feet of Video Art
Final Exams at NYU’s Big Screens Class

macnetbookMacworld to bring netbook?
I wouldn’t mind an Apple Netbook but don’t think it’s going to happen

piratesHow to successfully guilt-trip software pirates
We should also add a similar message to our software ;-)

movieopenings30 Unforgettable Movie Opening Sequences
Lots of inspirational stuff here