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4k on portable devices is pointless.
Unless it's been recorded on it. (8+)

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Unless you're intending on projecting it on a 40ft screen and you just need something to carry that about in.

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4k on portable devices is pointless.
Unless it's been recorded on it. (8+)
Unless you're intending on projecting it on a 40ft screen and you just need something to carry that about in.
That too.

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Lenovo announce a 27" tablet

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I've already got one, it's just on a stand, runs off the mains and isn't touch sensitive.

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I've already got one, it's just on a stand, runs off the mains and isn't touch sensitive.

Also known as a Telly?

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4k isn't anything you'd want to stream or shunt about wirelessly.

Maybe that might slow down piracy? Though 4k porn might lead the way.

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Bring it on, and let all the rich numpties cough up the extortionate early adopter premiums, and I'll think about 4K in five or ten years.

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In what way is iOS a more limited OS compared to Windows?
Because in terms of image manipulation, I have apps on my iPad very comparable to anything that's available on either the Mac OS or Desktop Windows, that put the offerings of both those platforms to shame when you factor in the cost of the software for the desktop market

Oh absolutely, there are great apps for iOS and I know a lot of people do use their iPad for image and video editing.

What I was referring to was Window's multi-tasking. I may be wrong, but I thought iOS apps were all designed to run full-screen. Windows Apps have the ability to also run as a vertical "snapped" window 320 pixels wide. Skype is the first App that comes to mind, or media player; running to one side and still leaving plenty of room for other apps to run in a window with more visible area than an iPad has full screen.

I don't imagine you'll see many of these being used on the go, but it's small enough to fit in a suit case for travelling. It's small enough to move easily around the house and use on the coffee table. It's a sensible size for people who don't need a powerful desk top PC. And it's a sensible pixel density for a device that size.

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Though 4k porn might lead the way.

Can I just state for the record I DO NOT WANT THIS.

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What I was referring to was Window's multi-tasking. I may be wrong, but I thought iOS apps were all designed to run full-screen. Windows Apps have the ability to also run as a vertical "snapped" window 320 pixels wide. Skype is the first App that comes to mind, or media player; running to one side and still leaving plenty of room for other apps to run in a window with more visible area than an iPad has full screen.

I'm yet to be convinced that function will take off to be honest with you. I can see the value with Skype but (IMO) people tend to work differently with tablets to desktop PCs. Tablets seem more 'task focusing' somehow. Attention grabbing, you might say. I think the majority of the time the majority of tablet users will find themselves completing one task at a time, even if the device itself is capable of multitasking. I'm prepared to be proved wrong though, we'll have to see what happens when/if the function to split the display becomes widespread.

As an aside I think we need a new word other than 'multitask' - all tablets can multitask, it's just most of them so far have only displayed the interface for one task at a time and given limited 'notification' ability to the rest. I'd probably describe that windows function as 'multi-interation' rather than multitasking. However I intuitively hate 'multi-interacting' as a word.


(assuming we're talking about the 27" tablet, the thread has become somewhat hard to follow)
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I don't imagine you'll see many of these being used on the go, but it's small enough to fit in a suit case for travelling. It's small enough to move easily around the house

Um, the photo in the article doesn't make it look very easy to be honest with you. If you're the manly father figure of the family may be, but she looks like she's having problems and a child certainly couldn't carry it.

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and use on the coffee table.

Or indeed use as a coffee table...

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It's a sensible size for people who don't need a powerful desk top PC. And it's a sensible pixel density for a device that size.

It's definitely a 'post PC' device, no doubt about that. I actually always liked the original 'surface' concept where it was built into the table, I think that's a better idea than dragging a hulking screen around with you. What would actually be my ideal though is if we were able to make large 'dumb' touchscreens, which could be fitted into the wall in every room in the house, with the actual computery parts in a wirelessly connected central server. The output of which you could 'throw' onto the screen in the room you're in (or maybe even have it follow you automatically using RFID sensing or something). Every one in the family could have their own session on the server with constant saved state.

Mount one of those Lenovo jobs in every room but put all the gubbins in a HTPC box in a study or in the living room and link them all together via 802.11N or better. All the screens just run some touch-enabled variant of RDP. It's the future!

(actually, that's an idea that has genuine legs. You should see the prices some people pay for multi-room A/V installations. Imagine how much people would pay for a house-wide 'smart screen' system...)


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What would actually be my ideal though is if we were able to make large 'dumb' touchscreens, which could be fitted into the wall in every room in the house, with the actual computery parts in a wirelessly connected central server.

The thing is, the "computery part" is probably the cheapest component!

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and use on the coffee table.

Or indeed use as a coffee table...



Thats what I really want - my dining room table to be one large touch screen so 72" x 36" (ish)

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Thats what I really want - my dining room table to be one large touch screen so 72" x 36" (ish)

i.e. the original surface concept.

I have a slight suspicion it's never happened because Games Workshop paid Microsoft an enormous amount of money to make it go away :).


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Thats what I really want - my dining room table to be one large touch screen so 72" x 36" (ish)

i.e. the original surface concept.

I have a slight suspicion it's never happened because Games Workshop paid Microsoft an enormous amount of money to make it go away :).


Given the number of games which now have real world controllers or add ons, I would be surprised if GW weren’t interested in a tablet or surface-top playing system, with effects, terrain, piece tracking, etc..

The idea of a 20" tablet, let alone one that nearly rivals an A2 piece of paper, is, frankly, idiotic. It just tells me that some people really do not feel comfortable outside of the screen/mouse/keyboard form factor.

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Bring it on, and let all the rich numpties cough up the extortionate early adopter premiums, and I'll think about 4K in five or ten years.

There needs to be decent broadband for it to be available as a download service. I think that OLED will be cheaper by then, so will we all be buying 4k OLED TV's?

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Thats what I really want - my dining room table to be one large touch screen so 72" x 36" (ish)

i.e. the original surface concept.

I have a slight suspicion it's never happened because Games Workshop paid Microsoft an enormous amount of money to make it go away :).

You would think GW would want it out there and then sell apps / s/w to make the most of it

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