1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:06,640 Linus Tech tips coverage of computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital our 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:09,719 trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance and our trusted retail partner 3 00:00:08,880 --> 00:00:15,400 is nc.com so it's time to check out some isus systems we're going to be starting 4 00:00:13,519 --> 00:00:21,439 with a couple of tablets that are very closely related so these are memopad 302 5 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:27,199 series tablets both of them and the key difference is okay this one's got LTE 6 00:00:24,279 --> 00:00:32,040 okay this one is a Wi-Fi only model this one's got eight hours of battery life 7 00:00:29,119 --> 00:00:35,559 this one has 10 hours of battery life and this threw me for a bit of a loop 8 00:00:33,640 --> 00:00:39,399 because I wasn't expecting an Android-based tablet to have an Intel 9 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:45,360 processor inside it so it's an Atom z2560 Processor running at 1.6 GHz that 10 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:48,800 enables ASUS to achieve the battery life that they have on this and it's not 11 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:54,800 because of skipping on other components they're both using full 1920x 1200 12 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:58,640 resolution displays which I personally love I like having the extra vertical 13 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:02,120 even when I'm using it in a horizontal configuration and with a 10-hour battery 14 00:01:01,079 --> 00:01:07,119 life you're now getting all day Computing out of it now this is something that as spent a lot of time on 15 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:13,159 with this tablet and I personally love it I actually preferred the original 16 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:14,799 Transformer the 101 to almost anything 17 00:01:13,159 --> 00:01:19,680 that came after it with the exception of the Nexus 7 and the reason for that is 18 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:23,960 because I personally prefer a textured finish on the back so if I could get you 19 00:01:21,159 --> 00:01:29,000 to check this out they have brought back the golf ball textured experience to the 20 00:01:26,840 --> 00:01:32,840 back now the great thing about a metal backing is it looks fantastic in 21 00:01:30,960 --> 00:01:36,200 pictures which is fine and good but at the end of the day you're going to bring 22 00:01:34,479 --> 00:01:40,119 the thing home you're going to stain it with your fingerprints it's going to get 23 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:44,799 warm to the touch and what a plastic backing does is it is more comfortable 24 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:47,799 to hold you can easily hold it with one hand and not worry about accidentally 25 00:01:46,399 --> 00:01:52,799 dropping the thing I think I'm making people nervous shaking the tablet around 26 00:01:49,520 --> 00:01:54,640 like this but awesome love to see The 27 00:01:52,799 --> 00:01:58,000 Innovation it's also going to be in a number of different colors so this is a 28 00:01:56,560 --> 00:02:02,439 black one I think this is the first time we've seen a black backed tablet from 29 00:02:00,119 --> 00:02:04,759 ASUS at least in my territory so it might not be the first time here but 30 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:11,000 it's going to come in a number of different colors including white black 31 00:02:07,079 --> 00:02:14,560 as well as sort of a pinky peachy color 32 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:16,920 I was wrong okay so I'm still happy cuz 33 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:23,480 it looks like black and I personally love black tablets but apparently it is 34 00:02:19,599 --> 00:02:25,040 actually a very dark blue so my bad and 35 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:28,440 I also should have mentioned before that both of the tablets have two gigs of RAM 36 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:32,959 built in which means you're going to be able to get a much more satisfying 37 00:02:30,319 --> 00:02:37,040 multitasking experience now my big problem with lowcost tablets in the past 38 00:02:35,519 --> 00:02:42,319 has always been that you kind of look at the thing and you go okay I guess it's 39 00:02:38,959 --> 00:02:44,319 kind of built okay and uh you know it's 40 00:02:42,319 --> 00:02:48,920 fast enough I could probably use this just for some basic functionality but 41 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:54,560 the problem is that the screen is always terrible just absolutely terrible so 42 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:59,239 this is where the memopad hd7 comes in from ASUS this is a relatively lowcost 43 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:04,239 tablet and when I sell okay so I'll reveal the price later but it uses a 44 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:06,879 lowcost Qualcomm CPU it's got 1 gig of 45 00:03:04,239 --> 00:03:11,599 RAM it runs Android Jelly Bean 16 gigs onboard memory 16 gigs of web storage 46 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:16,680 it's got the usual expansion so you've got a Micro SD slot here on the left 47 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:20,560 side it's quite slim I mean not super slim it's kind of about like a Nexus 7 48 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:25,760 Up on the top this is neat you've got USB on the go support so you can plug in 49 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:31,560 whatever it is you need to do via USB but this is the kicker it has a 1280 by 50 00:03:28,599 --> 00:03:36,040 800 IPS display which means you get that viewing angle and that content 51 00:03:33,599 --> 00:03:40,959 consumption enjoyment that you just can't get from a cheap TN panel and all 52 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:47,000 of that is coming in at a price that's below $150 from a brand that you can actually 53 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:51,480 trust as opposed to one that you've never heard the name of before you have 54 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:54,560 no idea if you can get warranty support the game's pretty much changed now 55 00:03:53,159 --> 00:03:57,840 because there's going to be no reason to buy a low-end tablet from anyone other 56 00:03:56,319 --> 00:04:02,720 than as now the first time we saw this 57 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:09,200 concept was at CES with the Transformer AIO which was a Windows-based all-in-one 58 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:11,799 but when you disconnected the display it 59 00:04:09,200 --> 00:04:16,759 turned into an Android-based 18 1/2 in tablet now we're seeing what I 60 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:21,840 personally find to be a more refined version of that Concept in a very very 61 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:26,520 usable form factor so check this out this is the Transformer book Trio which 62 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:30,919 Jus is calling the world's first threein one Notebook tablet and desktop PC so 63 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:35,320 you can you can use it three different ways right here they've got it demoed 64 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:41,440 attached to a keyboard so it is a multi-touch Windows notebook running an 65 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:47,520 Intel Core i7 up to a core i7 fourth generation Haswell processor you can 66 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:49,280 have up to a 1 tbte hybrid drive inside 67 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:54,199 so that gives you that performance that you need from an SSD but with that mass 68 00:04:51,800 --> 00:05:00,400 storage that you like from a hard drive okay then okay usage case number two you 69 00:04:58,160 --> 00:05:04,039 detach it from the base and all of a sudden you've got yourself an Android 70 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:09,600 tablet now this is running an Intel Atom Processor you can have up to 64 gigs of 71 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:14,560 flash base storage on it and you can see right here if I pull out my uh my usual 72 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:18,840 phone thickness comparison we can't get these things out of the case but that's 73 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:22,720 okay we can make do with what we have it is a very reasonable size tablet in 74 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:27,479 spite of having all that extra connectivity that goes into making it 75 00:05:24,639 --> 00:05:33,880 compatible with the base station now let's move on to use case number three 76 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:39,720 you can actually use it Standalone without the dock without the Android 77 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:42,479 operating system as a Windows-based PC 78 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:47,360 so we've got an ASUS monitor here this is from their MX Series this is the MX 79 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:51,240 2798 we've actually checked this out this features their bang and Olson 80 00:05:48,880 --> 00:05:56,600 speaker technology so this gives you the ability to use it as a dock without 81 00:05:54,120 --> 00:06:01,000 basically plugging anything into it at all so there's a single cable running 82 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:04,520 between the base station here and the ASUS monitor although of course if you 83 00:06:02,759 --> 00:06:08,960 wanted to use a mouse or something like that you'd have to hook that up 84 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:13,000 separately so very very cool product giving you the flexibility to use either 85 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:17,520 a Windows or Android operating system and anything from a notebook to a tablet 86 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:21,520 to a sitting at a desk type of usage scenario by now you're probably pretty 87 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:27,800 familiar with ASUS's Zenbook line of Ultrabooks but this one is a little bit 88 00:06:24,000 --> 00:06:30,240 new now I whine and gripe and complain 89 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:34,000 incessantly about Metal fin es on the backs of tablets on the tops of 90 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:38,400 notebooks because the problem with them is that they always get all stained and 91 00:06:35,919 --> 00:06:42,360 fingerprint and ugly check this out right here this has the same kind of 92 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:46,240 circular design hopefully you can get a couple different angles there and you 93 00:06:43,639 --> 00:06:51,520 can check it out as we've seen on some previous ASUS products such as the 94 00:06:48,479 --> 00:06:54,919 TF700 but the key difference here is 95 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:56,800 that ASUS has Corin Gorilla Glass 3 on 96 00:06:54,919 --> 00:07:01,599 not only the touch surface of the notebook but also on the back of it so 97 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:06,360 what they're calling it as as their tagline is clearly brilliant The 98 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:11,280 Notebook that never loses its shine so it will look like that from the day you 99 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:15,080 get it to the day you no longer need it anymore for whatever reason and all 100 00:07:13,560 --> 00:07:19,319 you'll have to do to keep it clean and looking beautiful is give it a wipe down 101 00:07:17,639 --> 00:07:23,199 so we can't get it out of the case unfortunately but just for the sake of 102 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:27,160 size comparison if we can get kind of a look at it it's a pretty familiar form 103 00:07:25,639 --> 00:07:31,560 factor from what we've seen from ASUS and their Zenbook line it also features 104 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:35,759 Intel's new fourth generation Haswell core i7 processor meaning you're going 105 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:40,240 to get better battery life better performance and with Gorilla Glass 3 106 00:07:38,160 --> 00:07:43,960 better durability so it's much more scratch resistant than Gorilla Glass 2 107 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:47,879 in fact there have been complaints out there that oh Gorilla Glass 3 doesn't 108 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:50,720 improve much over Gorilla Glass 2 from guys that are more interested in phones 109 00:07:49,440 --> 00:07:54,360 because it can tend to be a little bit more breakable but it is much more 110 00:07:52,599 --> 00:07:58,240 scratch resistant which personally I don't drop my notebook that often so I'm 111 00:07:56,280 --> 00:08:02,560 more worried about it getting scuffed up and dinged up when I'm putting it in and 112 00:07:59,759 --> 00:08:07,720 out of a bag very cool stuff now right now behind us there has to be the most 113 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:10,280 obnoxious stage display that I've ever 114 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:15,039 seen before in my life but fortunately this product isn't so much about the 115 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:20,960 audio experience and is more about the visual experience this is the PQ 321 116 00:08:18,199 --> 00:08:25,520 ASUS has already teased this so there's a little bit of information that's been 117 00:08:22,520 --> 00:08:29,159 available already but it is a 4K display 118 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:33,200 that means it runs at four times HD 3840 119 00:08:29,159 --> 00:08:36,200 by 2160 so effectively this is four 120 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:39,320 1080p displays stretched out now there 121 00:08:36,200 --> 00:08:40,760 are some technical complications with 4K 122 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:44,600 that do make it inherently more expensive in addition to just the 123 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:50,000 increased pixel density because this is only a 31 and A2 in display compared to 124 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:56,240 I mean obviously it's a lot easier to put you know in a 24in display only 1920 125 00:08:53,560 --> 00:09:00,279 x 1080 pixels so there's that there's the increased amount of image processing 126 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:04,880 that needs to go on and remember if you're going to Market a display for 127 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:08,959 consumers and intend for people to watch movies and play games on it it's going 128 00:09:07,200 --> 00:09:13,720 to have to have fast enough pixel response time meaning faster processing 129 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:19,040 in order to make sure that you don't get any motion blur or ghosting or input leg 130 00:09:17,079 --> 00:09:24,839 that's going to take away from the experience one of the other challenges 131 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:26,600 is inputs it supports a dual HDMI input 132 00:09:24,839 --> 00:09:32,640 which means you're actually using two HDMI ports in tandem but there are some 133 00:09:30,399 --> 00:09:37,399 technological limitations there the display interfaces haven't really all 134 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:41,839 caught up so the alternative is to use DisplayPort which means you're going to 135 00:09:38,959 --> 00:09:48,519 be able to run at the full 60 HZ refresh rate of this display without any sort of 136 00:09:45,079 --> 00:09:50,839 Funky Monkey Business it's using a sharp 137 00:09:48,519 --> 00:09:54,399 exop panel which means that if you've ever seen one of those you should have 138 00:09:52,279 --> 00:09:57,920 some idea what to expect in terms of viewing angles as well as color 139 00:09:56,040 --> 00:10:02,399 reproduction but we might as well play around with it a little bit here so we 140 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:05,240 can show you guys it does have pivot it 141 00:10:02,399 --> 00:10:08,720 has height adjust so yeah whatever it's it's sort of secured so I'm sure they 142 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:12,320 won't mind if we move things around too oh okay I see it has height adjust but 143 00:10:10,880 --> 00:10:15,720 apparently I can't move it right now for whatever reason you can actually see all 144 00:10:14,079 --> 00:10:20,360 the display inputs here on the side if you want to check it out so ASUS 145 00:10:17,839 --> 00:10:25,680 generally recommends using DisplayPort in not the dual HDMI input there's also 146 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:28,760 an audio in and audio out pass through check out all that cooling on the back 147 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:33,040 of the display as well so that should give you some idea what I was talking 148 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:36,120 about before with the increased uh with the increased processing that's going on 149 00:10:34,839 --> 00:10:41,600 here I don't think we're going to get pivot out of this one so it is a bit on the heavy side because that tends to 150 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:46,160 happen when you get these large format displays and personally I'm incredibly 151 00:10:43,959 --> 00:10:50,600 excited about more than anything else the gaming experience that this is going 152 00:10:48,519 --> 00:10:55,079 to enable on the desktop PC there was a thread on the Linus Tech tips Forum not 153 00:10:52,959 --> 00:11:00,200 that long ago about how no games support 4K yeah no console games pretty much any 154 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:06,000 PC game going back to like you know Quake free you can manually key in a 4K 155 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:11,160 resolution you can run that at extremely high res ultra high def 4K so thank you 156 00:11:09,320 --> 00:11:15,279 for checking out our coverage of the ASUS monitors and notebooks and tablets 157 00:11:13,519 --> 00:11:21,760 don't miss any of our show coverage from computex 2013 and as always don't forget 158 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:21,760 to subscribe to Linus Tech tips