Asus Eee 1005PR to Sport Broadcom HD Decoder
By Craig Lloyd on Mar 9th, 2010 at 12:19PM
Personally, I thought I’d never see this coming, but seeing the swarm of modders fitting their netbooks with HD decoders has persuaded Asus to go ahead and put their own HD decoder in their upcoming 1005PR Eee PC. Other notable features include the new Atom N450, a 10.1″ 1366×768 display, 11 hours of battery life, 250GB HDD, up to 2GB of DDR2 RAM, Bluetooth, WiFi, USB 2.0, Ethernet, 0.3MP webcam, multitouch trackpad, and the Broadcom BCM 70015 HD decoder, which will be able to play full 1080p HD video without a hiccup, something older netbooks can’t brag about. Sadly, no official word from Asus yet on pricing and availability.
[Asus via Hot Hardware]
After having tried this myself in a netbook I own I know that having a Broadcom decoder is great for watching online video.
You can win a free Broadcom HD decoder by leaving a comment here: http://www.netbookreports.com/2010/03/win-a-broadcom-bcm70012-mini-pci-e-card/
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