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nailer on June 10, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why do no other laptop manufacturers get i...

> 1900x1080

1900?

20 horizontal pixels short of full HD?

Why?

eli on June 11, 2010 [–]

My guess is that they used to be 1900x1200, but someone got the clever idea that they could save a few bucks and market it as HD (it does have the number 1080 in it!) at the same time.

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