Acer and ASUS Working with Ultrabook Screen Makers

Apple could be doing it again, that is planning and / or making something disruptive, enough so that ultrabooks, and probably every other laptop out there, will start using much better screens next year.

One would think that the Full HD image quality was advancing quickly enough, but it looks like it might have to step up its game to gain mainstream status.

In fact, the 1,920 x 1,080 pixels resolution might not even have that status yet, according to some people, since HD panels (1,366 x 768 pixels) have a large presence around the world.

HD quality might turn out to be insufficient for ultrabooks, according to Digitimes.

Not too long ago, the news came out that Apple began to manufacture its Retina display, or will start to do so soon enough.

These panels have a native resolution of 2,048 x 1,536 pixels and will land in the iPad 3.

This is a potentially problematic development for Ultrabooks, since those laptops are already expensive enough as it is.

The report says that Acer and ASUS have decided to collaborate with makers of panels in order to make a new generation of 1,928x1,080 screens.

Obviously, they want some Full HD panels that won't threaten to cause the wallets of Ultrabook buyers to run dry.

Based on what Ultrabooks exist today (ASUS Zenbook, Acer Aspire S3), the next generation of Full HD displays will probably take on the 11.6-inch and 13.6-inch form factors.

They will have to fit in with Intel and its partners' plan for the notebooks to sell for $600-$700 or so, not the $1,000 (and sometimes even more) of today.

Granted, not all presently listed devices are so pricey (Toshiba's, for example, sell for as little as $799.99 / 594 EUR) but, as one can guess, they have HD LCDs (liquid crystal displays).