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Hi, this is my first post and I wished it could be more positive:
One of the first things I noticed when I received my N220 from Amazon was that although the lid is larger than that of my MSI Wind of the same official size of 10.1 inches and 1024 x 600 resolution, the screen is actually smaller (5mm).
That in itself may not seem like such a big issue, but it becomes one when you like to view your stuff undistorted, which doesn’t seem to be possible on this netbook. Everything is compressed in height by 5.2%, a very visible distortion for instance when you look at anything supposed to be round. If you have one of these, try for yourself.
I cannot really imagine that there can be a workaround because the only explanation I have is that Samsung has reduced the distance between pixels vertically to cramp 600 into a reduced height while maintaining the standard horizontal resolution. None of the other available resolutions solves the problem, on the contrary, they make it worse.
After coming out of a state of disbelief and “that cannot be happening”, I am wondering:
1. How is it possible Samsung designs such a netbook rather than use the proven industry standard?
2. How can Samsung market a 10.0 inch netbook as 10.1?
3. How come nobody seems to have noticed?
4. Do other Samsung netbooks use such a screen?
What am I missing here that could me change my decision to send this netbook back to where it came from?
44 reads and no response – does it bother anyone else that the aspect ratio is not respected and that the screen is smaller than advertised? I called Samsung customer service and the person I talked to said he was not aware of the problem, but then confirmed that the height of the screen on his N220 is also 5mm shorter than it should be to respect the 1024 x 600 aspect ratio.
My MSI Wind is perfect, 223mm x 130mm which translates into a 1.71x width to height ratio identical to 1024 x 600 and a 10.1 inch diagonal, while the Samsung N220 is 1.78x and 10.0 inches diagonally. All 10.1 inch ASUS Eeepcs I have seen also respect that size and aspect ratio. How is it on the NC10 and other Samsungs?
Why is it that Samsung is deviating from what seemed to be a standard and markets a 10.0 netbook as 10.1 (rather than just “10 inch”), which in most countries constitues misleading advertising and possibly fraud? Because they believe they can get away with it as few people notice or care?
Your last sentence may sum it up polyglot.
Some things bother some people more than others, I wish I could get the claimed mileage from my car that is advertised. Maybe the difference is that car manufacturers put in a disclaimer.
If it was the first thing you noticed then perhaps you should have voted with your feet. It is not my recommendation, but if feel strongly about something I let it be known where it counts. Nobody here can make your mind up for you.
Thanks Tony. I initially came here to understand how this was possible and if there is a solution to the aspect ratio problem. I now have understood that there apparently is none. What I still don’t know is if this is specific to the N220, or a general Samsung choice, something I cannot verify online since the specs issued by Samsung are incorrect and picked up by everyone else.
Hi Polygot, you aren’t the first person to mention this, well similar at least:
[Search]N130 is a rip off[/Search]Without having used a 10″ screen its hard to say how bothered I’d be but of course at this size every bit of screen can be significant
I spose you could send it back to Amazon but I guess it’s pretty disappointing :(.
Thanks for pointing me to http://www.sammymobile.com/plugins/forum/forum_viewtopic.php?45510 which I had not seen.
So is there any recent 10 inch Samsung netbook that has an actual 10.1 inch screen as advertised and which respects the 1024 x 600 aspect ratio, or are all now 5 mm too short and distort everything in height?
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