The meaning of low res is subjective of course. But it is 2012, and there's a class of similar products to compare one to another. Being as the ipad mini, has the lowest resolution of these, it is low res. And this article was an accusation that Amazon was lying. They were not. That's all there is to it.So, now I've accused Amazon of something?
You really are all over the place with your posts, aren't you?
technically Amazon might be right. Kindle HD has dual speakers for each channel, while ipad mini has one (mono) speaker for each channel.
They are comparing models that are roughly equivalent.
wifi with wifi, cellular with cellular
If they compared a wifi to a cellular model or vice versa you'd get people whining about it be deceptive and not a fair comparison.
Not at all. HD simply refers to the number of pixels in a screen of any size. The screens that are called HD should look equally as sharp because they will be viewed at different (appropriate for the device in question) distances.
If you run someone over by mistake does that mean you should get off completely free? Point is, this mistake could hinder sales for Apple (not that I care) but if I was a shareholder or worked at Apple I would sure as hell want my product to be advertised as is. Not making it sound worse for the sake of other corporations sales.false advertising and a mistake are two different things. Apple did do false adverting and lied.
Amazon on the other hand made an honest mistake and I can easily see way because of how close together the speakers on not like you can hear any stereo sound out of them.
And this article was an accusation that Amazon was lying. They were not. That's all there is to it.
Apple makes X% profit and Y% profit from the app store, sounds like apple wants to "have its cake and eat it too"
If Apple's online app store is just peanuts, why does EA (the video game company that loves to nickle and dime its customers with online passes and season passes) want to get in the online app/game store business?
Intensional. Apple 1, Amazon Advertising -1.
That's false advertising, Amazon!.....
What's the point with stereo speakers, if they are placed like on the iPad mini?
Presumably the major reason for stereo sound would be movies and games - and all movies are in landscape mode - where both speakers would be pointing out the same direction. Most games are also landscape mode.
At least the Kindle Fire HD does have proper stereo placed speakers when in landscape mode - left/right.
Even if it has 2 speakers it does not mean it's stereo.
Stereo and dual mono are 2 very different things.
Even if it had 20 speakers all over the place, it would still probably be mono.
Stereo is the ability to play one thing on one speaker, and another on the other speaker.
I was specifically talking about the screen, not about the speakers. But with respect to the speakers, when you compare the fire's speaker configuration to the mini, one is obviously stereo, the other is just barely technically stereo. Enjoy poking at Amazon for only barely be inaccurate.Right, so iPad mini does have mono speakers then and not sterio? As Amazon is claiming. Not that it matters much to me.
I guess facts can't penetrate the bubble you're living in.Nobody's playing with definitions, but you. 720p is, and always has been, HD according to anything even remotely approaching an actual standard.
In fact, it's the best HD picture quality you'll get over the air, because the OTA signal can't accommodate the 1080p data rates.
Exactly.Actually, it falls under EDTV, it is not HD or SD. Which is a middle classification that has seldom been seen by the non-AV-nerd crowd. But that's only for TV, most things done on a tablet are not TV, afaik. So that is called XGA, as it is mainly a computer resolution.
Enhanced Definition.
False. The ATSC is a bunch of pushovers just like the ITU, they've caved to big business and now both "standards" are anything but standards. Who's drinking the corporate kool-aid now?The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) devised and governs the standards for what is and what is not High-Definition in the digital distribution world (the ATSC superceded the NTSC which governed regular analog TV for more than 50 years). There are 18 standards for digital television, and per the ATSC 720 progressive is most definitely HD. Anyone who thinks that only 1080p is HD is actually the one who's been won over by "corporations'" marketing.
720p 24/30/60fps, 1080i 30fps, 1080p 24/30/60 fps are all HD.