Hewlett-Packard's top CES 2013 product announcement is about a display. That's right: Not a laptop, not a tablet, but a relatively pedestrian PC display. 7 Inch Wireless Video Door Phone Intercom Sytem 1 Cameras+ 3 Monitors.Now, perhaps, we can see why the company didn't rent any booth space in Las Vegas this year.That HP considers its new Envy 27-inch IPS Monitor with Beats Audio (shown above) its marquee product for CES is likely a sign of the ongoing turmoil and uninspired product mix at the Palo Alto, California, tech giant.
The company also is announcing several new, low-cost laptops, portable media storage, and a streaming device called the HP Pocket Playlist. HP's CES announcements seem like an odd mix for color video door phone,video door phone suppliers that desperately needs to position itself as an innovator in the PC space. Once you get beneath the admittedly elegant appearance, the monitors are all pretty standard fare.HP isn't pushing resolution or pricing, although the broad support for better LCD panel technologies beyond TN LCD is welcome.
The new laptops don't break new ground, either, other than price; although they are thinner and lighter than past low-end consumer laptops from HP.The $499, 27-inch Envy IPS Monitor is super-thin, which adhers to the overall Envy aesthetic, but the resolution is a pretty stock 1920 pixels by 1080 pixels (FullHD.) Users expecting a touch display from HP to better support Windows 8 will be disappointed; the Envy 27-inch display and other HP monitors that will be shown at CES lack multitouch support.
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