For now, it really is just a novel toy. [...] but mark our words — when Lytro integrates this kind of tech into a larger, more potent shooter: game over.
I’d like to see shoot first, focus later on video, too.
Update: Marco Arment:
It’s hard enough for many of us to justify anything between a smartphone and a DSLR today, but with a high-end compact, you could at least say that the photos are better quality than the phone’s. If the Lytro can’t produce better photos than the phone, it won’t matter that you can refocus them later.
Update 2012.04.18: via Marco Arment. Ben, Camera Curiosities:
If you think of it as a regular camera, it’s a disappointment. If you think of it as an amazing photographic novelty, it’s a blast.
Overall I think the screen fits a niche reasonably well as a standard gamut 27″ IPS display with a matte panel coating. It fits somewhere in between the Dell and Hazro models in terms of functions and features as well so its worth considering if you are looking for a new 27″ monitor.
Update 2012.03.17: Chris Heinonen, AnandTech:
In the end, HP made some sacrifices with the ZR2740w to get to the sub-$700 price point, but they didn’t really sacrifice performance in the process. Short on inputs and features but long on performance, the HP ZR2740w LCD hits a new price point for high resolution 27” displays and hopefully signals the beginning of a shift in pricing for these monitors. If all you really want is a good display for your PC and you don’t need to hook up multiple devices, the ZR2740w is an excellent choice. For such users we recommend it with very few reservations and present HP with our Bronze Editors’ Choice award.
HP focused all of its attention on the display itself, and on not much else, to bring to market a solid 27-inch 2560×1440 IPS LCD monitor for less than US$700. Just bear in mind the HP ZR2740w is not for color professionals.
Nest is a thermostat with Apple DNA developed by Tony Fadell. Potentially cut 20% to 30% of your US$1000 annual energy bill. Priced at $249, and get your money back in savings in one year. Looks good, too.
Update: via Ben Brooks. Marco Arment:
The problem arises when the Nest needs to charge itself and neither the heat nor air conditioning has turned on in a while, like on a mild day. Without a C circuit to take power from, it can only charge itself from running the system.
So it pulses the R-W heat circuit in short bursts to get power.
Brooks:
This isn’t likely something that will directly cause a problem, but it is putting unneeded wear and strain on your heating system — no way I would allow this.
If you have a boiler that reacts instantly, like the one Arment has, these short bursts can also be annoying. I would suggest Nest take a look at solar-powered Casio watches for Nest version two.
Update 2: Nest teardown. I think the LCD is a square; the cover glass makes it look circular.
Motorola: 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced with 960×540. Yet another Super AMOLED variety. Likely a RGBW or RGBG PenTile Matrix sub-pixel structure. Motorola focuses on video playback, and rightly so. Compared to the iPhone 4/4S it has a larger display but less pixels. And about that 7.1-mm thinness: How thick is the fat part?
Update: Brian Klug, AnandTech:
The thing that gets left out of most discussions about the RAZR’s display is that although RGBG is used, the subpixels have a different geometry than their RGBG first and second generation (AMOLED and Super AMOLED) partners from Samsung. Previously, green subpixels were noticeably thinner than their R and B partners. In this new matrix, they’re much closer to being same size (this also applies to the Galaxy Nexus and any of the new Samsung AMOLED panels that don’t use RGB stripes).
With respect to the RAZR, the combination of this more uniform subpixel geometry and higher effective resolution (qHD) at 4.3” makes RGBG PenTile nowhere near as visually noticeable as it was on phones like Galaxy S. I originally tweeted that I found the RAZR display visually different than other AMOLED panels with RGBG, and this is what I was referring to. Subjectively I’d even say that the RAZR has less characteristic PenTile grain than the RGBW LCD variants I’ve seen recently.
PenTile Matrix, but with less of the disadvantages. Color accuracy is still an issue, time will tell whether it will be less of one.
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