Computers and Electronics: BenQ Joybook S73

Experience something new with the S73 series Joybook. This next generation Joybook raises the visual, aural, and tactile enjoyment of using a notebook to new heights.

Visual

Digital TV—a new sensation
The all-new Joybook S73 series widescreen 14.1" notebook incorporates a built-in digital TV (DVB-T) module*, enabling you to watch television programs wherever you go. And the UltraVivid display with its enhanced brightness gives you a deluxe viewing experience.

To watch television on your Joybook S73 series, follow these simple steps: (1) Attach the miniature digital antenna; (2) start up the QMediaCenter multimedia playback software; (3) select the TV function. That's it. The Joybook will immediately scan for and play back TV programs, while also giving you a complete range of advanced TV features such as prescheduled and time-shifted recording—all accessible via a business card-sized remote control. The Joybook S73 is truly the ultimate in anytime, anywhere TV entertainment.

Premium viewing experience
Incorporating an ultra-bright glare display developed using BenQ's exclusive UltraVivid* technology, the Joybook S73 series takes advantage of DBEFTM (Display Brilliance Enhancement Film) to raise brightness to 200 nits. In addition, a low-reflectivity coating aggregates emitted light to further enhance brightness, while ensuring saturated color and crisp, accurate details in the screen image.

True-to-life visual quality
The Joybook S73 series not only offers premium video performance, but its built-in DVI-D digital output interface means you can attach compatible devices such as DVD players or projectors to enjoy pristine video on an external display.

ATI® MOBILITY™ X1600
The Joybook S73 series comes with the phenomenal ATI® Mobility™ X1600 graphics chip and 256MB VRAM*. The result is outstanding video performance, even with complex 3D rendering, for spectacular gaming, ultra-smooth DVD playback, and snappy photo browsing.

Audio
Ideal audio
With the speakers positioned just under the screen, video and audio originate from the same area, giving you a more realistic, immersive viewing experience. And with an integrated microphone along the front edge of the keyboard, it is positioned close to you so you can speak at a natural volume and still communicate clearly—whether making a Skype VoIP phone call or recording voice memos.

An advance in comfort
Full-sized Ergonomic keys
The Joybook S73 series is designed without sacrificing its usability as a productivity tool. BenQ is committed to creating a keyboard that uniquely suits each Joybook model, and the Joybook S73 series is no exception. It is equipped with a full-sized keyboard, with key pitch that has actually been enlarged to 19.05mm in width (bigger than those on a standard desktop keyboard). And to ensure the most comfortable typing, BenQ has specially adjusted the "touch" of the keys. Moreover, the forward edge of each key has been contoured so that your fingers can move more smoothly around the keyboard, resulting in less fatigue. The entire design, in fact, exemplifies BenQ's careful consideration of ergonomic principles.

Elevated screen hinge
The BenQ Joybook S73 series utilizes an elevated screen hinge to raise the position of the screen, giving the user the best possible viewing angle—yet another example of BenQ's attentiveness to user comfort.

Zero-gap touch pad
Designed without a ridged edge, the BenQ Joybook S73's touch pad lets your fingers glide on and off it smoothly and in the ultimate comfort.

Outstanding quality

Intel® Centrino™ Duo Mobile Technology
The Joybook S73 series comes with the Intel® Centrino Duo Mobile Technology, which combines an Intel® Core™ Duo processor, Mobile Intel® 945PM chipset, and 667MHz FSB that enable you to run multiple applications and perform multiple tasks—whether manipulating images, downloading files, or anything else—without affecting the overall performance, so you can be at your most productive.

Rigorous testing standards
Adhering to BenQ's decication to quality, the Joybook S73 series is subjected to a pressure test that ensures that it can withstand 50 kilograms, exceeding the industry standard of 30 kilograms. In addition, the Joybook S73's LCD is also subjected to a battery of 25 tests—including a scratch resistance test, pressure test, hinge test, compatibility test, high and low-temperature tests, drop test, vibration test, audio muting test, and EM emissions test—to ensure its quality. Even the keyboard is thoroughly tested, passing a series of more than 20 tests designed to check that it can withstand 8 million keystrokes.

Superior ventilation system
Retaining the sophisticated frontal air-intake ventilation cooling system of the Joybook 7000 series, which brings in air from the front of the unit and then vents it out the sides, the Joybook S73 series provides effective cooling of major heat-producing chips inside. The result is reduced overall system temperatures despite the highly compact form factor, thus ensuring stability.