Asus Transformer Prime TF201 with Keyboard Dock Champagne Gold £289.91 @ Currys instore - Birmingham Bullring.
Price is £499 at amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Asus-EeePad-Transformer-Tablet-Keyboard/dp/B006NTUJ0S/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1344451340&sr=8-1
Reduced to £289.91 as clearance.
Got it from Birmingham bullring PC world. I asked and they said still have 3 units left.
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Jump to unread Post a CommentA bit put off by the reported Wifi issues though.
A bit put off by the reported Wifi issues though.
It doesnt need any converting. Just use a decent media player.
And in fairness, you're probably referring to illegally obtained mkv files anyway.
A bit put off by the reported Wifi issues though.
For those reasons at first I wanted to get a TF300. But comparing all three(TF101, TF201, TF300) side by side I still decided to go for the TF201 because the screen is a bit brighter and sharper, but the TF101 and TF300 screens are not bad by any means.
I have checked the wifi and its not too bad plays HD videos from youtube smoothly, Router is in living room and I am in my bedroom next to it. The wifi signal shows one bar though. The newer builds probably improved the wifi issues. I decided to sacrifice built in GPS and use dongle/bluetooth GPS receiver.
Quite a few business's withdrew this model due to the faults.
I stand corrected - Bargain mate well done!
A bit put off by the reported Wifi issues though.
It doesnt need any converting. Just use a decent media player.
And in fairness, you're probably referring to illegally obtained mkv files anyway.
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't, does it have any bearing on what he's complaining about?
You are correct. It is just outside Bullring opposite of HMV pavillions.
A bit put off by the reported Wifi issues though.
It doesnt need any converting. Just use a decent media player.
And in fairness, you're probably referring to illegally obtained mkv files anyway.
Maybe he was, maybe he wasn't, does it have any bearing on what he's complaining about?
Of course it does. What sort of question is that?
Good lord.
@ £289 it is a lot cheaper than the £499 I had paid but still too much for a device that Asus pulled shortly after the official release because of issues
Hurry and claim your free GPS dongle !!!!! Offer runs out on the 31st August 2012
http://event.asus.com/ASUSPad/TF201GPS/
I will be posting the Trans cover I had bought for my prime prior to returning on Sale or trade if anyone is interested
Edited By: goretex on Aug 08, 2012 22:36
A bit put off by the reported Wifi issues though.
It doesnt need any converting. Just use a decent media player.
And in fairness, you're probably referring to illegally obtained mkv files anyway.
Woah, hang on there a second.
Firstly, I've tried many media players. MX, Dice, BS, Arc. I've tried HW decoding, SW decoding and dropping frames. It's nothing to do with the software. Tegra 2 is just very picky about what HD it plays. Check the relevant forums. There's a good preset for Handbrake to convert things but it's just an extra step I'd like to eliminate. I've read that Tegra 3 has a much higher video bandwidth capability and will play most stuff without any need to convert.
Secondly, there are plenty of reasons a person might want to play an HD video that isn't illegal. Might be a film trailer, music video, films or TV released in DRM free video containers, or maybe even work. I'm an animator and most of what we produce is in HD. It's handy to be able to put things on my tablet, so I can review work ready for the next day or show it to somebody out of the office to get an opinion on something. It would be nice to be able to do that without having to run through yet another processing task just so I can get smooth playback. Nothing at all illegal about me doing that, thank you very much.
A bit put off by the reported Wifi issues though.
It doesnt need any converting. Just use a decent media player.
And in fairness, you're probably referring to illegally obtained mkv files anyway.
Woah, hang on there a second.
Firstly, I've tried many media players. MX, Dice, BS, Arc. I've tried HW decoding, SW decoding and dropping frames. It's nothing to do with the software. Tegra 2 is just very picky about what HD it plays. Check the relevant forums. There's a good preset for Handbrake to convert things but it's just an extra step I'd like to eliminate. I've read that Tegra 3 has a much higher video bandwidth capability and will play most stuff without any need to convert.
Secondly, there are plenty of reasons a person might want to play an HD video that isn't illegal. Might be a film trailer, music video, films or TV released in DRM free video containers, or maybe even work. I'm an animator and most of what we produce is in HD. It's handy to be able to put things on my tablet, so I can review work ready for the next day or show it to somebody out of the office to get an opinion on something. It would be nice to be able to do that without having to run through yet another processing task just so I can get smooth playback. Nothing at all illegal about me doing that, thank you very much.
Yeah Tegra 2 does have problems with higher bitrate HD files. I have the xoom and some 720p files smooth as butter while others stuttering all over the place.
like you I cant be asked to convert files. Converting a blu-ray rip is long and tedious!
Will check my local store in Northern Ireland tomorrow. Fingers Crossed!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5BCkBB3epI
and the post date of 1st April does not give the game away !!!
Windows 8 on a Prime :D :D :D :D :D : Don't make me laugh
LOL but it's possible!
The devices running Windows 8 are the Asus Tablet 600 which still habe an NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor but they have 2GB of RAM, Not the 1GB RAM that the Prime has
Edited By: goretex on Aug 08, 2012 23:11