MacNN | Gemstone+Blue News http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us Gemstone+Blue, Latest News, Headlines, Stories; http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ Samsung making 15.6-inch extra-wide LCDs http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/04/samsung.156.inch.lcds/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/samsung15inchled.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Samsung will be the latest company to start making new, 16:9 aspect ratio LCDs for notebooks, reports from alleged display industry insiders claim. The company has previously kept to producing the 15.4-inch, 16:10 screens found in most notebooks today but is now said to be starting production on wider 15.6-inch screens that are often cited as better for movie viewing and side-by-side documents. ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/06/04/samsung.156.inch.lcds/ Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:30:00 GMT Ultra-wide notebooks at Dell, Apple, more? http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/22/16.9.wide.notebooks.common/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/aceraspire6920.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Notebooks with a 16:9 movie aspect ratio will be introduced by several major PC makers this year and should become increasingly common by the end of the year in smaller systems, says a report detailing their reported expansion. Although Acer is currently the only PC maker selling notebooks in the ultra-wide format with its large Gemstone Blue 16- and 18.4-inch notebooks, both Acer and several oth... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/22/16.9.wide.notebooks.common/ Thu, 22 May 2008 12:20:00 GMT Acer ships Gemstone Blue 16:9-ratio notebooks http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/15/acer.ships.gemstone.blue/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0803/aceraspire6920.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Acer on Thursday morning said it has started shipping its Gemstone Blue notebooks first announced in March. The systems are Acer's first real visual overhaul of its notebooks since the original Gemstone a year ago but draw the most attention for their unique displays: both the 16-inch Aspire 6920 and the 18.4-inch Aspire 8920 use a 16:9 wide aspect ratio that lets them display 1080p content witho... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/15/acer.ships.gemstone.blue/ Thu, 15 May 2008 15:10:00 GMT