These new 7-and 9-inch tablets are lightweight, but packed with pixels to deliver text, graphics and video with stunning HD clarity so every book, magazine, movie and app looks better than ever before.

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Larger screens appeal to the increasing number of people who use their phones to watch video and play graphics-rich games.

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Consumer demand for more powerful chips could pick up once households have broadband connections to video-and graphics-rich Web sites, which require a lot of processing power.

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The 3rd Gen Intel i7 processor has up to twice the HD Media and 3-D graphics performance and delivers stunning visual experiences from mainstream gaming to HD video editing.

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New handhelds will have chips from Texas Instruments that allow users to view video clips and edit graphics-heavy presentations.

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"Quad-core processors offer much faster performance for graphics-intensive activities such as high-definition video playback and high-end gaming as well as enabling the phone to handle multitasking with less effect on the user experience, " said Daniel Gleeson, a research analyst for IHS Screen Digest.

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And I was surprised to see Nvidia, which makes super-powerful graphics chips for 3D video games, in Traverse City, too.

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In set-tops, text and graphics streams can degrade because they must first travel through coaxial cables designed to carry video.

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