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I must admit,im sucked into the 3D Culture...Nothing beats having the option to play games or movies in 3D if available...
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Likes this.
I agree, I thought 3D was going to be a gimmick, and even gave my brother crap for buying a 3d Samsung LED, but man, now I want one too!!!
If I had the extra money. I would do the same :/ Been trying to figure a way to do it. Lol.
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If I had the extra money. I would do the same :/ Been trying to figure a way to do it. Lol.
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Vizio has some budget prices man for 3D...I never had anything bad to say about Vizio..And this was the best $600 spent for 42" 3D..Im sure there is better out there but this will do just fine
BrianBaker said:
I must admit,im sucked into the 3D Culture...Nothing beats having the option to play games or movies in 3D if available...
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Who Could Have Guessed: 3D Hurts Your Eyes
After experimenting on 24 adults, a research team at the University of California, Berkeley has determined that viewing content on a stereo 3D display hurts your eyes and your brain. The scientific term is “vergence-accomodation,” which means that the eye must constantly adjust to both the distance of the physical screen and that of the 3D content. This can supposedly cause visual discomfort, fatigue, and headaches, which I had thought were just a part of life but apparently there’s a scapegoat: 3D technology.
In his Journal of Vision article, The Zone of Comfort: Predicting Visual Discomfort with Stereo Displays, author Martin S. Banks (also professor of optometry and vision science) writes, “When watching stereo 3D displays, the eyes must focus — that is, accommodate — to the distance of the screen because that’s where the light comes from. At the same time, the eyes must converge to the distance of the stereo content, which may be in front of or behind the screen.”
According to the article, 3D content viewed over a short distance (like with desktops and smartphones) is more visually uncomfortable when the stereo content is placed in front of the screen. In a movie theater, it’s the opposite: Stereo content that is placed behind the screen causes more discomfort than scenes that jump out at you.
With the explosion of 3D-capable gadgetry such as televisions and mobile phones, understanding just what this kind of technology is doing to our bodies may help us better use it in the future. The only problem is that technology tends to far outpace research, and until we get a better handle on its effects, we’re more or less walking blindly into a 3D world.
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BrianBaker said:
I must admit,im sucked into the 3D Culture...Nothing beats having the option to play games or movies in 3D if available...
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The thing that sucks is,......I JUST BOUGHT A 55" not 3D. Now I want to get a 3D TV.
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If I had the extra money. I would do the same :/ Been trying to figure a way to do it. Lol.
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My thoughts exactly...I'm jealous, lol
Saw captain america in 3D...my phone got me started...so now all i want is tha 3-deeez! Lmfao
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The thing that sucks is,......I JUST BOUGHT A 55" not 3D. Now I want to get a 3D TV.
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Same here...just got a 46" aquos quatron thinkin screw 3d ..wish i had the ability now..would be pretty cool
I'm in a situation of not knowing what to get. I have a 47" in the living room and i want to put it in the bedroom. I want a 60" but I'll settle for 55". I saw a 73" dlp 3d TV for only 999usd. But I want a LCD to mount and not take up precious floor space.
Any thoughts, suggestions.
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Vizio has some budget prices man for 3D...I never had anything bad to say about Vizio..And this was the best $600 spent for 42" 3D..Im sure there is better out there but this will do just fine
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Supposedly Vizio has stepped up with their latest 3D TV's. Check reviews on Amazon....Tons of people praise them. My friend just bought the 47" 480hz model for $899 with 2 free shutter glasses @ Costco. He hasn't even checked out the 3D but keeps raving about the PQ of the 2D. He said he wouldn't even care if his TV didn't have 3D. Needless to say, I'm now looking @ the 55" myself($1,499). I've always been a Samsung guy when it comes to TV's but Vizio may change my outlook. I'm going to check them out myself this weekend. If not, I have a PC Richards hook up lol
Make sure you guys read up on the difference between "Full Array" and "EdgeLit" LED, then decide what's best for you
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I'm in a situation of not knowing what to get. I have a 47" in the living room and i want to put it in the bedroom. I want a 60" but I'll settle for 55". I saw a 73" dlp 3d TV for only 999usd. But I want a LCD to mount and not take up precious floor space.
Any thoughts, suggestions.
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I have a 50" panasonic plasma 3d THX cert. and the picture is stunning and I'm pretty sure it was voted best picture blah blah blah. All I can say is DO NOT buy the DLP. From my experience and research its a cheap technology developed for tube televisions to keep up with flat panels that over time won't hold up as well as plasma and lcd. Plus everyone that I have spoke to has had their dlp television bulbs fail after 1.5 yrs. Ohh by the way 3d gaming is soooo fun and 3d movies are great too.
i moved my 42" Panasonic plasma to my room and bought a 55" Samsung 3D and it is incredible only wish i had gone bigger. this drove my evo 3d purchase.
Yeah I've read the same thing about the DLPs. They also make your place look kinda old.
I can afford a LCD now, but if I wait until the holidays I could get 3d for a nice price.
Football is getting ready to start, and I love me some Xbox. Decisions.
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Vizio has some budget prices man for 3D...I never had anything bad to say about Vizio..And this was the best $600 spent for 42" 3D..Im sure there is better out there but this will do just fine
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Thank you. I currently have a 55" Toshiba Regza that I love. Got it 2 years ago. If I could get a good sell for that one I'd be able to. I need to start researching more I guess. I know my kids would love it. I paid $1800 for the one I have now. (Income tax. One of the perks of having said 3 kids, lol)
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@JayHarper I came from the Toshiba Regza as well(3 years old). Loved my Toshiba but it was time for an upgrade and with having the Evo and building my 3D collection it was time to get a device that could show the content i've been making to all my friends at once and not have to pass around my phone to 20 different people at a time..Loaded up on 10 pairs of 3D glasses and everyone can sit back and enjoy at once..
Playing Black Ops in 3D on my Xbox 360 was a shocker to me as well..Maybe I can dust off my PS3 too and enjoy what they have to offer.
Sent from that Evo3D thingy........I need an Aspirin!
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Same here...just got a 46" aquos quatron thinkin screw 3d ..wish i had the ability now..would be pretty cool
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while it may not be 3d you have one kick ass tv i love the aquos quatron lol if i was going to get a 3d id probally go with the panasonic the other guys have mentioned however sony has a nice 3d one as well
I have a Samsung 55 led 3d tv nd I just bought the tmo mhl adapter today I was watching avatar from my 3vophone show up clear nd 3d look like a 3d blue ray..love the shooter.
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3d is ok from time to time but if I watch a 3d movie or tv it makes me need to vomit, and I'll have a headache for hours.
I really like the pen input aspect, but it seems like for it to be useful you have to flash to HC (which doesn't look easy at all). I'm coming from a Nook Color and while I love it, there are a few things it can't quite do and in light of my wife needing a replacement for her broken original Nook, I'm looking at 7" tablets and giving her the NC.
I've tried a capacitive stylus on the Nook and it doesn't work very well, but from what I've seen of the digital stylus on the flyer it looks like exactly what I wanted. My question is can it be enabled for all applications in gingerbread or do you have to flash to the beta HC for it to work in all apps? How difficult is this to do? I'm mostly interested in sketchbook, Evernote, AndCAD and AutocadWS.
Also, how well does it do with HD video? I have a bunch of recorded TV on my computer (captured through media center and an HD tv card) and the NC is not nearly powerful enough to play them without re-encoding. I'm not worried about image quality (the re-encoded videos look great once run through the two separate encodes required to get them working natively on the NC), but I don't want to re-encode as it's a PITA due to the media format media center uses - I just want to stream them via DLNA. I figured the 1.5ghz processor in the flyer might be the only tablet that could do it as I don't think a dual core would help too much.
Looking at picking up the flyer and stylus at BB tonight, seems to be worth the extra $90 vs. the Lenovo A1 if the stylus can be made to work in the above mentioned apps.
For watching video, you might check out the Archos line of tablets.
www.archos.com
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This company has always focused on the media aspects their devices. There isn't the pen support like on the Flyer, so you will have to use a capacitive stylus.
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For watching video, you might check out the Archos line of tablets.
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This company has always focused on the media aspects their devices. There isn't the pen support like on the Flyer, so you will have to use a capacitive stylus.
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Thanks, I've gone down the capacitive route and it doesn't meet my needs. Are the archos tablets able to handle high def videos better or just better setup for media play interface wise? I don't care much about the interface or anything, just whether it has the power to play HD video or not.
They play hi-def and have a wide range of codec support. Check out the forum at www.archosfans.com for more discussion of this.
Tech specs here: http://www.archos.com/products/gen9/archos_80g9/specs.html?country=us&lang=en
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They play hi-def and have a wide range of codec support. Check out the forum at www.archosfans.com for more discussion of this.
Tech specs here: http://www.archos.com/products/gen9/archos_80g9/specs.html?country=us&lang=en
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The Archos 70 doesn't appear competitive with the flyer. I don't really want a larger tablet...
I tested a 720p anime that i downloaded onto the flyer and it seemed to play okay in rockplayer
I bought the HTC Flyer today and I love it! I sold my Viewsonic G Tablet and with the money I got from that, I went to Best Buy at lunch and picked it up.
I really like the size of this, and the speed is fantastic. This really is a well built and great is a super tablet.
I am really glad that I got this tablet.
The Flyer rocks. Like Butterflygirl, I tested 720p MKV files and they play great on the Flyer, but choke on my Droid 3 and Thrive.
IMO, the Flyer is the best tablet in the market, when considering the total of quality, function, performance and price.
I bought a case and 32gb micro sd for $56 delivered. The case is great for $15 and has two stand positions.
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The Flyer rocks. Like Butterflygirl, I tested 720p MKV files and they play great on the Flyer, but choke on my Droid 3 and Thrive.
IMO, the Flyer is the best tablet in the market, when considering the total of quality, function, performance and price.
I bought a case and 32gb micro sd for $56 delivered. The case is great for $15 and has two stand positions.
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Where did you buy the 32gb micro sd card?
I came to a flyer from a rooted nook color. So far (after about a week) I love it. Definite upgrade. I just got the stylus today and it is literally night and day from the capacitative stylus I tried on nook color.
Edit: forgot to add... I tried a 1080p mkv x264 blu ray rip and it didn't play. I haven't tried any other video files, but net flix works
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Where did you buy the 32gb micro sd card?
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I bought both the card and case from Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003WGJYCY
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005D7FEAQ
The case is fantastic, BTW.
Im using the Flyer with Gingerbread. The pen is good for taking notes in MSWord, annotations in pdf. No problem so far. Im looking forward to getting HC. The Flyer will be a "killer" then.
I'll be getting a flyer this week as well. My primary concerns are battery life and viewing the screen outdoors. What's the battery life consensus on this bad boy?
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I can't comment too much on the battery life, as I have only had it for 2 days, but from what I've experienced with it, its really nice. If you do wifi occasionally, and some videos here and there, but use it mostly for reading books/pdfs (as I do), I estimate that it can last around 3 days with a single charge.
As for the screen, when reading something outside on a sunny day with 0 clouds, I can read off of the screen as long as the sun isn't directly reflecting off of it. It's really nice.
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I can't comment too much on the battery life, as I have only had it for 2 days, but from what I've experienced with it, its really nice. If you do wifi occasionally, and some videos here and there, but use it mostly for reading books/pdfs (as I do), I estimate that it can last around 3 days with a single charge.
As for the screen, when reading something outside on a sunny day with 0 clouds, I can read off of the screen as long as the sun isn't directly reflecting off of it. It's really nice.
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Thanks, I'm going to try to get to Best Buy again tomorrow. I'm usually not a fan on sense but when I played with it on the Flyer it was really nice. Can't wait to get my hands on this badboy.
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You will not be disappointed. And I bet you might be surprised how damn good the flyer is.
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You will not be disappointed. And I bet you might be surprised how damn good the flyer is.
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Talked two persons looking at tablets yesterday while unwashed visiting Best Buy - Received numerous messages from both thanking me in the last 24 hours.
I actually bought mine before launch and am happy even with their lowering the price - It is a real deal now!
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woodiah said:
Talked two persons looking at tablets yesterday while unwashed visiting Best Buy - Received numerous messages from both thanking me in the last 24 hours.
I actually bought mine before launch and am happy even with their lowering the price - It is a real deal now!
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Its a really device. I frankly was surprised. Heads down better then my transformer and nook. If they improve honeycomb..I will put it on instead of keeping rooted stock.
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Its a really device. I frankly was surprised. Heads down better then my transformer and nook. If they improve honeycomb..I will put it on instead of keeping rooted stock.
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How is it better than the nook? I have my nook rooted and it works really well, I just really want the pen integration and would like to be able to play recorded tv without transcoding. How does the screen of the flyer compare to the nook?
I'm looking at going to HC right off the bat due to being able to use the pen in all apps, how difficult is this?
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I'm looking at going to HC right off the bat due to being able to use the pen in all apps, how difficult is this?
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it's as difficult as the user is inexperienced using adb & fastboot to dig out from almost guaranteed mishaps. believe the health warnings. i like running HC on my flyer but it is buggy compared to GB and the development is stagnate pending an official HTC HC-Sense release still unannounced.
Hello guys,
Had the Prime for a month or so and I do really like it. But i've got a few questions that would improve my experience. Sorry to be a n00b.
Firstly, is there any good services where I can stream music and movies to the Prime? I don't mind within reason any subscriptions etc
Secondly, Splashtop is meant to be good for gaming over LAN. But most games i've tried don't work at all. I've tried games like Minecraft but the camera just spins around in circles. I thought i'd try C&C but with no right click it just doesn't seem possible. Can anyone recommend and games that work well over Splashtop?
Finally, are there any good 3D games for the Prime? I've got the usual ones, GTAIII, Riptide, Gunslinger etc
Thanks everyone
my two cents
as for videos, i've got netflix and love it, even got rid of my cable provider and use an appletv with netflix and save a pile of cash a month.
try slacker radio for music.
3d games... Pocket Legends or Star Legends? not the BEST for 3d but they're mmo's and fun
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as for videos, i've got netflix and love it, even got rid of my cable provider and use an appletv with netflix and save a pile of cash a month.
try slacker radio for music.
3d games... Pocket Legends or Star Legends? not the BEST for 3d but they're mmo's and fun
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Thanks, i've subscribed to Netflix but refuses to let me login on the tablet :S
I've downloaded Pocket Legends, not tried it yet but heard its a lot of fun, also downloaded Soulcraft which looks good.
I'll try Slacker Radio, thank you
geon106 said:
Thanks, i've subscribed to Netflix but refuses to let me login on the tablet :S
I've downloaded Pocket Legends, not tried it yet but heard its a lot of fun, also downloaded Soulcraft which looks good.
I'll try Slacker Radio, thank you
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anytime, i'm always happy to help. i'll keep my eyes posted for anything new that falls into these categories and throw them into this thread as i see them or hear of them. best of luck w the pad... as for pocket legends, those bums got a good load of real money off of me from the game's launch until january of 2011 then i had to quit, it was killing me and my bankroll for doodads like the prime. so amazing how quickly you can spend cash when saying... ooh i can pay $2 and make my guy fart on people any time i want?
but stuff like that makes me smile, so i really dont mind until the bill comes in lol
Well, I've tried Spotify but didn't really like the overall audio quality. Depending on the kind of music you like I can heartly recommend di.fm (Digitally Imported), but the only play electronic music. Both services have paid and free options, I've used the premium for both. I've ditched Spotify, still use di.fm.
I'm not really into games, sorry... so can't really comment you on this. Both streaming and native... :-(
WOW
Really is all I can say if it only had surround sound then I would give it a 10 out of 10 but I will have to give it a 9.8. I used Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate to convert the Dark night and boy for 720p video its killer to be able to stream from my phone this quality. WOW But i used the One X profile and it out put 1280x720 i am sure i could get full hd later on but for a simple convert it it kills all other programs for the Evo Lte.
I really think its a great tool that if you used it the right way you could do about any thing. Yes its a little laggy but not by much when playing video it really does not see any of the lag at all. I really can not say more then WOW.
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WOW
Really is all I can say if it only had surround sound then I would give it a 10 out of 10 but I will have to give it a 9.8. I used Pavtube Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate to convert the Dark night and boy for 720p video its killer to be able to stream from my phone this quality. WOW But i used the One X profile and it out put 1280x720 i am sure i could get full hd later on but for a simple convert it it kills all other programs for the Evo Lte.
I really think its a great tool that if you used it the right way you could do about any thing. Yes its a little laggy but not by much when playing video it really does not see any of the lag at all. I really can not say more then WOW.
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How are you connected to it? I don't have Wifi at home and was hoping I could use the HD LINK and my phones internet at the same time, But I get all kinds of errors, that make the Media Link useless.
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How are you connected to it? I don't have Wifi at home and was hoping I could use the HD LINK and my phones internet at the same time, But I get all kinds of errors, that make the Media Link useless.
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PM me and I'll buy it from you.
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PM me and I'll buy it from you.
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I might take you up on that, Depending on what HTC support says.
so far I love it also!
I'd love to be able to do other tasks (send sms, look up reviews on the imdb app and so forth) while watching the movie on TV. just like that demo I saw on YT of the One X over the MediaLikn HD
for a quick minute one time I was able to do this. stranegly enough I cannot not duplicate it...
anyhow, I did play a movie oncoded to 720p, 1500kbs, mp4 and it played nicely.
I'll try a better quality encode next time.
but, yh, love this thing! can't beat the no cables covenience
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so far I love it also!
I'd love to be able to do other tasks (send sms, look up reviews on the imdb app and so forth) while watching the movie on TV. just like that demo I saw on YT of the One X over the MediaLikn HD
for a quick minute one time I was able to do this. stranegly enough I cannot not duplicate it...
anyhow, I did play a movie oncoded to 720p, 1500kbs, mp4 and it played nicely.
I'll try a better quality encode next time.
but, yh, love this thing! can't beat the no cables covenience
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Most tasks, if you want them to stay on the tv, you have to three finger swipe up when on that screen, like the music app.
Tapatalked from my shiny new HTC Evo LTE
I love the media link, I have downloaded tv shows and it streams great, I use it with all kinds of players.
The only bug is that to get 3g and media link to work you have to edit ur build.prop to enable tether
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I wish these weren't so pricey. $60 is my price point...
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I just picked mine up today. It's okay...but I think I'm going to return it. $90 is a bit steep price wise and it lags a little too much for me. Plus Netflix plays on both the phone and the TV through this not just the TV so you have to leave your phone's screen on, which I dislike.
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I just picked mine up today. It's okay...but I think I'm going to return it. $90 is a bit steep price wise and it lags a little too much for me. Plus Netflix plays on both the phone and the TV through this not just the TV so you have to leave your phone's screen on, which I dislike.
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Im sure someone will create a MOD for this.
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I have been away form the android development for a while now as it didnt have the ability to view movies in it nor was there a tv-out. I was wondering if any of the more recent builds have addressed this? I am having a heck of a time finding it via thread search.
Nope, I don't think anyone got TV out working. There were always bigger fish to fry, and with the userbase not really clamoring for it... No dev ever worked on it.
All our code is open source, so anyone can pickup where we left off. I'd say the project is pretty much done tho.
Wait, the Rhodium has TV-Out hardware? I didn't even know it could do that in WinMo! That's... actually kinda cool, although with as dinky as its CPU is I'm not sure just how useful it would be anyway -- who wants to play a 240p YouTube video on a big TV?
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Wait, the Rhodium has TV-Out hardware? I didn't even know it could do that in WinMo! That's... actually kinda cool, although with as dinky as its CPU is I'm not sure just how useful it would be anyway -- who wants to play a 240p YouTube video on a big TV?
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It requires an additional dongle, which should have been provided if you got the phone brand new.
I've never used it - I can't imagine videos are a pleasant thing. Perhaps a presentation or pic slideshow would be cool tho.
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It requires an additional dongle, which should have been provided if you got the phone brand new.
I've never used it - I can't imagine videos are a pleasant thing. Perhaps a presentation or pic slideshow would be cool tho.
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I have used it and it is actually quite awesome! I have watched full size divx movies using TCPMP/Core both at home on 46" HD (just to test it) and at various hotels/resorts (cause I always have some new movies ready anytime I fly) and the quality is perfect! To my eye the rhods screen and the attached monitor are pixel for pixel identical. HQ youtube looks fantastic, the same as my HTPC playing youtube in 480p. Haven't tried powerpoint yet but the picture slideshow is kinda cool too.
This is just another reason that I love haret/SD builds from XDAndroid. This is a function that I do not use 99% of the time but it IS there when I need it. That and offline GPS are the 2 big ones that keep me attached to WM (and my BT ODBII scanner I guess, but I have a feeling I COULD get this rockin' in android...if I wanted to put in the time )
EDIT: LOL. ODBII = OBDII... Every damn time!! I blame Old Dirty Bastard
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I have used it and it is actually quite awesome! I have watched full size divx movies using TCPMP/Core both at home on 46" HD (just to test it) and at various hotels/resorts (cause I always have some new movies ready anytime I fly) and the quality is perfect! To my eye the rhods screen and the attached monitor are pixel for pixel identical. HQ youtube looks fantastic, the same as my HTPC playing youtube in 480p. Haven't tried powerpoint yet but the picture slideshow is kinda cool too.
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Pixel for pixel, gawd I hope not. 480x800 on an HD screen would probably look AWFUL.
Does it at least put it in a respectable aspect ratio...?
Really surprised anyone actually uses this, haha. I guess some dev can still pick it up? Has anyone even tried the TV Out in Android? Seriously doubt it works, just curious.
lol, yeah it outputs in VGA only. So you have to set your monitor either to have black bars on the sides or zoom(which is perfect for widescreen movies). I watch all my movies at home streaming using the divx web player so I am used to 480p on my HDTV(they may be a little smoother looking on the HTPC since its outputting 720p). These movies look pretty good to me(tho HD mkv changes everything). And free increases the resolution ten fold!!
Anyway, back on topic... I have never tried in GBX because I do not use an official cable for TV-Out and because of this I have to "trick" WM by changing the registry so that it will recognize my cable as a TV-Out and not just a headset as it senses automatically. It actually has to change the function of the pins of the mini usb and thus the headphone jack of the multifunction dongle. The sheer hackiness of the solution in WM tells me that there is no way in hell that it will work for me in android with my current hardware.
And, to be honest I don't really want it in android. Lets face it, without external power you could probably watch like one TV episode before the battery crapped out(okay, a bit of an exaggeration, I know, but you know what I mean).
EDIT: Even more off topic but I can't resist. I have ordered a usb OTG cable from hong kong for a buck and once I get it my next experiment will be trying to play a movie using TV-Out, off of an external hard drive, hopefully while on external power.
As long as there are still new things to try on my rhod I can put off getting a new phone... but I am running out fast!
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And, to be honest I don't really want it in android. Lets face it, without external power you could probably watch like one TV episode before the battery crapped out(okay, a bit of an exaggeration, I know, but you know what I mean).
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Either you haven't tried OMGB, or you're just not aware...
But that build gets as good if not better battery life than WinMo. Thanks to ACL's amazing work reversing the batt driver for WinMo...
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Either you haven't tried OMGB, or you're just not aware...
But that build gets as good if not better battery life than WinMo. Thanks to ACL's amazing work reversing the batt driver for WinMo...
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As good as winmo eh (or even better no less)... That would be something...
Yes I am aware of it, but you are right, I haven't tried it yet. I do see a lot of good things about the battery life, but I am still too fond of WM to call it quits... i know, i know, probably time to "embrace change"!
I actually get great battery life from you guys GBX (I have hacked the crap out of it). I go easily all day and night doing everything and more than in WM. I love them both!
I actually have never tried to watch divx (or anything else for that matter) on android. Have you arrrghhh?[EDIT: or anyone else?] Any experience with watching local video files on the rhodium running any build? Do you need any app?
I am curious now?
MDavisiw said:
I have been away form the android development for a while now as it didnt have the ability to view movies in it nor was there a tv-out. I was wondering if any of the more recent builds have addressed this? I am having a heck of a time finding it via thread search.
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I can now answer half of your question: You definitely have the ability to watch movies on the rhod running android.
I have just installed MX player from the market and am about 20 mins into a 700mb divx movie on GBX0C with kernel 3.4. So far it is playing very well (much better than I expected, especially with no OC!).
MX installed no prob, then when I started it up it said something like "no codec installed. Install from market?" clicked yes, market comes up with Codec for MX Player (armv6), install that then play movie on card. Great!
Caldair said:
I can now answer half of your question: You definitely have the ability to watch movies on the rhod running android.
I have just installed MX player from the market and am about 20 mins into a 700mb divx movie on GBX0C with kernel 3.4. So far it is playing very well (much better than I expected, especially with no OC!).
MX installed no prob, then when I started it up it said something like "no codec installed. Install from market?" clicked yes, market comes up with Codec for MX Player (armv6), install that then play movie on card. Great!
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i can tell you that OMGB rom does not have a tv-out or at least my phone dont recognize the tv-out cable and flat screen to "see" my phone either. i have one of those tv-out HTC Multimedia ACT100 TV Out Cable for HTC Fuze/Touch Pro cables. works in winmo not on android. but i havent tried any special apps either.
speaking on the quality of the output video in Winmo when put on a TV. It has a lot to do with the file your playing obviously. I carry the same sentiment previously mentioned the RCA out and the offline GPS (tomtom) are what keeps me attached to my Phone.
I use the TV out nearly every day I hook it up to the Gym TV to do insanity or P90X, and listen to the audio via BT headset (I already looks like a fool jumping around I don't need to cause more displeasure on people making them endure Tony Horton or Shawn T). The video shows up not perfect, but I have super compressed files, its good enough to tell what the exercise is and how much time is left)
This setup would be perfect If core player (.mp4 files) would accept AVRCP inputs on the rhodium but that is where my perfect setup falls short. I suppose rather then viewing new phones I could purchase a 32gb sd card and just get different file formats of the videos.
Thank you all for the input, ill live with what i have for now, great work to all the devs as far as they took this project.
Caldair said:
I actually have never tried to watch divx (or anything else for that matter) on android. Have you arrrghhh?[EDIT: or anyone else?] Any experience with watching local video files on the rhodium running any build? Do you need any app?
I am curious now?
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I have tried four free divx players on the Google Play Market on my Rhodium running GB0X. The best performance I found was with Seaman Player, I think that is what it was. MX was sketchy for me, and none of them play as sharply as watching the same files in CorePlayer in WinMo.
To keep from getting to far OT, I have the dongle and it works great in WinMo, but given the playback performance on the built-in screen my hopes are not high that we would have good results on TV-out.