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Hi I just got one of these EasyCast dongles :
http://www.gearbest.com/networking-communication/pp_194421.html
My question is what kind of quality should I expect from the Note 3 ?
I just tried it and it's pretty bad, it shows the desktop but at a very low resolution, nowhere near 1080p, colours are awful, videos play choppy and have garbled compression, games lag, colours also look crap and have the same intermittent pixelated garbled look.
Am I expecting too much from this ? There is a 5g version would that be any better ?
http://www.gearbest.com/tv-box-mini-pc/pp_235030.html
Currently I just use it for casting my screen when editing files and moving things around, I have a mouse and keyboard paired.
Beyond that the quality is abysmal.
Is there anything I can do to improve ?
thx
After a bit of digging around I found this :
https://youtu.be/0Yt2pho5q5w?t=295
That's exactly the same issue I'm having, the consensus seems to be they are utter crap.
Ok, looks like I answered my own question, these things are only good for browsing and showing desktop, Airplay is unusable.
"Chromecast-lookalike 'junk' dongles"
Got a Chromecast 2 and it's quite good with redmi note 3 pro. Little lag is present and it's not for the gaming but YouTube photos and casting movies with bubbleupnp
Yeah, I've been reading up on it all today, they all have a significant amount of lag.
The best "mirroring" device seems to be the Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter V2, it's straight forward and mirrors with the least lag of all the devices on the market.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM7ET3Vylng
If that's the case, there doesn't seem to be any currently on the market that are fast enough for mirroring games, but this would save me having to plug my hdmi and configure the tv every time I wanted to watch a movie on my pc.
As usual it seems the chinese have infested the market with cheap clones that don't come close to what the advertising says, gonna have to dig around for a few days.
Get a TV box and gamepad and you're done. Some very good boxes for approx $60. I gave up on my Chromecast and bought two tv boxes.
Yeah, I'm on the verge of ordering a MEMOBOX MX MAX
http://hz.aliexpress.com/store/prod...-S905-6Quad-Core-KODI/211609_32592383511.html
£46 delivered.
I hadn't realized how far these things had improved.
So my daydream headsets have arrived from the Verizon promo. So far I'm pretty impressed with the experience and the build quality. The pixel having only 1080p has made for a somewhat odd "looking through a screen door" view, but the motion and controls are great. I have never tried vr before so I have nothing to compare it to. I did compare the nexus 6 and moto z play with the pixel in the daydream headset (granted the nexus and moto were using cardboard app). The nexus shows a slightly better picture than the moto and the moto slightly better than the pixel despite the pixel and moto z play having the same resolution and the moto being half inch larger. The pixel however showed the best motion which should be no surprise because it's the only one with daydream support.
After an hour or so of farting around in vr I felt just an odd feeling with my eyes. Not a head ache but similar to the feeling of driving for hours on end. I believe this could be a result of the lower resolution. Anyway, I'm very pleased with my included with purchase daydream headset and will probably use it a few times a month as time permits and new apps and games come out.
I received mine today as well promo from Project Fi and I must say I am also very impressed. I played around with the YouTube VR as well as some games. Great quality, and super comfortable when wearing the headset. YouTube VR is probably my most favorite. Puts your right in the action of the video. Super sweet.
Kind of wish I got an XL but only when using daydream. And even then it really isn't an issue. I love my pixel and my daydream, and Google home, and Chromecast.... Yeah
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I love Daydream so far. The low resolution is really noticeable if you look at it, but it's also easy to ignore if you don't, so.... My biggest complaint is that it's awkward to run existing VR (Cardboard) apps, since they won't show up in the Daydream Launcher. You have to put your phone in the headset, but not close it, wait for the NFC tag to launch Daydream, then switch back to your real launcher, run the app you want, close the headset, and finally put it on. Quite a ridiculous process just to launch an app! Someone needs to make a standard app launcher for Daydream.
Similarly, whenever a VR app asks for a permission, you can seemingly approve it with the Daydream remote, but then you have to remove the headset and approve it again by clicking on the screen. Very bizarre.
The Google Play Movies app is disappointing ,since you can't zoom or move the screen at all, forcing you to look straight ahead, instead of putting it on and staring up at the ceiling while lying in bed, which I enjoy doing with YouTube videos. I also wish it had the curved screen feature.
Hopefully things will continue to improve as time goes on. Most of the Cardboard apps seem to have been forgotten about and not updated in a year or more, and the Daydream controller is not compatible with whatever control mechanism Cardboard used (I guess it had a trigger button?), so many of those apps don't work well.
Just turn off NFC and you can use the cardboard apps to your heart's content. Also FYI you can use the USB A to C adapter and plug in an Xbox remote for truly nausea inducing gaming fun!
My concern is how incredibly hot the phone gets. I get worried every time I put it in the headset. And then it's only a matter of time before the "phone is getting too hot" message starts appearing.
My Pixel gets real warm in the Daydream gizmo, but certainly not "too hot to touch" as I saw one reviewer claim. Nothing to compare it to, so I don't know nothing about no screen door. I did take off my wet-apply matte screen protector because it made the image "grainy".
I played with it for awhile, looked at all the content that's available, etc. Pretty cool, but as far as I'm concerned it still belongs on the "gee whiz" pile. "Cool" only takes you so far, and I don't see any killer app for it at this point.
Actually, my 7-year old granddaughter is getting more use from the Daydream gizmo than I am.
Edit: Thx to tjarvis for that tip about turning off NFC to view Cardboard content; makes sense, but I hadn't thought it through.
360/3D video and games is the only killer apps for VR. The "big" screen apps (WSJ, CNN) is a joke, I rather read articles and watch 2D videos on my 24" monitor.
360 video is kind of fun to watch, but will the interest last?
I only tried 2 free VR games, so can't comment on the benefit of a real VR game over old fashion non-VR games.
My Pixel is so hot that Daydream app pops up a message saying it will slower the rendering, then the VR is so laggish that it is completely unusable. But I am using bluetooth earphone, I suspect the bluetooth earphone is drawing too much power in addition to VR.
Hey guys,
I own a Razer Phone 1 and thought upgrading to ROG was a no brainer, faster chipset and oled panel (though 90hz).
My ROG phone is so choppy and laggy compared to my RP1, to the stage I thought my phone was faulty. The games I tried testing were guns of boom, nba 2k, where reaction times and ability to control matters to some degree. I troubleshooted a bit and made sure X mode was on, cleared all the ram, 90hz setting was selected, and I turned on the gaming information and was averaing 50fps which is great for a phone! So why was it so choppy and laggy? I ran the same games on RP1 and reduced the screen to 90hz and ran the same games. The RP1 was perfect, all the choppy frames and lag were gone. So if both ROG and RP1 were running 90hz, and ROG should be having higher frame rates (845 vs 835), then is it because of ROG's oled panel?
Is there anyone else having this problem?
I'll try to upload a video to show the problem? It's a bit discouraging that the latest gaming phone performs worse in the real-world (not benchmark) than an older generation product.
Reuben3 said:
Hey guys,
I own a Razer Phone 1 and thought upgrading to ROG was a no brainer, faster chipset and oled panel (though 90hz).
My ROG phone is so choppy and laggy compared to my RP1, to the stage I thought my phone was faulty. The games I tried testing were guns of boom, nba 2k, where reaction times and ability to control matters to some degree. I troubleshooted a bit and made sure X mode was on, cleared all the ram, 90hz setting was selected, and I turned on the gaming information and was averaing 50fps which is great for a phone! So why was it so choppy and laggy? I ran the same games on RP1 and reduced the screen to 90hz and ran the same games. The RP1 was perfect, all the choppy frames and lag were gone. So if both ROG and RP1 were running 90hz, and ROG should be having higher frame rates (845 vs 835), then is it because of ROG's oled panel?
Is there anyone else having this problem?
I'll try to upload a video to show the problem? It's a bit discouraging that the latest gaming phone performs worse in the real-world (not benchmark) than an older generation product.
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I love the phone but i do think it's over hyped. Coming from HTC U11+ (835 vs 845 snapdragon) i don't think the differences are big in terms of processor power. My guess the software experience of the phone isn't polished yet to it's potential that's why i believe the next few updates will make the experience more smooth and how it should be.
One disclaimer i think the CN Rom is worse in performance in comparison with a WW Rom (But no real actual proof just a hypothesis) because you will get some games or apps stopping because of missing Google play services or some google apps.
It's a huge difference in person but still noticeable after recording it and uploading it to youtube.
.com/watch?v=8rjgWP5WYHU&feature=youtu.be
(add youtube to the front as I'm new and unable to post links. please also view in 60fps setting)
Reuben3 said:
It's a huge difference in person but still noticeable after recording it and uploading it to youtube.
.com/watch?v=8rjgWP5WYHU&feature=youtu.be
(add youtube to the front as I'm new and unable to post links. please also view in 60fps setting)
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The link doesn't work.
I also upgraded from Razer Phone to RoG Phone, and I'm loving it. All the games I play are smooth, with colors so much brighter, and vibrant. So happy to have THE Headphone jack back.
ZiCott said:
I also upgraded from Razer Phone to RoG Phone, and I'm loving it. All the games I play are smooth, with colors so much brighter, and vibrant. So happy to have THE Headphone jack back.
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Thanks Zicott, in that case my phone is very likely defective. I'll see if I can get it repaired .
Tried out guns of boom and it played well on mine
I've noticed Galaxy S9+s and S9 have serious video stuttering issues, and I would like to know if anyone else notices these small details with a close eye. It's enough to notice and makes taking videos with this phone unenjoyable to watch.
I've had these problems since I basically bought the phone brand new and thought it's just mine, however I tested with numerous other S9+s and they ALL have the exact same issues. Basically when recording video, whether it's 1080p or 4K, during scenes where there is movement, you can see objects jerk and stutter around. Instead of a smooth flowing scene, it jumps. I went ahead and made a video showing this problem. I always record in 1080p for the most part, and these stuttering issues only affect 30fps video. If you record in 60fps, it's smooth and no stutter. But it's not just because it's 60fps, as my S8 records smooth in 30fps with no lag/stutter. Video stabilization ON/OFF makes no change whatsoever either.
Recorded to internal memory, but recording to my Samsung EVO plus SD makes no difference at all.
The first scene in the video shows a helicopter taking off and going across a blue sky. This scene shows it VERY clearly, you can see the copter almost jump scenes. The next one is cars driving by and you can see how they jump slightly forwards at times. The 3rd and 4th scenes are my S9 and S8 side by side. Watch the buildings and vehicles closely and you can see how the S9+ stutters, while everything on the S8 is really smooth. Side note, the video colors look much better on the S8 also. Not really what you expect when you get the latest flagship model and it seems like the camera is a downgrade all around, which is one reason I actually upgraded.. to have a better camera.
Updated to the latest software update AND factory reset the phone with still no differences.
Video link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd4LN8sK-U4
I see what you mean but I have never noticed that on my s9+ and I shoot a lot of video.
Maybe it has to do with the exynos / snapdragon thing. I live in Europe Sweden so I guess I have Exynos.
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I have had this same issue with my exynos s9+ but it resolved itself. Now I do not have that problem and I do not remember if I did something or it went away itself.
I hoped that it would be resolved, but no.
I went to an island near Udupi, Malpe, India to test video recording capabilities.
To my unpleasant surprise after 10 minutes of shooting 4k60 I got a message
"Device is too hot, it may affect quality"
So I switched to 4k30, but still frames were dropped when trying to record.
At for now, during summer. 4k60 is kinda useless.
Here is a small clip about my trip ( shot with main camera +2x sometimes)
GCAM stabilisation off + Snoppa atom gimbal.
I love overall video quality, but the overheating during 4k60 is a bummer,
Not sure if XDA allows links, you can find my sample in YouTube
"St Mary Island 2021 4k" #pixel6
The same for me, my recording was 11 minutes and then this message pop up... quite disappointing. At least video was saved...
Same here guys - I was able to get to 20:04 with the December update, but today when recording at home 22-24 ambient temp and the phone was exposed on the sun... I got 10 minutes.
What a shame! The Pixel 6 Pro definetly has better cooling as it can really go longer.
Disabling H.265/HEVC video encoding will stop the phone from overheating so soon, at the expense of using up more of your phone's storage space. In the camera settings go to "Advanced" and disable "Store videos efficiently".
To be fair its done quite well to go that long, a lot of phones can only make a few minutes, you aren't only battling the processor heating up the camera sensor will also get overly warm and add to any heat produced.
MrBelter said:
To be fair its done quite well to go that long, a lot of phones can only make a few minutes, you aren't only battling the processor heating up the camera sensor will also get overly warm and add to any heat produced.
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Well, my 2017 OP6 can still do 10 min 4k60 easily. In terms of SOC 4 years is a lot, power, efficiency etc. Done videography in the same conditions I.e. +30 Celsius.
A pity p6 still shoots like 4 year old phone 10 mins, and that's it.
I wish I could say, p6 video quality is waaaaay better.
It is better though. especially night time.
Stabilisation, although not iPhone tier, is decent at least.
Overall, I am quite happy with video quality, especially with 3rd party apps, which can crank up the bitrate sky high.
karmacoma7 said:
Well, my 2017 OP6 can still do 10 min 4k60 easily. In terms of SOC 4 years is a lot, power, efficiency etc. Done videography in the same conditions I.e. +30 Celsius.
A pity p6 still shoots like 4 year old phone 10 mins, and that's it.
I wish I could say, p6 video quality is waaaaay better.
It is better though. especially night time.
Stabilisation, although not iPhone tier, is decent at least.
Overall, I am quite happy with video quality, especially with 3rd party apps, which can crank up the bitrate sky high.
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I'm very glad to hear you have had great experiences with a OP6 but a quick Google will bring up millions of results from people with an overheating phone (regardless of brand & including OnePlus) when shooting 4K, this isnt something specific to the Pixel 6.
MrBelter said:
I'm very glad to hear you have had great experiences with a OP6 but a quick Google will bring up millions of results from people with an overheating phone (regardless of brand & including OnePlus) when shooting 4K, this isnt something specific to the Pixel 6.
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I agree, it is a common thing, especially 4k60