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Avatar on Captivate?

Too bad that ATT did not include a movie or at least a trailer to show off the gorgeous Super Amoled screen. Is there a way to get the SD card with the movie that T-Mobile is offering just so we can sample the capabilities of the screen? I would also like to convert my ripped Blu Ray movies to this phone but I don't know of a software that can convert it to 480 x 800 screen. I currently use Xilisoft Video Converter but it doesnt offer that resolution.

You should be able to set a custom resolution on that application. With that being said I was able to play some 1280x720 (720p) rips just fine on my Captivate.

jhego said:
Too bad that ATT did not include a movie or at least a trailer to show off the gorgeous Super Amoled screen. Is there a way to get the SD card with the movie that T-Mobile is offering just so we can sample the capabilities of the screen? I would also like to convert my ripped Blu Ray movies to this phone but I don't know of a software that can convert it to 480 x 800 screen. I currently use Xilisoft Video Converter but it doesnt offer that resolution.
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Somewhere around here someone ripped the avatar off the phone and posted a link so others could dl it. It might have been removed due to copyright but it was around here somewhere.

Infuse 4G in Canada with Gingerbread and 1080i video

Infuse 4G in Canada with Gingerbread and 1080i video
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_infuse_4g_goes_to_canada_with_gingerbread_flavor-news-2766.php
As the title says... now is it possible to get that in my AT&T-branded Infuse 4G?

will be once the rogers infuse is released. 1080i actually has less information than 720p so it is well within the capabilities or the phone, that wouldnt surprise me at all if they added it.

What the, USA version only 720p? so canada version same rom . can we flash to the 2.3 gingerrbead ?

it should be as easy as getting a rom dump from a rogers subscriber and odin flashing it to this phone. 1080i isnt really better than 720p, especially if things are in motion. a sporting event would look betterin 720p while something stationary would look better in 1080i, 1080i is actually easier on the processor.

Where are you guys seeing that it says 1080i? The ad from Samsung says full HD, and the article specifically says 1080p. No where do I see 1080i mentioned.

i hope so. but full hd can mean many things. 720p and 1080i used to both mean full hd, now there is 1080p plus the att infuse was rumored to have 1080p recording for a long time. we will only know when rogers releases there version

720p and 1080i are considered hd but not full hd. 1080p is considered full hd. 1080i now adays typically means a resolution of 1366x768 as a slight improvement when compared to 720p's 1280x720. its not actually interlaced anymore, it was just a qualification for old crts that where interlaced.

The Jack of Clubs said:
720p and 1080i are considered hd but not full hd. 1080p is considered full hd. 1080i now adays typically means a resolution of 1366x768 as a slight improvement when compared to 720p's 1280x720. its not actually interlaced anymore, it was just a qualification for old crts that where interlaced.
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so what 1080i is just a nonsense number aimed at confused consumers? pardon me if im a little sceptical about the 1366x768 being called 1080i by any manufacturer, i have never heard that. but i will admit that manufacturers will mis lead you at every step of the way because they think you are too stupid to understand the facts. i was under the impression that 1080p tv's played 1080i signals by doubling the lines. i have seen 1366x768 tv's sold at walmart and they may have suport for a 1080i input but they dont typically advertise these as being 1080i. they may say hd or hd ready. but there usually isnt a sticker claiming 1080 resoulution.

i dont even know how interlaced is handled anymore. samsung, toshiba, and nvidia call 1080i that. i dont think it really has a place in todays displays or cameras.

well if the infuse from rogers does 1080p recording then that would be amazing. does rogers have a release schedule?

1080p will eat sonmuch SD card space and longer to upload on YouTube. But still nice tho
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so set it to 720p if you dont want it.

Frooty said:
Where are you guys seeing that it says 1080i? The ad from Samsung says full HD, and the article specifically says 1080p. No where do I see 1080i mentioned.
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Just a typo? the "i" and "p" are close together on the keyboard
1080p would great... just in case but 720p for most things.

Another 720p, 1080i, 1080p argument? I think this horse has been officially beaten to death, lol.

frankdogg said:
Another 720p, 1080i, 1080p argument? I think this horse has been officially beaten to death, lol.
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seriously, who cares about video quality.. you already have 8mp..
let's hear more about gingerbread.

Closed since it's not development!
Please people DO NOT POST A NEW THREAD HERE UNLESS IT IS DEV RELATED!!

[Q] Android screen on PC (high fps)

Hi everyone, I have to do a presentation of a game I developed for Android. I wanted to show my phone's screen on my PC, so it can be showed in the projector. The problem is, all of the ways I tried to do this result in minimum fps, like 5 or 10, and obviouly, to show a game performance this isn't enough.
So, I ask, is there a way to show my Android screen on a PC with high fps? With som kind of wire or something to pass video channel? (my phone only has usb and jack outputs...)
Thank you all!

Well the only reason some electronics devices show 1080p or true HD images is that it has a built it port specially designed for its purpose. Which is to display images. Its called the HDMI port.
Phones on the other case is the maximum you can get. Since its the maximum amount of pixels it can display on the device. Eg the bigger the screen the more pixels you need for a crisp image. The smaller the screen the less pixels because we don't need that much. But if we enlarge it from a small device we get large pixels.
Unless you have a laptop, tablet or other mp4 I don't think you can get higher than 10 fps
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I have been looking for the answer to the same question for a long time now. I wanted to post video reviews for apps but nothing works. Obviously Screencast is too slow and emulators are even worse. The only way I've come across that gives great FPS so far, is buying a Media Capture Card, and a decent HDMI one costs around $100. Too expensive IMO but if you don't mind spending a little, I suggest you check it out. I guess that's how the game-making companies must do it...Oh well, let us know if it works out?

[Q] Does anyone else feel disappointed with Google Play Movies Quality?

I bought an "HD" movie from the play store, but it really doesn't seem like HD. Its supposed to be 720p, but just doesn't seem that high def.

adamhlj said:
I bought an "HD" movie from the play store, but it really doesn't seem like HD. Its supposed to be 720p, but just doesn't seem that high def.
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You should try couple "HD" movies before we can make a comment. Possible just a few are not up to 'HD" standard! just a thought.

buhohitr said:
You should try couple "HD" movies before we can make a comment. Possible just a few are not up to 'HD" standard! just a thought.
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I have purchased 4, but have only watched one so far on my Transformer. I'll watch the rest soon.

adamhlj said:
I have purchased 4, but have only watched one so far on my Transformer. I'll watch the rest soon.
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Nice! please post update. Thanks.

You have to find a good Quality bluray rip.
Some file that I have look really good, some don't. The market HD are 720, if you get a 1080 bluray rip they look Great. Remember your on a tablet NOT a T.V. I'm am satisfied. Very happy with the playback. :good:

was planning on buying a few movies soon (long plane flights), looking forward to feedback on the quality of the other movies

Something you ought to know and remember:
Infinity TF700= 1920x1200 pixels
'HD 720' films = 1280x720 pixels
These so-called HD films are meant for a TV, which usually have a maximum resolution of either 1280x720 (HD) or 1920x1080 (Full HD).
Yes, your TV screen resolution is SMALLER than your tablet. Thus, the image is zoomed in on your tablet, making the quality degrade in the proccess. In the case of 720p, the viewsize is 150%. Meaning, there's a 50% zoom.

So is it worth buying the HD movie or should we just buy the regular movie if we just watch it on the tablet.
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What's even more annoying is that when you spend 20 bucks on a movie through Google you can't even watch it on your tv through a hdmi cable. The screen goes blank every 5 minutes.
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It has been my experience that even watching an "HD" movie from the play store on my TV looks just as bad or worse than watching it on my tablet. I tried watching Prometheus on my tab the other day, and it looked awful as well. It seems like the best option here would to just get some sort of blu-ray ripper and get movies that way, although I guess that seems to be frowned upon by some organizations.

I Agree, I got a couple of movies for a flight and they weren't high enough quality to call HD, zoomed in or otherwise. The amount of pixelation was disappointing. Not just pixels around objects but that big blocks of blur kind of pixelation.
I'm hoping it gets better.. Also if it matters, I downloaded the rental, not streamed.

[Q] 4k video on Note Pro 12.2

I downloaded a 4k video from youtube and copied to Note Pro 12.2. It seems that Note Pro 12.2 cannot handle 4k videos properly. I tried multiple players including MX player. The HW decoder does not work and SW decoder lags and skips frames. Any suggestion for good 4k player for Note Pro 12.2 or any work around?

because The Galaxy Note Pro comes with 2,560×1,440 display = 2K video
you can't watch 4k video on 2k display

It's a limitation of the exynos soc. The snapdragon 800 will play 4k content, and can even record in some cases.
But as noted, since 4k is well beyond the native resolution of the screen, I'm not too worried about it.

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because The Galaxy Note Pro comes with 2,560×1,440 display = 2K video
you can't watch 4k video on 2k display
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It is not true. I can watch 4k video on my 2k monitor The real reason is the processor for sure.

Also not concerned due to the very low occurance of 4k media. Im pretty sure others have 4k ciewing working on the exynos note 3 so check there maybe
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Everyone realizes that it's physically impossible to see any difference between 1080p and 4k on any screen that's smaller than 60 inches?

Trotsky123 said:
Everyone realizes that it's physically impossible to see any difference between 1080p and 4k on any screen that's smaller than 60 inches?
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Depends on your viewing distance. On a ten ench screen you could see the individual pixels of 1080p at about 8 inches. Too close for normal viewing really. 2k would be about 6 inches and 4k would be at 4 inches. Considering I can zoom anytime I need to and the screen is huge I doubt that I would ever need to hold it that close. The 12.2 is probably a bit farther on viewing distances but still held more than far enough away usually to not need 4k. Only advantage I would see would be art/graphic design.
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Duly.noted said:
Depends on your viewing distance. On a ten ench screen you could see the individual pixels of 1080p at about 8 inches. Too close for normal viewing really. 2k would be about 6 inches and 4k would be at 4 inches. Considering I can zoom anytime I need to and the screen is huge I doubt that I would ever need to hold it that close. The 12.2 is probably a bit farther on viewing distances but still held more than far enough away usually to not need 4k. Only advantage I would see would be art/graphic design.
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LOL at 44 years old, I'm lucky if I can even see my fingerprint on my fingers from less than 18-inches away without my reading glasses let alone 8.
I realize people want the most out of their devices and all but surely there's a point of diminishing returns somewhere.
That said, there's something to be said for wanting to ensure a device is future proof. If for example one expects to be shooting videos in 4k and would like to know that the device can handle playback of said material natively then it's reasonable to be concerned with that. I'm not sure how it would all pan out with regards to storage requirements and transfer of large video files but it would be nice if the device did support it out of the box.
Certainly not a deal breaker for me since I still shoot 1080p from my DSLRs.

muzzy996 said:
LOL at 44 years old, I'm lucky if I can even see my fingerprint on my fingers from less than 18-inches away without my reading glasses let alone 8.
I realize people want the most out of their devices and all but surely there's a point of diminishing returns somewhere.
That said, there's something to be said for wanting to ensure a device is future proof. If for example one expects to be shooting videos in 4k and would like to know that the device can handle playback of said material natively then it's reasonable to be concerned with that. I'm not sure how it would all pan out with regards to storage requirements and transfer of large video files but it would be nice if the device did support it out of the box.
Certainly not a deal breaker for me since I still shoot 1080p from my DSLRs.
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Im certainly not saying 4k would be bad or unappreciated. However with the sparsity of media in that format and the extra power required to push those extra pixels (both gpu and battery) im personally fine with 2k until these concerns are addressed. Im reasonably sure It can play back 4k video though.......btw what dslr's are you shooting with? I want to replace my camcorder with an interchangeable lense camera for shooting parkour videos. Different lenses for various effects, 1080p 60fps shooting for slow motion, and shallow dof are things I want to play with. Iv been looking at the panasonic g6 mirroless 4/3. Iv read great things about it and many people on personal view contemd that it looks better than a hacked gh2 and almost comparable to the gh3.
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shahidhussain said:
I downloaded a 4k video from youtube and copied to Note Pro 12.2. It seems that Note Pro 12.2 cannot handle 4k videos properly. I tried multiple players including MX player. The HW decoder does not work and SW decoder lags and skips frames. Any suggestion for good 4k player for Note Pro 12.2 or any work around?
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Try bs player and archos player with the free codec pack. Somewhere else on the forum a guy said that those both work for him. He even said he could play it on one side with multiwindow while on the browser in another.he was playing downloaded 4k videos btw. Another guy trying to play note 3 4k videos never had any success.
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Currently using a D7100. Can't say I recommend it for video but that's not why I have it anyhow. The video stuff I just dabble with.

shahidhussain said:
It is not true. I can watch 4k video on my 2k monitor The real reason is the processor for sure.
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The real reason is that the needed codec has not been added to the framework!
I have seen phones like Sony Xperia L that the gpu has 1080p decoding power but I can't play 1080p videos with H/W decoder because of lacking the needed codec( VP8 ) .
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This exact same problem exists on the Note 3. (Same hardware) It's the Exynos, it's too weak. 1.9gHz is simply not enough, no matter how many cores it has. Cores do not stack. You need at least 2.2gHz individual for 4K.
The N9005 with the same hardware as the P905 handles 4K without issue (As does the P905).
The N900 has, from the very first day, been officially known to be unable to handle 4K. The P900 has identical hardware, and can't handle it either. The Exynos is simply not powerful enough.
Not to mention the Mali GPU is a graphical bottleneck.
Convert the video to a lower resolution. You can use Handbrake for it, it's open source.
This is one of the reasons I refuse to buy an Exynos device.