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[Q] HDMI out clarity?

I plugged the tablet into a Samsung LCD TV and it doesn't seem very clear.. sort of grainy ..lost quality.. am I missing a setting somewhere? It looks OK don't get me wrong but an HDMI connection I expected to be a lot crisper.
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csmall said:
I plugged the tablet into a Samsung LCD TV and it doesn't seem very clear.. sort of grainy ..lost quality.. am I missing a setting somewhere? It looks OK don't get me wrong but an HDMI connection I expected to be a lot crisper.
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I believe this too. i have a 1080p tv and it outputs to 720p which is fine but it is a bit grainy and the screen blinks alot when trying the youtube app as well.

surely it depends on what you are trying to view ....

Its anything I view. Its just lossy. Even idle at the main screen. I just thought it would be crisper. Its not terrible or anything.
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biggiephat said:
I believe this too. i have a 1080p tv and it outputs to 720p which is fine but it is a bit grainy and the screen blinks alot when trying the youtube app as well.
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you sure its not mirroring the TF's resolution?

Do you have to resize the output on the samsung ? All my samsung TVs look way better through VGA than HDMI with computers. FYI I dont own a EEE im just a TV geek.
Also make sure you plug it in the DVI labelled port on the Samsung.

if its a samsung set the screen size to just scan ........ that any better?

The issue at present I believe is that the HDMI out at present is showing at the same resolution as the screen even if it is a 1080p file. This will alledgedly be sorted in a future update.

What does hdmi out do on the transformer, is it full desktop mirroring or only used by some apps?

currently it will always output 720p, asus has stated it will be fixed in a future update.

SonicTab said:
What does hdmi out do on the transformer, is it full desktop mirroring or only used by some apps?
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Its full mirroring, so what ever you do on the tablet is mirrored on the TV.

[Q] Sensation MHL/HDMI Cable Question

Does MHL have an inherent limitation of outputting at [email protected]? I have the cable for my HTC Sensation and that's what I get, just 24hz instead of 60hz that I thought. Also I realized the picture is not truly1080p. Sure the mode is 1080p on the tv but it's actually just the 960x540 native res of the phone's display that's upscaled to 1080. Anybody else have similar results or explanations?

I've had a similar result; all of my videos I play are upscaled to 1080p and to be honest the video doesn't look very good on my tv (you can see the upscaling by the big pixels). I'm using the Tmobile mhl adapter. I've seen youtube videos of the Galaxy S2 outputting 1080p movies through MHL. That looks like it is actually outputting real 1080p and not just being upscaled (but I'm not sure, its hard to tell from a youtube video). Does anyone else have input on this?

i know this is the sensation section however i have an evo 3d and it is pretty much the same internally. i too have this problem and i have a suspicion that it is due to the adapter. does anyone have the oem htc mhl adapter because my tvout is locked at 24fps probably due to my fake ebay mhl adapter. i dont want to spend $50 on a mhl adapter that may or may not be better than my current one.

I don't see how it would be able to not upscale the image?!
If it tried to use the full 1080p image then the resolution would need to change on the phone itself as well as the HDMI output.
Phil

i have a hdmi /mhl cable and it has came from mobilefun website and like other have mentioned i have different story because i use the mhl cable with my 24 inch led monitor which has a 1920*1080 res. but the trouble is that in setting it shows that it is outputting at 1280*[email protected] 60hz. i want toknow how can i make it work in 1920*1080 @60 hz.
another thing i want everyone to check is to type *#*#4636#*#* after connecting ur phone with your tv or monitor and check if your phone phone shows charging mode in ac or does it show usb charging
because in my case the problem is that it shows charging in usb mode and after a while of use i lose alot of battery and this is a problem because i have to take my phone and then i have to charge it normally also my phone gets very hot like nearly 50 degres.
please tell me ur experience with mhl cable with ur phone.

miracast vs hdmi cable - picture quality?

hi folks,
i am looking for a solution for sending video to my LG TV from my i9505. miracast devices like the PTV3000 look appealing (no cables!), but is the image quality (smoothness of playback etc) as good as going mhl adapter and hdmi lead?

bump. anybody got any comments about picture quality with miracast vs hdmi cable?

whatsisnametake2 said:
hi folks,
i am looking for a solution for sending video to my LG TV from my i9505. miracast devices like the PTV3000 look appealing (no cables!), but is the image quality (smoothness of playback etc) as good as going mhl adapter and hdmi lead?
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Search in this forum there is already a thread with a video review about the ptv3000
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I have both and can speak directly about their performance differences. I'm using my s4 as a Citrix client for work, and via the miracast, smaller 12 point font is pixelated and unreadable. It looks like the actual resolution of the wireless adjusts between 960 and 720 lines of resolution, and never goes to actual 1080. There is also about a full second of delay to the video signal so doing anything interactive is a bust.
The wired adapter is an impressively clear full 1080p with very minimal lag, but the adapter is awkward and you must be plugged in. Even at that, unless you are using the factory charger or one that you can set to 2 amps, you will lose overall battery in this scenario, even with the device screen turned all the way down. You cannot turn it off and continue to run the hdmi display unless you are rooted, and I haven't had a chance to go there yet.
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buji thanks for the feedback. Think I'll go for the mhl adaptor. I don't want to compromise picture quality.

Real 1080p output through HDMI? (CM10.2)

Hello
I have a Motorola Photon Q
I flashed it with CyanogenMod 10.2
I connected an HDMI cable and I have an output to my monitor... unfortunately it's upscaled so is a bit blurry.
Does anyone know if there's a way to output real 1080p through Photon Q's HDMI cable? (for watching movies, video conference through Hangouts, Skype) or it'll be unable to render the Android interface at 1080p?
Thanks

I also would like to see real 1080p output from the HDMI port as I use my phone for Netflix and stored blu-ray's.

Aslan_ said:
I also would like to see real 1080p output from the HDMI port as I use my phone for Netflix and stored blu-ray's.
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Any finding on this?
Thank you!

Xperia 5 Type-C - HDMI out working

I just got the phone today and went straight to check if it supports HDMI out aka MHL and to my surprise it works! I tried both, direct cable and through an adapter.

Was thinking these days to get one. Thanks for the Hint!

Yes , i use it too. But have not figured out how to watch full screen videos. The TV pans the 21:9 phone ratio and it is really frustrating. I am watching 16:9 video on a 16:9 TV, the phone ratio shouldn't mess up with this. At least this didn't happen to every Xperia i have had from 2010 till today. Now it seems like it only transfers what's on the phone screen, not the video itself!
Also you cannot use hdmi CEC to control video with the TV remote, like it hapened with Xperia S, Xperia Z5 etc.
Also have not figured out how to whatch hdr videos in my hdr tv. The TV does not recognose them as HDR ones, i have switch hdr on the TV manually.
Sony has not only dropped on developing new software but it didn't manage to keep the existing one either.

tori_mc said:
Yes , i use it too. But have not figured out how to watch full screen videos. The TV pans the 21:9 phone ratio and it is really frustrating. I am watching 16:9 video on a 16:9 TV, the phone ratio shouldn't mess up with this. At least this didn't happen to every Xperia i have had from 2010 till today. Now it seems like it only transfers what's on the phone screen, not the video itself!
Also you cannot use hdmi CEC to control video with the TV remote, like it hapened with Xperia S, Xperia Z5 etc.
Also have not figured out how to whatch hdr videos in my hdr tv. The TV does not recognose them as HDR ones, i have switch hdr on the TV manually.
Sony has not only dropped on developing new software but it didn't manage to keep the existing one either.
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Sounds bad, but maybe do they just don't know. I would wonder if they can't do this with an software update since we have one of the best USB C Ports on the Mobile Market (Other OEMs still use cheap USB 2.0 Ports). Would You consider posting that in the Xperia Forums to give SONY the Chance to reply to that? Otherwise, i could... I was about to buy a USB C Hub with PD Standard for 60 Bucks but not sure if it will work.
Another Question before You start to reply. Which kind of Adapter are You using? Possible that it has limitations like the most only have 4K @ 30HZ and without HDR (4K 60HZ HDR needs high Bandwidth). I only found some DisplayPort Adapters that support this.

Miustone said:
Sounds bad, but maybe do they just don't know. I would wonder if they can't do this with an software update since we have one of the best USB C Ports on the Mobile Market (Other OEMs still use cheap USB 2.0 Ports). Would You consider posting that in the Xperia Forums to give SONY the Chance to reply to that? Otherwise, i could... I was about to buy a USB C Hub with PD Standard for 60 Bucks but not sure if it will work.
Another Question before You start to reply. Which kind of Adapter are You using? Possible that it has limitations like the most only have 4K @ 30HZ and without HDR (4K 60HZ HDR needs high Bandwidth). I only found some DisplayPort Adapters that support this.
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I think i have already posted there but maybe i'm wrong, you are free to copy/paste my post anyway.
This is the adapter i am using:
https://www.amazon.it/gp/product/B07SJ69JSF/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
HDMI 2.0, 4K 60 HZ HDR. The Adpter is ok because if you play a HDR video from youtube on the phone you'll get and hdr video on TV through the adapter. It just does not work the same if you try with an HDR 4K video shooted with the phone itself. And, like i said the worst thing is that you do not even get it fullscreen and cannot use HDMI CEC or Bravia sync to control videos. No software support at all, just no sense.