Just some background info first. I am planning on purchasing an Asus Transformer to be used as a car media dock. I have 2 flip down monitors for my car that I wish the display to be mirrored to as well. Transformer up front, 15inch screen in the middle, and the 22inch in the back. Neither of these tv's have hdmi, but both have composite rca hookups (r/w/y). I THINK if I can get the transformer to mirror image from the hdmi splitter > composite, I should be ok. Except I forgot the aspect ratios and resolution... So this is the main question.
The transformer's resolution is 1280×800 and aspect ratio is 16:10.
15 inch tv resolution is 800x600 with a 4:3 aspect ratio.
22 inch tv resolution is 1440x900 with 16:9 aspect ratio.
Will it be physically possible to display to 2 different monitors running different res/aspect ratio while still displaying video on the transformer itself, all while on a hdmi > composite adapter.
Any help on this issue will be greatly appreciated.
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i bought a touchscreen kit for me EEE netbook but they sent me 2 by mistake a 7" and a 8.9" kit. I used the 8.9" for my EEE netbook and still have a spare 7" kit.
The kit uses a USB connection so i needed drivers, when I looked in the driver disc i noticed that it has XP and Vista drivers along with a WIN CE driver and was wondering if there was anyway to hook this up to my Fuze...
I have a 7" dvd player/radio with TV input in the dash of my car I was wondering if it would be possible to add the 7" touchscreen kit to my dvd player screen and somehow get touchscreen to control the fuze,
The next problem would be getting the resolution of TV out to change
The Fuze outputs at 640x480 4:3 aspect ratio but my TV screen is 16:9 aspect ratio.
The Touch Pro 2 uses almost identical hardware but is able to output 800x480 almost 16:9 aspect ratio so it must be possible to output at that resolution...
If I could get both of these working I can save some money and abandon my Car PC project...
it require usbHost to use usb devices on a pda
something which very few htc pdas support
raphael being one of them lacking as far as I know
Tekka said:
The next problem would be getting the resolution of TV out to change
The Fuze outputs at 640x480 4:3 aspect ratio but my TV screen is 16:9 aspect ratio.
The Touch Pro 2 uses almost identical hardware but is able to output 800x480 almost 16:9 aspect ratio so it must be possible to output at that resolution...
If I could get both of these working I can save some money and abandon my Car PC project...
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This might work, but I cannot confirm: http://www.nyditot.com/NVDPage.asp
I've tried it on my old Dell Axim x5 and Mymobiler recognized the larger resolution, but applications were slower.
I have gotten a TF101 to test it out as a supplementary mobile client.
We are running Citrix and I have a desktop published throug Citrix Receiver. I have found keyboard and mouse that works with this wonderful machine but I want to have an external display also.
But I find the HDMI support quite bad. The content fills more than the TV Screen and I cannot change the screen resolution. I would like to have a larger screen resolution on the external display but cannot find any way to do this.
I have a LG Optimus 3D phone and on that I can adjust a lot of options on the HDMI port so it should be possible.
One snag: I am testing out this to be used in large scale for hundreds and eventually thousands of users so this needs to be working on completely stock operating system.
Maybe the Asus HDMI to VGA Adaptor is something to think about?
http://www.asus.com/Peripherals_Accessories/Eee_Pad_Accessories/Mini_HDMI_to_VGA_Cable/
modmatt said:
Maybe the Asus HDMI to VGA Adaptor is something to think about?
http://www.asus.com/Peripherals_Accessories/Eee_Pad_Accessories/Mini_HDMI_to_VGA_Cable/
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Ok. I got this one and it almost fills my need. I need to get a higher screen resolution on the external display. 1280x720 is way to small for a permanent workstation. At least with the tools I use.
Maybe I just have to wait for ICS to get this working?
Are you trying HDMI on a TV or a monitor? If a TV does it look washed out and a little zoomed in? TV's have some over scan options that really mess with the signal from PCs. Look around the menu options of the TV and see if you can turn it off, alot of em can't tho. Just google HDMI PC overscan and you'll get a better picutre of what I'm talking about.
For res I don't think it can do better than 720 and I've never seen any options for it. I'd call up Asus if your going to be making a decision that could mean eventually thousands of sales for them.
Also don't forget that they said they're launching the Windows 8 Transformer this year. That should suit your needs beautifully.
How are you accessing your Citrix Desktop? Using the Receiver? Or is there another app specifically for Citrix Desktop access?
EDIT: Never mind, the VDI i was trying to access was taken down recently by the systems team. Do'h. Time to build a server.
Me personally I've been using the citrix beta app, seems to work better.
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Are you trying HDMI on a TV or a monitor? If a TV does it look washed out and a little zoomed in? TV's have some over scan options that really mess with the signal from PCs. Look around the menu options of the TV and see if you can turn it off, alot of em can't tho. Just google HDMI PC overscan and you'll get a better picutre of what I'm talking about.
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I tried with the VGA adapter on my 22" samsung syncmaster and the desktop filled the screen perfectly. Via HDMI to my 42 inch HDTV I got overscan problems.
It is though the monitor I need to use to acheive my goal of using it as a citrix thin client. I hope we can manipulate the HDMI output more in ICS. It would be nice to use the monitor's native resolution (1680x1050).
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Me personally I've been using the citrix beta app, seems to work better.
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Agreed. It has more options and seems more stable. Go figure.
The TF101 does not support greater than 720p output for mirroring. No word from Asus if they will ever bump it up to 1080p capability, since the Tegra 2 already struggles with 1080p video playback. You should wait for the TF700T for full 1080p output.
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The TF101 does not support greater than 720p output for mirroring. No word from Asus if they will ever bump it up to 1080p capability, since the Tegra 2 already struggles with 1080p video playback. You should wait for the TF700T for full 1080p output.
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Actually 1080p is not what I need. 1280 is more than enough horisontal resolution, but 720 vertical is too little. If it could output 1280x1024 on an external monitor I'd be very happy.
What I say is that there should be an alternative to mirroring on the HDMI port. With the dock and usb ports the interal screen could be switched off and a resolution of choice be shown on the HDMI-connected display.
Hi friends, I hope to buy a MHL adapter. I have a hTC sensation. But my large display's resolution is only 1366*768.. but my phone output's 1920*1080 resolution through this MHL adapter. can I use this adapter+cable to my low resolution large display? If not,must I use this adapter to a 1920*1080 Full HD resolution display?
My large display - LG monitor, 1366*768, VGA port(on monitor)
tools - MHL adapter, HDMI to VGA cable
Can I do this? I hope your support.. thanks
Hi man,
I don't think the output is 1080p when using the mhl adapter.
you will still have the qHD (960 x 540).
you shall try.
Well It will ONLY show you 1080p content when it is a VIDEO. The everything else would be the phones native resolution : /
hdmi to vga cable will not work.
I recently purchased the Samsung Media Dock for my Galaxy S4 i9505
All works well and I love it, apart from a few small niggles.
The dock only displays in 720p, as it was originally used for the Note II, so the resolution output is not Full HD, like it should be with our S4's natively supporting 1080p.
Also, the 720p output is not quite the correct aspect ratio, I have tried it on both of my TV's (Samsung 32" and Panasonic 42") and it cuts off a bit of the sides and top/bottom of the output.
Wanting to know if maybe Samsung will release an update to the software on the phone side to be able to display the correct resolution and ratio, or if it is a hardware issue on the dock side.
If anyone has any advice or knowledge on this, help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, I have a Sony Bravia W6 42" and I was thinking that if I buy a MHL cable for the S4, then I will be able to connect the phone to the TV and will be able to watch movies in full screen, those 1920x800 resolution ones which are normally can't watch in full screen, without those disgusting black bars!
My question is, what about quality? Will the picture quality degrade if I watch via MHL, than watching through a PHD or a Pen drive?
If someone has already experience in this matter kindly input here.
Thanks.
No one? I really need to know this.
Interested as well
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I've used MHL on my S4 and my LG3DTV so I'll leave my first impressions. I'll try it again tonight to just be absolutely concrete but here's my immediate thougths.
1.) You need to make sure your MHL adapter supports the S4. There are some 5 pin ones and 11 pin ones. I have the Samsung adapter so I'm fine but make sure you get the right one.
2.) The black bars are part of the aspect ratio. Our screen is 16:9 so if your movie is 16:9 it'll fill the whole screen. Some movies use wider aspect ratios so you'll get the black bars on the top and bottom. I'll check tonight if you get the bars outputting to TV. I can't remember that.
3.) I believe there is some overscan (rather underscan) when outputting via MHL. It seems like I had a black border all the way around when I played a few games on my TV with MHL and a bluetooth controller (which is awesome by the way). Some HD games did fill the screen and was a pretty decent experience (NFSMW, A8, MC4, Osmos).
Again I'll test these out tonight and post some pics with my other phone so you can see for yourself before buying anything.
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I've used MHL on my S4 and my LG3DTV so I'll leave my first impressions. I'll try it again tonight to just be absolutely concrete but here's my immediate thougths.
1.) You need to make sure your MHL adapter supports the S4. There are some 5 pin ones and 11 pin ones. I have the Samsung adapter so I'm fine but make sure you get the right one.
2.) The black bars are part of the aspect ratio. Our screen is 16:9 so if your movie is 16:9 it'll fill the whole screen. Some movies use wider aspect ratios so you'll get the black bars on the top and bottom. I'll check tonight if you get the bars outputting to TV. I can't remember that.
3.) I believe there is some overscan (rather underscan) when outputting via MHL. It seems like I had a black border all the way around when I played a few games on my TV with MHL and a bluetooth controller (which is awesome by the way). Some HD games did fill the screen and was a pretty decent experience (NFSMW, A8, MC4, Osmos).
Again I'll test these out tonight and post some pics with my other phone so you can see for yourself before buying anything.
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Ah finally someone replied. If I buy I will buy the original S4 MHL, that's not a worrying factor. But as you said, there's some under/over processing, hmm, that's what I was wondering! I mean if you clearly see picture quality degradation while playing via MHL in comparison to USB devices (PHD or Pen drive) then I will certainly not be interested, I will take black bars happily over a poorer picture.
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Ah finally someone replied. If I buy I will buy the original S4 MHL, that's not a worrying factor. But as you said, there's some under/over processing, hmm, that's what I was wondering! I mean if you clearly see picture quality degradation while playing via MHL in comparison to USB devices (PHD or Pen drive) then I will certainly not be interested, I will take black bars happily over a poorer picture.
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picture seems to show nicely providing the res is HD (1920x1080) otherwise some pixelation (as TV and Phone is Full hd)
i get some lag when tapping the screen and overlay to pause skip video appears but when the overlay minimizes video starts again at normal speed.
sound works fine.
if phone is in portrait mode then ull have black on either side on tv .
ratio for tv 16:9 16:10 is fine