Ok, I can't find the post that asked for details about the TV Out cable, but mine arrived today, so I've attached a few pics of it in action.
When you plug the cable in, you're asked which type of output you want to use (PAL or NTSC). Once you choose, the device forces itself into landscape mode and displays the "Video Out" screen with four shortcuts (Powerpoint, Pics & Vids, Internet, YouTube).
You can choose one of the shortcuts, or just go to the Start Menu - everything is mirrored on the TV screen. I used Coreplayer to start playing an XVid of "Be Kind Rewind". There was a bit of flicker when using the "Qtv Display" option, but the "DirectDraw" option was flicker free, and worked flawlessly. No slowdown or judder at all with my 700Mb file, and the picture quality on the TV was surprisingly good.
Programs like YouTube which have to be displayed in Portrait mode, and pictures displayed in portrait mode are shown with black bars on the sides of the TV screen, while the device just rotates itself back to portrait mode.
Opera looks good on the big screen too, there's a picture of the BBC homepage, with plenty of small text, which is certainly more readable on a 32" screen than it is on a 2.8" screen...
Any questions, ask away, but I think it's pretty self explanatory...
Edit: One more thing. While I was taking these pictures, I received a call. Pressing the "Answer" button put the phone in Speakerphone mode, with the audio routed through the TV - very good quality it was too.
Cool, thanks for posting. I was hoping to hold out for a while, but I think I might have to jump on one of these whenever they are released in the US. Hopefully the CDMA version isn't too crippled compared to the GSM version. I'd switch to a GSM carrier, but I only pay $30 a month for 500 minutes, unlimited text/pic messages, unlimited data, etc. AT&T just can't beat that.
Great shots!!
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Ok, I can't find the post that asked for details about the TV Out cable, but mine arrived today, so I've attached a few pics of it in action.
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Dude...I don't know if it's your TV or the camera you're using but these shots are AMAZING!
It looks like I'll be able to sell my projector and do my PPT presentations straight from the TP.
Can't wait!! Thanks for sharing!
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The TV's over two years old now, but I still haven't found one that gives a better picture (annoying - because I'm trying find a 42" upgrade).
Camera was just a Nokia N95 that I have to hand, and the pics were shrunk to get them below the forum posting limit.
When you plug it can you touch the TV instead of the phone screen?
JK of course!
Very good quality, even web browsing looks very decent! Where did you buy the cable, and how much did you pay?
The dreaded Expansys, I'm afraid:
£16.99 for the cable
£8.49 for a 3.5mm headphone adapter
£4.06 for delivery
£10 off with a voucher
£19.54 total
I think they make up the delivery prices as they go along?!
Was really worried what the performance would be like when playing videos as I read alot it's mainly for presentations.
Now, I feel ok with the upcoming purchase
Thx man
This is the first device in ages where using DirectDraw in CorePlayer doesn't mean stuttering and page tearing to at least some extent.
And there's no need to worry, performance doesn't alter at all when the TV cable is plugged in.
It can only be a good thing that you can plug the charger into the TV cable though, because the screen stays lit on the device while you're watching through the TV. For a two hour movie, I'm pretty sure the battery would take a big hit...
That is so amazing! Do you think you can post of shot of you going through a PowerPoint presentation?
WOW! that's really awesome. I can make use of that.
The Raphael, Is A Must Got To Have Mobile Device
This is the reason that I have to have this mobile device, the Raphael a superior highly enhanced mobile device, revealing yet to be now technology, TV out, nice photos guys, yeah..........!
Can you try to do remote desktop on your touch pro?
What is the tv-out resolution? is it 1024 x 768?
Does it has vga-out?
thanks.
sub69 said:
The dreaded Expansys, I'm afraid:
£16.99 for the cable
£8.49 for a 3.5mm headphone adapter
£4.06 for delivery
£10 off with a voucher
£19.54 total
I think they make up the delivery prices as they go along?!
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Thanks for sharing sub69 Great Phototo's - Ordered mine yesterday together with the Desktop stand and the 3.5mm headphone adapter - says "3 Days" for stock but wanted to use the £10 voucher - Cant wait!!!! - I have a 52" Plasma TV - will post some photo's once my cable arrives!!!
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hkultraman said:
Can you try to do remote desktop on your touch pro?
What is the tv-out resolution? is it 1024 x 768?
Does it has vga-out?
thanks.
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I'll give remote desktop a go on Monday when I'm back at home.
No idea what the output resolution is, but I'd be surprised if it was anything other than 640 x 480, the image on a widescreen TV appears to be stretched slightly to fit the width.
It's just composite, not VGA. I guess you could try using a VGA cable from an HTC Advantage, but I have no idea if that'd work...
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Thanks for sharing sub69 Great Phototo's - Ordered mine yesterday together with the Desktop stand and the 3.5mm headphone adapter - says "3 Days" for stock but wanted to use the £10 voucher - Cant wait!!!! - I have a 52" Plasma TV - will post some photo's once my cable arrives!!!
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Said three days when I ordered too, but it turned up the next day. Postman was knocking on the door about 30 minutes after I got the e-mail to say it had been despatched...
Does anyone make a mini usb to 15 pin cable? I know you can buy mini usb to RCA cable and then a RCA to 15 pin cable.
I'm wondering because then you could connect Raphael directly to a projector for Power Point presentations for business.
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Does anyone make a mini usb to 15 pin cable? I know you can buy mini usb to RCA cable and then a RCA to 15 pin cable.
I'm wondering because then you could connect Raphael directly to a projector for Power Point presentations for business.
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HTC make one for the Advantage. As I said a couple of posts ago though, no idea if it'll work on the Raphael...
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Is there any chance we can get a video shot of the performance on the video out? I'd love to see if it would actually be worth it to use as a video player on the road?
Thanks good job!
Finally a reason why I would put a full lenght movie on my phone. Watching movie on a 2.8 inch screen is dumb. It's only for show. Now, With the tv output, I can put 4 movies and watch in anywhere there's a tv. Even on my Mini van's 12 inch lcd.Whooohooo!!
Drewidian said:
Is there any chance we can get a video shot of the performance on the video out? I'd love to see if it would actually be worth it to use as a video player on the road?
Thanks good job!
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I'm sure it's gonna perform OK. The phone's resolution is 640x480. A dvd quality is 720x480 so It will look fine fasho.
Could someone point me in the way of a good quality low cost HDMI adapter for my Galaxy Tab 8.9?
Thanks in advance!
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Could someone point me in the way of a good quality low cost HDMI adapter for my Galaxy Tab 8.9?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi,
I've had the same problem. I've searched almost whole Internet and couldn't find any... Even on chinese stores price of HDMI adapter is huuuuge... I think that it's because of some kind of electronics inside of this adapter... So you have to find discount price or try to find and buy used one from someone...
Best Regards
BTW. I would like to ask present/past users of Samsung tablet. Does anyone have such adapter for sale?
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Hi,
I've had the same problem. I've searched almost whole Internet and couldn't find any... Even on chinese stores price of HDMI adapter is huuuuge... I think that it's because of some kind of electronics inside of this adapter... So you have to find discount price or try to find and buy used one from someone...
Best Regards
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Thanks - what do you think is a reasonable (or realistic!) price?
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Thanks - what do you think is a reasonable (or realistic!) price?
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Best price which I've seen in my country was arount 30 US $
brumovs 4.400
Thanks - and do they all need external power to work? I think the official Samsung one does?
UPDATE: OK, so I picked up the official Samsung HDTV adapter (EPL-3PHPBEGSTD) up for €30 in Madrid in El Corte Ingles. (Also saw it for about £20 from Expansys in the UK)
So this adapter only mirrors the tablet's screen - there is no way to put a movie/slide show on the external screen and browse the web at the same time on the tablet?
Also, when I play a YouTube video it automatically enlarges the video on the TV whilst keeping the YouTube page with a small video (in the corner of the tablet screen). However it looks like you can't browse for another video without losing the one you are playing. It is a shame if you can't treat the TV as a second screen as with a laptop
there is no way to put a movie/slide show on the external screen and browse the web at the same time on the tablet?
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The way I do it is through DLNA / All Share but it requires a few things. If you have a movie downloaded in the tab, just open the app "all share", select the TV (your TV needs to support DLNA or at least be connected to a router that allows DLNA) and then you can stream the movie to the TV and do other things with the tab.
I don,t think it will work with the slides because all share only works with pictures, music and movies but never tried it.
Anyone done something like this? I've been researching this kinda stuff and it looks pretty cool. Not sure which projector I'd buy but it looks like a somewhat affordable way to keep the kids entertained for a while, or even have a mini movie night in the living room.
well i dindt try but it looks safe , and hdmi cable an hd capable projector should work
ThatLatinGuy said:
well i dindt try but it looks safe , and hdmi cable an hd capable projector should work :good:
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its must works good
Hello Folks!
Maybe thats a dumb question, but why not?
So this is the situation...I have an really old and big TV at home, which only has RCA Inputs. As I watch a lot videos on youtube/other websites, I was wondering how to get these videos on the TV for maximum comfort
So this day I found an old TRRS->RCA Cable back from my Nokia N95, which seemed to work (checked it with a measuring instrument; it's the OMTP Standard). Looks like this.
I was enthusiastic and plugged it in, turned the TV on - the sound was running nicely, but there was no video. Ok; I thought 'maybe it's only a software issue and I have to share the Nexus' screen anywhere'...but I could not find it.
So I was browsing the whole afternoon to find a solution and I found this on reddit. I know, that this was possible with an old Galaxy S and some HTC Devices.
Is it true, that the TRRS Jack in our Nexus 5 can only be used for Microphones?
Is there no way to say the device via software to use that ring on the TRRS as video output?
Does anyone know if the board is configured or is it hard-wired only to work like this?
I'm running newest OmniRom 4.4.4 Nightly.
Please don't say "buy a new TV ans use HDMI, buy these, buy that"...as I'm a poor student I don't want to spend a lot money
(been thinking about buying the new RasPi which has exactly this feature, but I don't know how good video streaming is working with this one...)
Hey. So I was at a friend's house and ended up using the miracast function on his TV. Honestly, it kicks MHL's behind thanks to ease of use as I didn't have to be close to the TV...
Now I am not willing to upgrade my TV just yet (mostly for monetary limits) so I am thinking of getting a miracast adapter. I was thinking of the Microsoft Wiresless Display Adapter as reviews tend to be quite positive. The downside is I know miracast doesn't always work flawlessly so I was hoping for your opinions/experiences.
Have any of you used your One M9 with a miracast adapter? Which one? How well did/does it work? Have any of you done it with Microsoft's in particular?
Thanks in advance for any help you might provide.
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Hey. So I was at a friend's house and ended up using the miracast function on his TV. Honestly, it kicks MHL's behind thanks to ease of use as I didn't have to be close to the TV...
Now I am not willing to upgrade my TV just yet (mostly for monetary limits) so I am thinking of getting a miracast adapter. I was thinking of the Microsoft Wiresless Display Adapter as reviews tend to be quite positive. The downside is I know miracast doesn't always work flawlessly so I was hoping for your opinions/experiences.
Have any of you used your One M9 with a miracast adapter? Which one? How well did/does it work? Have any of you done it with Microsoft's in particular?
Thanks in advance for any help you might provide.
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I use a cheap ebay miracast that cost me $14 USD. I use it on my Appradio 3 and Appradio Unchained Reloaded.
Only problem I have had is when the device tries to connect to a different wifi network while connected to the miracast device. It either disconnects or becomes very laggy.
The firmware is crap. Flashed beta firmware and now works flawlessly.
Here's the one I'm currently using. http://goo.gl/knb4Ui
solsearch said:
Hey. So I was at a friend's house and ended up using the miracast function on his TV. Honestly, it kicks MHL's behind thanks to ease of use as I didn't have to be close to the TV...
Now I am not willing to upgrade my TV just yet (mostly for monetary limits) so I am thinking of getting a miracast adapter. I was thinking of the Microsoft Wiresless Display Adapter as reviews tend to be quite positive. The downside is I know miracast doesn't always work flawlessly so I was hoping for your opinions/experiences.
Have any of you used your One M9 with a miracast adapter? Which one? How well did/does it work? Have any of you done it with Microsoft's in particular?
Thanks in advance for any help you might provide.
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I'm using a Roku stick, but the M9 will probably work with their other models. I like Miracast much more than DNA, because it's screen mirroring from phone to tv, not just streaming media.