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So ive just been reading over on gsmarena here and it says that the new iPhone can now play 1080p video. Even though im anti iPhone I have to say that it is pretty impressive. But lead me to ask the question what is the maximum video type that our HD can play? Also do you think the next generation phone to take over from the Touch HD will be equipped with advanced technology?

The iphone screen res is lower tha hd's BUT it has a tv out (with component), but the hd doesn't, so video with a higher resolution than 800*480 is useless for it

Kingkurupt said:
The iphone screen res is lower tha hd's BUT it has a tv out (with component), but the hd doesn't, so video with a higher resolution than 800*480 is useless for it
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not if you want to play videos that dont need to be resized first..

Best 1080p video to show off screen on SGS2

I was just thinking now that the phone should be hitting people's hands soon, it would be good to discuss the best 1080p video to have on the phone when you get the inevitable question from others such as what is the screen like? Or How is it playing movies?
Does anyone have links to stunning videos that we can download and use?
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digitaldw said:
I was just thinking now that the phone should be hitting people's hands soon, it would be good to discuss the best 1080p video to have on the phone when you get the inevitable question from others such as what is the screen like? Or How is it playing movies?
Does anyone have links to stunning videos that we can download and use?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWh9QHCRdZg&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaCTK7DEEJk&feature=related

I think he meant having some demo of HD Videos to show off the quality of the screen. Not videos taken from the phone it self.

dhruvmalik said:
I think he meant having some demo of HD Videos to show off the quality of the screen. Not videos taken from the phone it self.
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That is exactly it!
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dhruvmalik said:
I think he meant having some demo of HD Videos to show off the quality of the screen. Not videos taken from the phone it self.
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Here it is a little
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKQN2hG7z0g&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xbzXbCj_aw&feature=related

A blu-ray rip of any Pixar movie.

drleospaceman said:
A blu-ray rip of any Pixar movie.
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or Avatar, Benjamin Button, Inception etc.

this is the most stupid thread of all time

virussnake said:
this is the most stupid thread of all time
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lol, looking at youtube "not" HD movies to see if the HD movie on the phone looks ok

This is a very bad example, to trully show the screen quality the videos should be converted at the max resolution of the screen.
Puting bigger resolution videos than the max native screen res will result in pixelation, because the phone then has to convert the video in realtime which is a much worse conversion than first doing it with a decent software and then displaying it on the screen without need for picture rescaling.

TheWarKeeper said:
This is a very bad example, to trully show the screen quality the videos should be converted at the max resolution of the screen.
Puting bigger resolution videos than the max native screen res will result in pixelation, because the phone then has to convert the video in realtime which is a much worse conversion than first doing it with a decent software and then displaying it on the screen without need for picture rescaling.
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a voice of reason. I got tired saying this. a good quality 480p (standard resolution) video will play the best on SGS2 , to fully and natively fill the 480x800 screen.

kreoXDA said:
a voice of reason. I got tired saying this. a good quality 480p (standard resolution) video will play the best on SGS2 , to fully and natively fill the 480x800 screen.
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indeed, ppl see "HD" on screens or phones these days and automatically think it means the screen has 1920*1080resolution

kreoXDA said:
a voice of reason. I got tired saying this. a good quality 480p (standard resolution) video will play the best on SGS2 , to fully and natively fill the 480x800 screen.
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not to be a **** but isn't 480i standard resolution and 480p the first step towards hd? again could be completely daft but that's my understanding.
like i = interleaved, p = progressive
thus
p > i ?

teh_pwnage said:
not to be a **** but isn't 480i standard resolution and 480p the first step towards hd? again could be completely daft but that's my understanding.
like i = interleaved, p = progressive
thus
p > i ?
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I would call 480i an interface, not a resolution.
Most standard DVDs (and all modern standard DVDs) have video on them with 480 lines of resolution (480p). Some earlier DVD players (like from 10-15 years ago) could only send that 480 lines of data to TV interleaved (240 lines one frame, 240 next frame). All modern DVDs connected with component or HDMI send the unaltered 480p to the TV.
In phones, you use progressive by design (every frame is shown as full 480 lines of picture)
When you take a 1080p bluray and send that 1080p video to phone straight away, your phone will downconvert 1080p to 480p to show on a 480x800 screen. That downconversion process will produce WORSE resulting picture than a studio-cut original 480p standard DVD.

kreoXDA said:
I would call 480i an interface, not a resolution.
Most standard DVDs (and all modern standard DVDs) have video on them with 480 lines of resolution (480p). Some earlier DVD players (like from 10-15 years ago) could only send that 480 lines of data to TV interleaved (240 lines one frame, 240 next frame). All modern DVDs connected with component or HDMI send the unaltered 480p to the TV.
In phones, you use progressive by design (every frame is shown as full 480 lines of picture)
When you take a 1080p bluray and send that 1080p video to phone straight away, your phone will downconvert 1080p to 480p to show on a 480x800 screen. That downconversion process will produce WORSE resulting picture than a studio-cut original 480p standard DVD.
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alright that's just how I understood it... that and an xbox 360 running on my old 32 inch tube tv won't give me a resolution higher then 480i lol
Edit: another question though... does 480 lines necessarily mean it's 480p? I though it also had something to do with the post processing done on the monitor as well?

teh_pwnage said:
alright that's just how I understood it... that and an xbox 360 running on my old 32 inch tube tv won't give me a resolution higher then 480i lol
Edit: another question though... does 480 lines necessarily mean it's 480p? I though it also had something to do with the post processing done on the monitor as well?
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If your TV is capable of physically addressing 480 lines on the screen, it DOES have resolution of 480. However if the circuitry can only produce those 480 lines in two passes by 240 lines, each pass showing every other line, then you are seeing 480i picture.
CRT TVs where a ray is used to quickly draw every single line, and that ray is not quick enough to draw 480 lines for every single frame, it would use 480i to show half frame each time.
480 lines for each frame are stored on your DVD. If you connect DVD player to TV with a composite cable you can only pass 480i signal. Same if your TV can only accept composite, or produce interlaced picture.for any reasons (see CRT example above).
With phones, you are not passing signal over any cables, and LCD/oled screens have enough power in the hardware to show all 480 lines at each frame. So you always use P in phones for videos.

kreoXDA said:
If your TV is capable of physically addressing 480 lines on the screen, it DOES have resolution of 480. However if the circuitry can only produce those 480 lines in two passes by 240 lines, each pass showing every other line, then you are seeing 480i picture.
CRT TVs where a ray is used to quickly draw every single line, and that ray is not quick enough to draw 480 lines for every single frame, it would use 480i to show half frame each time.
480 lines for each frame are stored on your DVD. If you connect DVD player to TV with a composite cable you can only pass 480i signal. Same if your TV can only accept composite, or produce interlaced picture.for any reasons (see CRT example above).
With phones, you are not passing signal over any cables, and LCD/oled screens have enough power in the hardware to show all 480 lines at each frame. So you always use P in phones for videos.
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True but i would like to add that 480i not a simple limitation of CRT, there are hundreds of CRT out there who display resolution of 2048x1536.
The main problem was the bandwidth of the cables themselves and not by the CRT technology.
The 480i is indeed long gone, it was used when analog signals were simply not prepared to output such a high definition, therefor to overcome that situation, tvs were made with an interlaced technology, basically displaying the same frame twice on different vlines of the screen, giving you the illusion that the image was beying displayed at a bigger resolution, even though it wasnt.
So he is correct when he says 480p as a more standard resolution than 480i, especially since we live in 2011 now and Interlaced imo is not really a true resolution.
Think of 1280*720p vs 1920*1080i, alot of ppl would prefer 1280*720p over the interlaced especially since lcds cant handle interlaced outputs as good as crts can.

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I'd just like to point out that I'm not completely retarded.... hell I'm a Computer Systems Engineering Student (what would happen if Electronics Engineering and Software Engineering had a kid) I know how CRT works lol I was just asking out of clarification no need to make a guy feel dumb

teh_pwnage said:
I'd just like to point out that I'm not completely retarded.... hell I'm a Computer Systems Engineering Student (what would happen if Electronics Engineering and Software Engineering had a kid) I know how CRT works lol I was just asking out of clarification no need to make a guy feel dumb
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i dont know how we made you feel dumb, youve asked a question, weve answeared it unbiased, with facts, thats all.

720p vs 1080p video recording

Do you typically record 720p or 1080p video? I use 720p because the files are smaller and I own a 720p tv. I wondered if 720p might offer better quality in low light conditions because it can average over more pixels in the sensor?
Also if the phone cpu is working too hard at 1080p does it reduce quality by upping compression and increasing lossyness?
Or is 1080p substantially better choice with the only downside being bigger files?
Generally I've found video IQ to be some what independent of resolution (on other devices) because compression generally goes up with resolution negating a lot of the benefits.
Thoughts?

Im using 720p cos it seems to me more clear and more smooth playing...plus less zoom.....
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So 720p plays back smoother? Just on the phone screen or over hdmi?
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jdurston said:
Do you typically record 720p or 1080p video? I use 720p because the files are smaller and I own a 720p tv. I wondered if 720p might offer better quality in low light conditions because it can average over more pixels in the sensor?
Also if the phone cpu is working too hard at 1080p does it reduce quality by upping compression and increasing lossyness?
Or is 1080p substantially better choice with the only downside being bigger files?
Generally I've found video IQ to be some what independent of resolution (on other devices) because compression generally goes up with resolution negating a lot of the benefits.
Thoughts?
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You are right, due to the binning would select the less noisier pixels and thus, the 720p video quality [except for resolution ofc ] would be much better.

I prefer 720p mode, only because of the field of view, it's just too narrow angle in 1080 mode.
Suppose it could come in handy if wanting to shoot something more distant but for indoor work it's not wide enough.
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For me only 720p, because in 1080p I get a thin, purple line over the image that's also recorded into the vid, making my 1080 mode effectively broken.

I always thought 1080 as higher quality than 720p. Maybe for mobile this is different? Any source or test for this?

I'll try and shoot some comparison footage tomorrow.
Not sure if YouTube's compression will make the difference impossible to tell though.

Si14 said:
I always thought 1080 as higher quality than 720p. Maybe for mobile this is different? Any source or test for this?
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This is a totally different matter. Yes, 1080 pixels are "higher" than 720, obviously . But there are other factors also on our device.
I just record in 720p. Never really compared the two, but I don't need 1080p usually, so I' don't need those huge files either.

Good discussion on here, guess I'll have to switch to 720p now on.

I tried recording an apple in the 2 modes and to my surprise the 720p mode is indeed much clearer and wider then 1080p.
Go for 720p

I prefer 720 p... for my the quality is enought and the size of the videos is so better.
Regards

[Q] Nexus 7 video resolution and video streaming

So the NExus 7 has a resolution of 1200x800, which is very close to the native 720p resolution size.
My question is, when streaming a 1080p video file on the nexus 7, will it look any better than a video size with a resolution of 1200x800 or 720p?
Wouldn't it be better to convert the resolution of 1080p videos to 1200x800 so reduce file size yet reduce absolutely no quality?
During this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOqn62m49S0#t=11m55s the guy plays a 720p file and 1080p file, they are streamed from a usb drive but how does the performance differ on the two even though they are playing on the nexus 7 screen, so are being outputted at 1200x800?
Another question I have is can I stream a 1080p video file using micro HDMI cable from the Nexus7 to a 1080p capable TV? Will the Nexus 7 GPU output 1080p on the TV full screen?
Help is very much appreciated!

Lanky09 said:
So the NExus 7 has a resolution of 1200x800, which is very close to the native 720p resolution size.
My question is, when streaming a 1080p video file on the nexus 7, will it look any better than a video size with a resolution of 1200x800 or 720p?
Wouldn't it be better to convert the resolution of 1080p videos to 1200x800 so reduce file size yet reduce absolutely no quality?
During this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOqn62m49S0#t=11m55s the guy plays a 720p file and 1080p file, they are streamed from a usb drive but how does the performance differ on the two even though they are playing on the nexus 7 screen, so are being outputted at 1200x800?
Another question I have is can I stream a 1080p video file using micro HDMI cable from the Nexus7 to a 1080p capable TV? Will the Nexus 7 GPU output 1080p on the TV full screen?
Help is very much appreciated!
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The nexus 7 doesn't have a micro hdmi. So that's not gonna work. Only a mini USB but you can use an otg (on the go) cable to attach a flashdrive with movies you would like to watch. 1080P and 720P are compressed differently. 1080P is a much heavier format so if you really want the full 1080P experience your gonna have to stream the full size video which can be around 10gb. By reducing a 1080P video you can stream it easier and it will still be HD but quality will be less. 1080P is always going to look better than 720P because it is compressed so many times so the picture is literally made tighter increasing clarity. Lets say you took a 5mp picture and a 8mp picture and looked at them on the nexus 7 when you look closely at the pictures you can see the clarity difference between the 5 and 8 MP. Compression is what makes the biggest difference. You are cramming more and more information into a tiny place. So 1080P will look nicer on the nexus 7 but so will 720 but the details will be clearer on 1080P even though the nexus 7 outputs in a lesser resolution. But the difference will be harder to see on a smaller screen but much more noticeable in a bigger screen. But streaming a 1080P can be choppy because eventhough they are being displayed at the same resolution they are being input differently. Sorry for the long explanation
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zippox180 said:
The nexus 7 doesn't have a micro hdmi. So that's not gonna work. Only a mini USB but you can use an otg (on the go) cable to attach a flashdrive with movies you would like to watch. 1080P and 720P are compressed differently. 1080P is a much heavier format so if you really want the full 1080P experience your gonna have to stream the full size video which can be around 10gb. By reducing a 1080P video you can stream it easier and it will still be HD but quality will be less. 1080P is always going to look better than 720P because it is compressed so many times so the picture is literally made tighter increasing clarity. Lets say you took a 5mp picture and a 8mp picture and looked at them on the nexus 7 when you look closely at the pictures you can see the clarity difference between the 5 and 8 MP. Compression is what makes the biggest difference. You are cramming more and more information into a tiny place. So 1080P will look nicer on the nexus 7 but so will 720 but the details will be clearer on 1080P even though the nexus 7 outputs in a lesser resolution. But the difference will be harder to see on a smaller screen but much more noticeable in a bigger screen. But streaming a 1080P can be choppy because eventhough they are being displayed at the same resolution they are being input differently. Sorry for the long explanation
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Ok so is it possible to make a 1080p file reduced in resolution but not as compressed? So it still includes the detail you are talking about?
I thought that the pixel resolution was the main quality aspect of a video being outputted.
For the micro usb, i meant a micro usb to hdmi cable you can buy? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitvision-Micro-HDMI-Adapter-Cable/dp/B005TF2F2W

Lanky09 said:
Ok so is it possible to make a 1080p file reduced in resolution but not as compressed? So it still includes the detail you are talking about?
I thought that the pixel resolution was the main quality aspect of a video being outputted.
For the micro usb, i meant a micro usb to hdmi cable you can buy? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kitvision-Micro-HDMI-Adapter-Cable/dp/B005TF2F2W
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Mhl is not currently supported on the nexus 7. So no micro USB to hdmi. 1080 P is the resolution so if your going to reduce that then it wouldn't be 1080P. It might be 1080 I which is less but 720 P and 1080 I equal out to the same resolution. Honestly 720P is going to give you plenty of clarity and I wouldn't stress about 1080 P. Unless you have 1080 P movies downloaded I wouldn't worry about it.
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zippox180 said:
The nexus 7 doesn't have a micro hdmi. So that's not gonna work. Only a mini USB but you can use an otg (on the go) cable to attach a flashdrive with movies you would like to watch. 1080P and 720P are compressed differently. 1080P is a much heavier format so if you really want the full 1080P experience your gonna have to stream the full size video which can be around 10gb. By reducing a 1080P video you can stream it easier and it will still be HD but quality will be less. 1080P is always going to look better than 720P because it is compressed so many times so the picture is literally made tighter increasing clarity. Lets say you took a 5mp picture and a 8mp picture and looked at them on the nexus 7 when you look closely at the pictures you can see the clarity difference between the 5 and 8 MP. Compression is what makes the biggest difference. You are cramming more and more information into a tiny place. So 1080P will look nicer on the nexus 7 but so will 720 but the details will be clearer on 1080P even though the nexus 7 outputs in a lesser resolution. But the difference will be harder to see on a smaller screen but much more noticeable in a bigger screen. But streaming a 1080P can be choppy because eventhough they are being displayed at the same resolution they are being input differently. Sorry for the long explanation
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Zippox your making a mistake. You are confusing scaling and compression. Compression determines files size, clarity (less pixels). Scaling which is done by your set top box, DVD/blu-ray player, computer, smart phone, tablet just makes it fit to screen or what ever size it needs to be. Will 1080p look better on nexus then a 720p that's a yes/no answer. It will depend on how much each file was compressed. Generally a 1080p file is compressed much less then a 720p. Why? Cause its resolution is too huge. Which means compression (blocks aka pixels, seeing weird shadow/dark areas move, blurry images) can be easily seen if its not done right. If you set a 1080p file and 720p file and compress them the same bit rate as the 1080 and view it on a 7" native 720p screen you will not notice a difference. Why one will be scaled down and the other will not be scaled at all. Clarity will be equal at that point. Now once that 720p file has to scale up then its defects will be shown regardless of actual screen size. And trust me you will never stream a 10gb file. You can download a 10gb file but you will never stream that. Those stream sites actually offer two completely different files. The streaming file is much more compressed. Why server load, then actual internet speeds. That would have too much strain on the server. This is why streaming is not an alternative to actually owning the file. And the digital download is not as good as its blu-ray medium.
But scaling and compression are not the same. And you were getting them confused. There is no point in a 1080p file for the nexus 7. Unless you have it 1" from your face and straining your eyes you will not see the difference if its encoded (compressed) properly. 1080p scaled down to 1280x720 will look just how its supposed to at 1920x1080 you just need to be closer to the screen. But then make that fit on 7" and 720p scaled down. That's just waisting space on the nexus7. a 30 minute anime file at 720p is generally 250-350mb. Its 1080p counterpart is usually 700mb. And it will look the same on your tablet. The only difference will be based on source material. TV capture vs blu-ray rip.
Then there is compressors. H264 8bit, h264 10 bit, divx, xvid, wmv, mpeg2. This will also define how the video looks. H264 10bit is the current best compressor. You can have a h264 10bit compressed lower (in megabytes) then h264 8bit and it will look just as good as its higher filer size h264 8bit. But naturally they will compress it less to completely blow h264 8bit out the water.
None of this has anything to do with scaling. Scaling down you see less but still looks very clean, and clear. Scaling up makes for a sloppy mess. And lesser you compress the less of a mess it will look but it will not ever look as good as native or less. And scaling of actual screen you should never see a difference as long as resolution of screen isn't touch.
There are two meanings for scaling and 1 for compression. Scaling resolution, scaling actual TV. Compression is only for file size which determines the actual quality. Overly compress it will look horrible. There is no under compress. Scale up from files resolution will degrade any image.
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N7's resolution is 1280*800 and you should use 720p video as 1080p would just be a waste of space.

densetsu86 said:
Zippox your making a mistake. You are confusing scaling and compression. Compression determines files size, clarity (less pixels). Scaling which is done by your set top box, DVD/blu-ray player, computer, smart phone, tablet just makes it fit to screen or what ever size it needs to be. Will 1080p look better on nexus then a 720p that's a yes/no answer. It will depend on how much each file was compressed. Generally a 1080p file is compressed much less then a 720p. Why? Cause its resolution is too huge. Which means compression (blocks aka pixels, seeing weird shadow/dark areas move, blurry images) can be easily seen if its not done right. If you set a 1080p file and 720p file and compress them the same bit rate as the 1080 and view it on a 7" native 720p screen you will not notice a difference. Why one will be scaled down and the other will not be scaled at all. Clarity will be equal at that point. Now once that 720p file has to scale up then its defects will be shown regardless of actual screen size. And trust me you will never stream a 10gb file. You can download a 10gb file but you will never stream that. Those stream sites actually offer two completely different files. The streaming file is much more compressed. Why server load, then actual internet speeds. That would have too much strain on the server. This is why streaming is not an alternative to actually owning the file. And the digital download is not as good as its blu-ray medium.
But scaling and compression are not the same. And you were getting them confused. There is no point in a 1080p file for the nexus 7. Unless you have it 1" from your face and straining your eyes you will not see the difference if its encoded (compressed) properly. 1080p scaled down to 1280x720 will look just how its supposed to at 1920x1080 you just need to be closer to the screen. But then make that fit on 7" and 720p scaled down. That's just waisting space on the nexus7. a 30 minute anime file at 720p is generally 250-350mb. Its 1080p counterpart is usually 700mb. And it will look the same on your tablet. The only difference will be based on source material. TV capture vs blu-ray rip.
Then there is compressors. H264 8bit, h264 10 bit, divx, xvid, wmv, mpeg2. This will also define how the video looks. H264 10bit is the current best compressor. You can have a h264 10bit compressed lower (in megabytes) then h264 8bit and it will look just as good as its higher filer size h264 8bit. But naturally they will compress it less to completely blow h264 8bit out the water.
None of this has anything to do with scaling. Scaling down you see less but still looks very clean, and clear. Scaling up makes for a sloppy mess. And lesser you compress the less of a mess it will look but it will not ever look as good as native or less. And scaling of actual screen you should never see a difference as long as resolution of screen isn't touch.
There are two meanings for scaling and 1 for compression. Scaling resolution, scaling actual TV. Compression is only for file size which determines the actual quality. Overly compress it will look horrible. There is no under compress. Scale up from files resolution will degrade any image.
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Maybe I should have made it clearer. Compression and scaling are different yes. Compression is taking a file size that is large and compressing it into a smaller size to fit. So taking a 1080P picture and watching it on the nexus 7 will look great. SCALING that 1080P picture to fit a 720P picture will change its resolution so that a 1920x1080 will fit on a 1280x720 size screen. Clarity will always go down regardless. Unless you are upstaging in which case it depends on your source. ENCODING is taking that same picture and converting into a different codec say xvid to avi. How you encode that picture (bitrate, codec,resolution) will determine the output quality. So bottom line 1080P will look better than 720P. But that's why I said don't sweat it on the nexus 7 because the difference will be minor. On a last note I stream Blu-ray rips at 10gb-15gb from my PC to my xbox all the time but unless your internet has an extremely high upload you will get choppy playback. Again sorry if I wasn't clear.
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galax_ said:
N7's resolution is 1280*800 and you should use 720p video as 1080p would just be a waste of space.
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That's pretty much what I was trying to say lol but i load my movies on a flash and use an otg so I never actually lose my space on my nexus 7
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Is the super high screen resolution overkill?

The reason I ask is because all of the tv shows I will watch on this will be in 720p. Movies will be at 1080p at best.
Will the super high resolution of the screen actually work against me, making my media look like crap?
For example, watching something in 480p format on even a 5 inch, 1080p phone screen looks like garbage.

Han Solo 1 said:
The reason I ask is because all of the tv shows I will watch on this will be in 720p. Movies will be at 1080p at best.
Will the super high resolution of the screen actually work against me, making my media look like crap?
For example, watching something in 480p format on even a 5 inch, 1080p phone screen looks like garbage.
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Given that it has 2/3 the subpixels as a traditional RGB LCD, and 1/2 the RGB subpixels, I'm not quite convinced it's kill, let alone overkill.

Has the price been confirmed at $600? I was hoping the baseline wifi model would be $500.
Anyway one of my primary use cases is pdf reading so no I don't think the high PPI is overkill. For me it's one the prime selling points along with the S-pen.

inolvidable;IMHO he never said he was buying the tablet with the only purpose of watching videos on it. I think he is just posting a legit concern
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What he said... And I also agree that it's barely kill, much less overkill.
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inolvidable said:
That's a possibility. You could try a 720p video on the ones for exposure before buying it.
IMHO he never said he was buying the tablet with the only purpose of watching videos on it. I think he is just posting a legit concern
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If you think the current model is overkill on the resolution, then buy the outgoing model with 1280x800 resolution, you can get a 16GB WiFi for $449, but it should drop further.

Nah that's not overkill. The nexus 10 has the same resolution.
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Han Solo 1 said:
The reason I ask is because all of the tv shows I will watch on this will be in 720p. Movies will be at 1080p at best.
Will the super high resolution of the screen actually work against me, making my media look like crap?
For example, watching something in 480p format on even a 5 inch, 1080p phone screen looks like garbage.
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I have the Nexus 10 with the same resolution. It is not overkill. I had the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the higher resolution screen is a big step up. I wouldn't go back to a lower resolution tablet ... period. Video looks great on the screen and youtube looks great on the screen. The higher resolution is superb for reviewing photos, web, pdf's/reading ... every thing looks great on the screen. There is absolutely no downside to the screen resolution.

UCSB said:
I have the Nexus 10 with the same resolution. It is not overkill. I had the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the higher resolution screen is a big step up. I wouldn't go back to a lower resolution tablet ... period. Video looks great on the screen and youtube looks great on the screen. The higher resolution is superb for reviewing photos, web, pdf's/reading ... every thing looks great on the screen. There is absolutely no downside to the screen resolution.
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Awesome, thanks for your input.
Feel a lot better about pulling the trigger on this thing.

Han Solo 1 said:
Wow.
I feel bad for your friends.
And family.
Thanks to the rest of you for not getting twisted panties over a simple question.
I'm definitely picking this up, I'm just wondering about the display. Why do you guys say it's barely kill, much less overkill? I have to admit this is my first AMOLED experience on such a huge screen, so I'm curious, that's all.
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I think just above the "standard" for tablets around this size. To answer your question; no your movies will not look bad.

It doesn't matter that the video material is lower resolution than the screen resolution. What matters is that the higher the pixel density, the clearer the picture. Plus, the 720p material scales perfectly to the Note since it is exactly 4 times the resolution. Video on my Note compared to my 1280 x 800 Transformer Prime screen is like night and day.
It is definitely not overkill.

I think high resolution videos (720p and 1080p) look great on this tablet, 480p looks bad in comparison on any larger screen, especially if you're viewing at close distances even if it didn't have a high resolution. The best thing about the high resolution is reading text.