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Ok, this is not an iPad vs Xoom debate but...I have in my possession an iPad 2 and a Xoom (perks of my work). I've had the ipad for about 2 weeks and the Xoom for only 2 days so I want to try to be fair but...
I think to myself, let's see how streaming video works on xoom compared to ipad. on ipad:
Netflix app - works great - Xoom - no such app
Hbogo on iPad works great - Xoom - no such app
Vudu on ipad works great - Xoom - no such app
Hulu Plus on ipad works - Xoom - what's hulu?
Just some other things I noticed -
looked for Wall Street Journal app which is great on iPad, but no such app
DirecTV app for iPad has some extra features than the Xoom app
Bank of AMerica App for ipad is nice but no such app for Xoom
Now I know, to each his own and purchase based on your needs but come on! Only thing iPad doesn't seem to do as well to me is flash of course.
Am I missing something?
I am a droid lover, Droid Original then Droid 2, then Droid Incredible etc. all rooted but a bit dissappointed in the feature list for Xoom. Am I alone?
patchm00 said:
Ok, this is not an iPad vs Xoom debate but...I have in my possession an iPad 2 and a Xoom (perks of my work). I've had the ipad for about 2 weeks and the Xoom for only 2 days so I want to try to be fair but...
I think to myself, let's see how streaming video works on xoom compared to ipad. on ipad:
Netflix app - works great - Xoom - no such app
Hbogo on iPad works great - Xoom - no such app
Vudu on ipad works great - Xoom - no such app
Hulu Plus on ipad works - Xoom - what's hulu?
Just some other things I noticed -
looked for Wall Street Journal app which is great on iPad, but no such app
DirecTV app for iPad has some extra features than the Xoom app
Bank of AMerica App for ipad is nice but no such app for Xoom
Now I know, to each his own and purchase based on your needs but come on! Only thing iPad doesn't seem to do as well to me is flash of course.
Am I missing something?
I am a droid lover, Droid Original then Droid 2, then Droid Incredible etc. all rooted but a bit dissappointed in the feature list for Xoom. Am I alone?
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Its not the limitation of xoom, in general its honeycomb OS itself. Some of the popular apps might showing up in market hopefully by end of this year.
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krips2003 said:
Its not the limitation of xoom, in general its honeycomb OS itself. Some of the popular apps might showing up in market hopefully by end of this year.
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Those of us that have rooted and flashed custom roms like Tiamat l.l have perfect ability to access hbogo, hulu, just about anything via the browser. I use Dolphin HD and the Tiamat rom lets the browser function as a desktop rather than mobile device. And yes, flash is great.
Bottom line...I'm not missing anything and I've got flash.
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Those of us that have rooted and flashed custom roms like Tiamat l.l have perfect ability to access hbogo, hulu, just about anything via the browser. I use Dolphin HD and the Tiamat rom lets the browser function as a desktop rather than mobile device. And yes, flash is great.
Bottom line...I'm not missing anything and I've got flash.
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Hmmm, so, you can do HBOGO and hulu because you are rooted and can load another browser that is capable of running those apps? In other words, it's not the ROM that allows this but the rooted device allowing a different browser that HBOGO works on?
thanks for your reply
Your point is well taken. But the same list should include all of the sites you CAN stream from due to flash. I believe Netlfix and Hulu are both Silverlight based.
I stream from Amazon all of the time.
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Hmmm, so, you can do HBOGO and hulu because you are rooted and can load another browser that is capable of running those apps? In other words, it's not the ROM that allows this but the rooted device allowing a different browser that HBOGO works on?
thanks for your reply
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Be obtuse if you like.
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Be obtuse if you like.
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Huh? I was being serious. Why would you think I'm being stupid? I was just trying to get clarification and I fear you took me totally wrong. Just trying to clarify that if I root my Xoom i could then add other browsers which would support HBOGO.
Sorry if i offended
>Does anyone but me not mind the lack of streaming videos?
+1. Don't have a TV.
Its the same browser (or you can use a different one), its just changing your user agent report to desktop, not android. Hulu is flash, and you can modify flash to also report desktop, not android, and that enables streams. HBO is probably similar. And Netflix will come, as it has a tegra and Netflix/nvidia have said tegras have features for Netflix. Also, you can get play on, which streams from every source under the moon for a few bucks a month extra. And it plays nice with honeycomb.
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Starting to make it sound better. I didn't want to root until I made a decision on returning it or not but I think I'll keep it and I just may have to get my wife an ipad
I did get a good deal at staples for 449 plus tax this week.
Thanks for everyone's comments.
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im not rooted and yes it sux, I am actually debating on taking it back and just waiting until next year or see what Netflix/hbogo will do with the xoom2. I think 3.2 will be out this month so maybe that might intrigue them to make an app.
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Hmmm, so, you can do HBOGO and hulu because you are rooted and can load another browser that is capable of running those apps? In other words, it's not the ROM that allows this but the rooted device allowing a different browser that HBOGO works on?
thanks for your reply
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You can install flash_player and dolphin off the market. Go to settings in dolphin, and change your UA to desktop.
Don't have to be rooted.
I have a 47" TV that I use for video play back so that it why it doesn't bother me. Now if I was 16 and didn't have a tv then it would.
The app selection is pretty lame but as a backup I also have an iPad.
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zone23 said:
I have a 47" TV that I use for video play back so that it why it doesn't bother me. Now if I was 16 and didn't have a tv then it would.
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I'm 40 and travel (too much) otherwise I would also not be bothered.
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gqstatus0685 said:
The app selection is pretty lame but as a backup I also have an iPad.
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Heh, I want to do that but wife is making me make a choice! I guess I can use the offices ipad when I travel though.
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colbur87 said:
You can install flash_player and dolphin off the market. Go to settings in dolphin, and change your UA to desktop.
Don't have to be rooted.
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That worked for HBOGO! Thanks for that tidbit.
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Heh, I want to do that but wife is making me make a choice! I guess I can use the offices ipad when I travel though.
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I set my foot down. It landed me on the couch for two days but she got over it.
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patchm00 said:
Huh? I was being serious. Why would you think I'm being stupid? I was just trying to get clarification and I fear you took me totally wrong. Just trying to clarify that if I root my Xoom i could then add other browsers which would support HBOGO.
Sorry if i offended
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Sorry for being so touchy...maybe I misunderstood your comment.
Re-reading the thread, it came to me that people are really having two very different experiences with the Xoom. There's plain vanilla out of the box, which is nice but lacks some functionality, and the experience of those that have unlocked, rooted and customized their Xoom. The point I was trying to make is that if you're willing to be hands-on, you can have just about all the functions you are looking for.
Is it just mine our do all tegra 2 tablets suck at video playback?
Does anyone know of a fix?
I can't get thru a 5 min video without it stopping 4 times. It's enough to make me want to throw it out of the window at times.
Thanks
Don
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I have not had your experience. I have browsed to YouTube using Dolphin for Tablets as my browser and watched a video. I have also used the built in YouTube app. Perhaps you have a poor WiFi connection, bad routing to the source or something else.
I would suggest a bit more investigation?
Happened to me before. It went away after I upgraded my crappy wifi.
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donharden2002 said:
Is it just mine our do all tegra 2 tablets suck at video playback?
Does anyone know of a fix?
I can't get thru a 5 min video without it stopping 4 times. It's enough to make me want to throw it out of the window at times.
Thanks
Don
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Get rid of the dial up.
Mine hasn't stuttered once even at 720p.
Fix your wifi....
Maroon Mushroom said:
Get rid of the dial up.
Mine hasn't stuttered once even at 720p.
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I'm getting on average of 20mbps up and down so i'm certain it's not my wifi. I'm running the revolver 3.1 rom with the stock kernel. Can't figure it out. Might be time to just trade it for something different. I have a touchpad that doesn't have an issue with video playback so it has to be something with the transformer, mine I mean.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236253
Runs fine for me. Naturally 100% of end user problems are a result of the end user.
Fix your wifi!
stcardinal said:
Runs fine for me. Naturally 100% of end user problems are a result of the end user.
Fix your wifi!
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How does one fix their wifi? I'm getting great numbers on speedtest.
Here are a few of my runs, I watched some hi def videos on line on YouTube. I guess is only the YouTube app giving me issues.
Thanks
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donharden2002 said:
I'm getting on average of 20mbps up and down so i'm certain it's not my wifi. I'm running the revolver 3.1 rom with the stock kernel. Can't figure it out. Might be time to just trade it for something different. I have a touchpad that doesn't have an issue with video playback so it has to be something with the transformer, mine I mean.
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You're getting 20mbps sustained transfer up and down? over wifi? On your transformer? I doubt it. If video playback actually pauses rather than stutters then it's 99% bet to be your wifi or other network issue.
IF you actually have stuttering then review the link posted above to fix flash in dolphin or stock brower.
Also I would try streaming a high bitrate video on your network locally to completely rul out the browser and flash.
Try this rom, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245892
donharden2002 said:
Is it just mine our do all tegra 2 tablets suck at video playback?
Does anyone know of a fix?
I can't get thru a 5 min video without it stopping 4 times. It's enough to make me want to throw it out of the window at times.
Thanks
Don
Sent from my Transformer TF101
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I'm in the same boat. I have ultra fast cable and can stream 1080p no buffering on my laptop but the asus xformer keeps buffering.
cloud1111 said:
Try this rom, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245892
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Thanks, going to give it a try now.
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gottahavit said:
You're getting 20mbps sustained transfer up and down? over wifi? On your transformer? I doubt it. If video playback actually pauses rather than stutters then it's 99% bet to be your wifi or other network issue.
IF you actually have stuttering then review the link posted above to fix flash in dolphin or stock brower.
Also I would try streaming a high bitrate video on your network locally to completely rul out the browser and flash.
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I get close to the same numbers on my atrix as well. My wifes captivate gets in the low teens, I haven't run a speed test on either my hp or my vaio laptop. Going to make a run with my aria and see what it gets.
Thanks for the tip, I will give it a try.
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thebadfrog said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1236253
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Have you tried this yet?
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cloud1111 said:
Try this rom, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1245892
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As surprised as i am i have to report that this rom actually worked to fix the issue.
Thank you for suggesting it, i really appreciate it.
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Usual google, you pretty much plan on media breaking somehow with every release.
With previous versions you could rely on a good 3rd party player like Dice to rectify the lack of smooth video. But with 3.2 they made sure it sucked universally. Rips that were butter smooth on 3.1 are a jerky mess in 3.2. Even with 3rd party players.
Yay for CWM and nandroid.
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Hi bro,
I can see you are on wifi tab. I'm on 3g tab and 3.2 did gave me smooth playback with diceplayer. But in 3.1 3g, its the other way around. I look around and some did reported the same issue with 3.2 wifi tab. Something definately broke here for wifi tab.
Thanks for the info. Pretty frustrating...
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ianken said:
Thanks for the info. Pretty frustrating...
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Were u running kmm or kmn? If the videolagg still is present in kmn I'd rather spend my time flashing back to 3.1...
Experienced the same thing then someone suggested I try BSPlayer. Works like a charm.
I wonder how well riptide gp performs on the snapdragon s4 with Adreno 225. Something is wrong with the GS3 international version. It's very choppy when there are other jetskis on screen.
nativestranger said:
I wonder how well riptide gp performs on the snapdragon s4 with Adreno 225. Something is wrong with the GS3 international version. It's very choppy when there are other jetskis on screen.
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I have a sprint s3 and riptide is awesome on it. Very smooth.
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aznmode said:
I have a sprint s3 and riptide is awesome on it. Very smooth.
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Even in race mode? Have you tried dead space? Thanks for the quick reply.
I'm also quite curious, will get around to testing it out soon
Downloaded riptide today, the graphics were top notch and no lag at all...also you guys should check out Dead Trigger its really sweet.
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nativestranger said:
Even in race mode? Have you tried dead space? Thanks for the quick reply.
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I've played numerous race in Riptide and all were super smooth. I haven't tried dead space yet.
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Tried Shadow Gun and Front Line Commando both very good with excellent gfx.
Lol this thing SEEMS to destroy my tegra 3 tablet in gaming. Ultra smooth
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That's good to hear. Now if only there's a way to test the actual fps in a game. I doubt the Egypt off screen benchmarks that reviews trend to use paints an accurate picture of gaming performance. The Adreno 225 performs poorly in off screen test compared to Tegra 3 and Mali400.
Is Nova 3 compatible yet? Btw do games look better on the screen with more pixels ? or about the same as before? Jw since I do not have the phone yet >_<!
Nova3 is awesome on this phone! Super nice graphics. Looked weird on my Atrix4g but silky smooth on the GS3LTE
Also tested Mass Effect Infiltrator with fantastic results.
Downloaded the new Dead Trigger today. Works well with my sixaxis PS3 controller and the game runs like butter! Crazy graphics that rival the ps Vita. Seriously.
nativestranger said:
Even in race mode? Have you tried dead space? Thanks for the quick reply.
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Riptide works super smooth... However Dead Space isn't working... It installs but crashes after 20 seconds of the game... Unless someone knows a workaround?
How do you connect this games with a ps3 controller
Brianaro said:
How do you connect this games with a ps3 controller
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Just type in "Sixaxis Controller" in Google market
nativestranger said:
That's good to hear. Now if only there's a way to test the actual fps in a game. I doubt the Egypt off screen benchmarks that reviews trend to use paints an accurate picture of gaming performance. The Adreno 225 performs poorly in off screen test compared to Tegra 3 and Mali400.
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What's the deal with off screen test anyhow? Its not a real world test imo
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kronium said:
Downloaded the new Dead Trigger today. Works well with my sixaxis PS3 controller and the game runs like butter! Crazy graphics that rival the ps Vita. Seriously.
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You should see it on a tegra 3 device with the added visuals. Its even killer.
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Shikyo said:
Nova3 is awesome on this phone! Super nice graphics. Looked weird on my Atrix4g but silky smooth on the GS3LTE
Also tested Mass Effect Infiltrator with fantastic results.
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Which s3 do you have? It won't load on my sprint s3. Says game not compatible
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aznmode said:
You should see it on a tegra 3 device with the added visuals. Its even killer.
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Is there evidence of added visuals? I wonder if running through Chainfire will add anything to the game.
aznmode said:
You should see it on a tegra 3 device with the added visuals. Its even killer.
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I was able to get those same visuals on my galaxy s2. If you go to options and set the graphics to high check it out!
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i want buy a tab but cant decide..
should i buy this tab???
pros and cons????
performance????
ur views will be valuable for me...
Yes.
Pros: cheap, fast, direct updates, large dev community, awesome roms...ect
Cons: front camera, many screen lift reports
I just bought this today. I have a HP at home, this thing rocks. I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it. I have two weeks, originally I was 95% sure I was going to return...now, I'm want to keep it.
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It's definitely the best thing going for the money you pay. Smoother than an ipad too!
It is the best tablet you can buy. You probably read about screen lift issue, well dont bother about this, every tablet has issue when it release first. and Anyway, it is fixed by now All new built device has this issue fixed (this apply to some C8O and C9O Model Number and up )
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It is the best tablet you can buy. You probably read about screen lift issue, well dont bother about this, every tablet has issue when it release first. and Anyway, it is fixed by now All new built device has this issue fixed (this apply to some C8O and C9O Model Number and up )
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and what abt its performance with hd games??????
gaming
burninghouse said:
and what abt its performance with hd games??????
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Plays 99.9% of games super smooth:good:. N.O.V.A. 3 is the only game that lags on the nexus 7, but that's Gameloft's fault.
droyd4life said:
Plays 99.9% of games super smooth:good:. N.O.V.A. 3 is the only game that lags on the nexus 7, but that's Gameloft's fault.
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is there a way to increse its storage memory???
and is there any issue with rooting this tab????
Don't buy if you need mhl or if you are one those douches that takes tourist pictures with a tablet.
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hakepuck said:
Don't buy if you need mhl or if you are one those douches that takes tourist pictures with a tablet.
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what is mhl????
HDMI out through the micro USB, the nexus 7 doesn't have that.
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burninghouse said:
is there a way to increse its storage memory???
and is there any issue with rooting this tab????
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Usb otg to expand memory. Nexus Media Importer will do the job and u don't need root to use it
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3vo kid said:
Usb otg to expand memory. Nexus Media Importer will do the job and u don't need root to use it
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Will get a otg cable
does it play all video formats..?????
burninghouse said:
does it play all video formats..?????
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anybody pls reply....
burninghouse said:
does it play all video formats..?????
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Not natively, but there are several free media player apps that do. One of these is MX Player.
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/mx-video-player-for-android-plays-almost-any-video-file-format/