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Galaxy Note - video quality grainy??

I just received this Galaxy Note and noticed that on youtube video playback, the HQ playback on various vids look grainy and somewhat pixelated. My friend has a Nexus and the same playback looks really clear. I've always heard great things about the Note's screen so I'm really surprised and disappointed. This is noticeable on different brightness levels. Can anyone suggest what I can do to determine if my screen has issues or if there is some setting I have to tweak?

You need to update your YouTube app as the default doesn't use hd, just hq. Also HD only works over wifi.
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Thanks bud, updating the app worked.

HQ=480p. Obviously when you compare it to true HD, the HD will look better...
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Noted said:
I just received this Galaxy Note and noticed that on youtube video playback, the HQ playback on various vids look grainy and somewhat pixelated. My friend has a Nexus and the same playback looks really clear. I've always heard great things about the Note's screen so I'm really surprised and disappointed. This is noticeable on different brightness levels. Can anyone suggest what I can do to determine if my screen has issues or if there is some setting I have to tweak?
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I hope you don't have the black clipping issue that is widespread on dark videos. By your're description of pixellation, it sounds like you might... :-(
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I just got my note and it's showing the black clipping issues that are described here.... should I return my not and try to get one that doesn't have this issue?
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As soon as you can, yes. Some units play almost unwatchable videos. Better units r out there
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hmm.. This kinda reminds me of the Samsung screen lottery from a couple years ago lol... I'm going to do an exchange and see what happens
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sad.. im facing the same problem as well. while using youtube to view clip, the dark side of the clip will black clipping

[Q] Are you satisfied while watching videos on SG4?,

Hi guys, please, write here your experiences when watching videos/movies on SG4 screen. Its what you expected, or do you notice some bad disturbing issues like smearing etc.? Do you watch at night as well, any problems with display? Thanks for Yours replies in advance! I have SG2 now, I would like to know if watching movies steped up to higher level

Watching movies is just great. No smearing and the full hd screen is so beautiful (compared to a previous owned gs2 and gs3).
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It's just awesome. The picture is sharp as a razor.
There's just one small glitch: when you're watching a movie with dark areas, you may see a difference in areas where pixels are pure black. I mean, you do notice when the leds are turned off. But it's not that much of an issue.
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Yes!
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Its absolutely an amazing experience watching videos on s4 the only probl3m I've had is the black patches appear in very dark situations u can minimize it by setting ur screen mode to movie..
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noufel said:
Its absolutely an amazing experience watching videos on s4 the only probl3m I've had is the black patches appear in very dark situations u can minimize it by setting ur screen mode to movie..
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Thanks. Black patches, maybe because of smearing issue? Might will help use of free app Screen Adjuster - when set RBG values +5 / or set constrast value -10. Could you please try and let me know?

With the screen adjuster on smearing/ghosting/black patches whatever you wanna call it is gone but blacks look grey..
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Coming from an S2, i am incredibly satisfied with the S4 screen.
The blacks look incredible and everything is razor sharp in HD. Also, the phone is very comfortable to hold since they've packed a huge 5" screen into a fairly small device.

Coming from an s1, the screen, holy f*** its gorgeous! Everytime I stick it on its dock to charge and it lights up at full brightness Its just beautiful!
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{AppN5} mirror to chrome cast.

Beta testing here https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/iWcpAhBha5F
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I would love to try this but the links in g+ does not seem to be working.
Edit: Never mind, I'm dumb.
NeXu5

works awesome even sound... now to find my dual shock
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Really pixelated and laggy for me right now, but progress is good.

Yeah the stream is a bit pixelated and unclear but the Dev in the video was using an apple tv, is there a difference, or could it be my router?
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DroneDoom said:
Yeah the stream is a bit pixelated and unclear but the Dev in the video was using an apple tv, is there a difference, or could it be my router?
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Using an Apple TV is smoother and looks better. Chromecast casting will probably get better as the app progresses.
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Yup, slight lag and pixelation around movement, using a n600 buffalo router. Loving the progress and stream to pc is a fun plus, I cant wait for more updates on it. Thanks for the share.

Very good start. I didn't expect it to work as well as it did.
I don't really see much lag, but the pixelation is there. I casted my N5 with a hockey stream on to my desktop and to my TV with a Chromecast and it was definitely watchable but there is definitely room for improvement.
Pretty surprised overall.

Poor camera on my 6P

Is anyone expirencing really poor camera quality in slow motion mode? It's flickering and full of noise even outdoors in perfect lighting
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sohails4 said:
Is anyone expirencing really poor camera quality in slow motion mode? It's flickering and full of noise even outdoors in perfect lighting
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The resolution in the 240fps mode is reduced to 720 as that's all the system can handle. The quality is reduced from normal HD video.
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I understand that but I have seen some videos out there and mine don't cone anywhere near as good quality I will take a video and show you
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Here's a video I just took fully lit room
https://youtu.be/JinY5Iozng8
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sohails4 said:
Here's a video I just took fully lit room
https://youtu.be/JinY5Iozng8
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Wow, I haven't noticed that before but I just tried it 240fps on my phone and it's exactly the same as you. Perhaps it's because of the artificial light? I'm not sure.
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Batfink33 said:
Wow, I haven't noticed that before but I just tried it 240fps on my phone and it's exactly the same as you. Perhaps it's because of the artificial light? I'm not sure.
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It's been the same with any type of light the viewfinder actually shows that same quality when recording too. It concerns me as when looking at the below is such good quality
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3237047
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sohails4 said:
It's been the same with any type of light the viewfinder actually shows that same quality when recording too. It concerns me as when looking at the below is such good quality
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3237047
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I'm not sure what would cause it. Have you got the new camera app that was released yesterday? I'm using that, perhaps it's a problem with that? I'll try it tomorrow in daylight again but yeah, 240fps looks a mess on mine.
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Batfink33 said:
I'm not sure what would cause it. Have you got the new camera app that was released yesterday? I'm using that, perhaps it's a problem with that? I'll try it tomorrow in daylight again but yeah, 240fps looks a mess on mine.
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Yes I have the new app only got my phone yesterday and it updated it as soon as I connected to the internet is there anyway to revert so I can test
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sohails4 said:
Yes I have the new app only got my phone yesterday and it updated it as soon as I connected to the internet is there anyway to revert so I can test
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You can uninstall updates in the app section using the top right hand corner 3 dots button. I just uninstalled it and quality is the same.
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Batfink33 said:
You can uninstall updates in the app section using the top right hand corner 3 dots button. I just uninstalled it and quality is the same.
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In that case I'm wondering is the camera at fault, normal video and photos are fine
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I have a 5X also and used it the other day at sunset taking a 120fps slo-mogolf video and it did a great job. I just got my 6P 2 days ago and have tried the 240fps in great lighting outdoors and its far worse than the 5X at 120. Not liking this. I was expecting the opposite.

The slow motion needs a lot of light to be good quality. Since it's essentially taking 240 720p photos a second, its sensor won't receive much light per frame in low light situations.
The flickering occurs with artificial light because of AC electricity. Your lights actually dim and brighten with the changing direction of current, however it is mostly imperceptible by the human eye, but entirely perceptible by 240FPS!

BillyTheRatKing said:
The slow motion needs a lot of light to be good quality. Since it's essentially taking 240 720p photos a second, its sensor won't receive much light per frame in low light situations.
The flickering occurs with artificial light because of AC electricity. Your lights actually dim and brighten with the changing direction of current, however it is mostly imperceptible by the human eye, but entirely perceptible by 240FPS!
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The sun was as bright as it could be today when I took the 240. I guess I was expecting more. I will just stick to 120 or just take regular video and slow it down with Adobe.

Sound

Has anyone else noticed a crackling sound when playing youtube videos, or any other vids.
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Kchitown1977 said:
Has anyone else noticed a crackling sound when playing youtube videos, or any other vids.
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This is a result of water. By now it should of been loooong gone.
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nano303 said:
This is a result of water. By now it should of been loooong gone.
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Hasn't been exposed to any water not even rain water
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nano303 said:
This is a result of water. By now it should of been loooong gone.
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Was going to come say the same. Mine does it when wet but that's about it.
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Depends on what I'm doing, but normally you shouldn't be having crackling audio. The SimCity game audio crackles terribly on this phone. Everything else seems fine. Certain games in Gear VR have horribly crackling audio, especially if using headphones or BT headset or if the game is streaming content (I have amazing Internet, so it's something with the phone).