iPhone 3GS plays 1080p video, enjoys sound of jaws dropping
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- Anonymous
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- 24 Aug 2009
Anonymous, 24 Aug 2009expect Apple to milk you with a "iPhone 3G S Max" just to l... moreDo you think Nokia will "milk" people with this when they announce the N900, especially all those who bought the N97 with it's VGA composite output?
What are you a communist or something, why shouldn't businesses compete or make money?
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- Anonymous
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- 24 Aug 2009
expect Apple to milk you with a "iPhone 3G S Max" just to let you play HD videos properly.
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- va9
- 24 Aug 2009
Cootified, 23 Aug 2009Yes of course Apple will allow 1080p to be played on the 3G... moreWell seeing how iTunes sells a quarter of the world's music and they also sell Movies and TV series which can be directly downloaded to the iPhone, whether it's 1080p whatever format they decide to use, the 3GS has the processing power to play it back and output it.
As was stated before the only reason component doesn't out put to 1080p is because the Movie industry doesn't allow it under DRM agreements with hardware manufacturers.
The other thing is will Apple add HDMI support in future?
They've been holding off while the dust settled after the HD vs Blueray battle, they didn't want to be stuck with obsolete technology like the X-Box 360 was.
I guess we'll find out in a couple weeks on the 9/9 when Apple is expected to release new iPods and a new version of iTunes with BlueRay support.
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- Cootified
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- 23 Aug 2009
Yes of course Apple will allow 1080p to be played on the 3GS. The quiestion is, will they allow the playback of divx, xvid and matroska files? Only time will tell.
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- 23 Aug 2009
TouchHDloser, 23 Aug 2009You said this:- ---"I mean why do we want to empty our b... moreLOL again...still makin a lot of noise for nothing. Even if the ISheep could play 1080p, there's still no way to output it on a really HDTV, the only best possible output is component, and as GSMARENA said: "component video cables are capable of handling up to 1080i/60Hz video". As u can see on my Youtube link below, 1080i if we were to convert it to progressive would make only 540p!!! OMNIA II and OMNIA HD still do better, and LOOK THEY HAVE DLNA as output.. chek out wat DLNA is???
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- 23 Aug 2009
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2009Are you stupid? Why do you think I wrote this? "This ... moreLOL!! I thinku must read ur HDTV manual, the only inputs on an HDTV that can actually play 1080p is HDMI n DVI!!! Component input can play a max of 1080i which equals to 540p (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-JXfyvlPh0). Anyway i agree with TOUCH HD USER, playing 1080p on a 480*320 screen is ridiculous. Just a lot of talks 4 nothing really practical, just wat the APPLE like, its just a big marketing strategy.. PFF, just take a break.
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- 23 Aug 2009
Touch HD user, 23 Aug 2009I mean why do we want to empty our battery by playing 1080p... moreYou said this:-
---"I mean why do we want to empty our battery by playing 1080p videos on 480x320 screen?:---
Now apart from the fact that you can play content back on a HD widescreen TV, Apple already thought of the power issue, as you can see the cable COMES WITH A USB CHARGER.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB128LL/B?mco=NDkxNTExNw
Now think of it this way, if the iPhone 3GS can play 1080p AND ANY OTHER FORMAT BELOW THAT, it's like buying a car that can do 300km/h then being limited to roads with 100k speed limit.
So what video output does the HTC Touch HD have?
Composite like Nokia?
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Aug 2009
Touch HD user, 23 Aug 2009When reading Wikipedia, don't forget to check source. Conte... moreAre you stupid?
Why do you think I wrote this?
"This article here (as was also pointed out in the GSMArena article) shows that the restriction is an artificial one imposed by the Hollywood Movie Industry to protect the DRM of their content."
Why do you think the GSMArena writer mentioned this specifically in the article?
Stay in your little blinkered world, devoid of possibilities, you obviously have no imagination if you can't see the possibilities that this presents.
I wonder why HDTV's have MULTIPLE INPUTS including COMPONENT.
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- Touch HD user
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- 23 Aug 2009
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2009In response to this comment:-
---"coz most of the viewin... moreI mean why do we want to empty our battery by playing 1080p videos on 480x320 screen?
If I have 1080p videos and I want to play them on my iPhone (suppose that I have one). I would convert to 480x272 to make the file size smaller and consume less power. The only application I could think of is playing 1080p on iPhone and use HDMI port to display video on a HDTV. But iPhone has no HDMI port so that will never happen.
In conclusion it's no use to play 1080p videos on iPhone. I hope you understand, it's straightforward actually.
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- 23 Aug 2009
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2009Such as HD content from the iTunes store perhaps, which can... moreWhen reading Wikipedia, don't forget to check source. Contents in Wikipedia could be wrong or misleading.
"1080p analog was rejected by the CEA working group."
http://www.cepro.com/article/cea_puts_kibosh_on_1080p_over_component
There is no 1080p in CEA-770.3-D, you could see the preview spec:
http://www.ce.org/Standards/CEA-770.3-D_Final_PREVIEW.pdf
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Aug 2009
braf, 23 Aug 2009"So you are of the school of thought that as the resolution... moreSuch as HD content from the iTunes store perhaps, which can be easily adapted to download directly to an iPhone.
One of the many things enabled with the OS 3.0 update was direct downloads of TV Shows and movies from the iTunes store.
So who's the retard?
IF YOU READ THE ARTICLE IT DISCUSSES HD over component.
So the writer of the article on the site you are posting on is retarded too?
---"Analog component video
Reproducing a video signal on a display device (for example, a CRT) is a straightforward process complicated by the multitude of signal sources. DVD, VHS, computers and video game consoles all store, process and transmit video signals using different methods, and often each will provide more than one signal option. One way of maintaining signal clarity is by separating the components of a video signal so that they do not interfere with each other. When a signal is separated this way it is called 'component video'. S-Video, RGB and YPbPr signals comprise two or more separate signals: hence, all are 'component video' signals. For most consumer-level applications, analog component video is used. Digital component video is slowly becoming popular in both computer and home-theatre applications. Component video is capable of carrying signals such as 480i, 480p, 576i, 576p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p[1], and new high definition TVs support the use of component video up to their native resolution."---
Source:-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_video
This article here (as was also pointed out in the GSMArena article) shows that the restriction is an artificial one imposed by the Hollywood Movie Industry to protect the DRM of their content.
http://www.hdtvinfo.eu/news/hdtv-articles/1080p-over-component-video-standard-proposed-to-the-cea.html
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- 23 Aug 2009
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2009In response to this comment:-
---"coz most of the viewin... more"So you are of the school of thought that as the resolution of things you put on the phone should be limited to the phone screen resolution, that anything larger than a VGA Camera is a waste of money."
I doubt that he is saying that at all, as it was mentioned earlier and i agree a camera is different, you take pictures/video on your phone to transfer it to your pc for example and u use it from there. You may even downscale it to VGA but with a higher res source you would get a higher quality VGA image.
With a 1080p video its probably already on your PC and you would transfer it to your phone. Which you would then view it on. or would you turn that vid into 1/16th its size so its a hell of a lot smaller uses less power to play and will probably look better because its not scaled.
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- 23 Aug 2009
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2009coz most of the viewing is not done on screen. Its done on... moreIn response to this comment:-
---"coz most of the viewing is not done on screen. Its done on a PC, or printed on paper.
If we take your argument, then how about all the DSLRs, the POS? Most modern cameras have more than 10MP now, but the screens on it are just adequate for viewing the taken photo.
u are only giving excuses."---
So that would be like plugging an iPhone into a HDTV and playing back the video file back on a bigger screen, would it not?
In response to comments like this:-
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But playing 1080p on the little 480x320 on iPhone has no point.
How many times, I have to say that iPhone has only 480x320 resolution, we'll not get quality of 1080p on iPhone because the movie will be scaled down to 480x320. And iPhone doesn't have HDMI port. So the only reason to play 1080p on iPhone is we want to deplete battery quickly."---
So you are of the school of thought that as the resolution of things you put on the phone should be limited to the phone screen resolution, that anything larger than a VGA Camera is a waste of money.
btw Mr TouchHD, have you seen this?
http://www.canalys.com/pr/2009/r2009081.htm
Pay particular attention to the sixth table down "Global smartphone market by OS Q2 2009, Q2 2008" which shows that iPhone's outsold ALL Windows Mobile phones from all manufacturers combined.
No wonder HTC is exploring Android.
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- FAKE
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- 23 Aug 2009
It´s fake impossible with iphone hardware
wath a joke LLLLLoooooooooLLLLLLLLLLLL
so fake as windows mobile runing in iphone
DREAM ON
the only processor capable of 1080p7720p HD is Tegra apx from Nvidia....
another joke anouther fake .... llllooollll
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- Touch HD user
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- 23 Aug 2009
Eagleseye, 23 Aug 2009I think display resolution is the most important factor in ... moreWM 6.x supports 800x480 which is higher than DVD quality.
It's make perfect sense to play DVD movie on WM 6.x.
But playing 1080p on the little 480x320 on iPhone has no point.
How many times, I have to say that iPhone has only 480x320 resolution, we'll not get quality of 1080p on iPhone because the movie will be scaled down to 480x320. And iPhone doesn't have HDMI port. So the only reason to play 1080p on iPhone is we want to deplete battery quickly.
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- 23 Aug 2009
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2009What's the point of having a camera with more pixels than t... moreCamera's primary purpose is for "taking" pictures, not "viewing" pictures. Got it?
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- Anonymous
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- 23 Aug 2009
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2009What's the point of having a camera with more pixels than t... morecoz most of the viewing is not done on screen. Its done on a PC, or printed on paper.
If we take your argument, then how about all the DSLRs, the POS? Most modern cameras have more than 10MP now, but the screens on it are just adequate for viewing the taken photo.
u are only giving excuses.
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- Anonymous
- P%n
- 23 Aug 2009
Win7RTM, 23 Aug 2009Yes that's true as well, I'll retract "gimmick". I guess it... moreWill the soon to be announced (9/9/09) refresh of the iPod Touch have anything like this?
R.I.P. Zune HD if it does.
How you like them Apples?
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- Anonymous
- P%n
- 23 Aug 2009
braf, 23 Aug 2009whats the point isnt the resolution of the screen 800x480 w... moreWhat's the point of having a camera with more pixels than the screen?
VGA is more than enough for most phone screens in fact you're wasting pixels even at that low a resolution.
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- vae
- 23 Aug 2009
Anonymous, 23 Aug 2009sure your HDTV receiver connected with your HDTV Plasma jus... moreNowhere near as great a difference as that between composite and component.