I am having a very hard time deciding to keep this phone. There are things it does so well and others are a clear miss.
The HD dock kit (with the keyboard/mouse) brings up a massive limitation on this phone when connected to a HDMI monitor. Out of 4 HDMI monitors and TVs I own, there is not one that is an exact native resolution mode that is supported by this phone. The 720p modes come close to my 720p monitors but there is no support at all for 1080 modes.
This makes the video out look like crap on these monitors, like using S-video in or something. Most of the video modes seem to be from the old VGA output connector days like 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024 etc. Why?
The output quality is no where even close to what you are used to on your PC because of this. If you were lucky enough to have a monitor with a supported native resolution then mabey it would look correct. As it is, the text is painfully blurry to look at in todays crisp digital era.
Now that the desktop mode is unusable because of crappy video out mode support, major functions of this Atrix are gone.
Anyone else notice this?
I thought I should post this to give others a heads up on these accessories.
Hi,
I was wondering if the Galaxy S2 is capable of playing 3D videos via the HDMI connector.
I like the feature of playing 1080p on the tv, but if i could play my 3d 1080p videos on my 3d tv it would be much better.
I found nowhere information about this, so i hope someone of you knows it or has already tested it.
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Hi,
I was wondering if the Galaxy S2 is capable of playing 3D videos via the HDMI connector.
I like the feature of playing 1080p on the tv, but if i could play my 3d 1080p videos on my 3d tv it would be much better.
I found nowhere information about this, so i hope someone of you knows it or has already tested it.
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it cant play 3d movies
This version specification of MHL (1.0) does not have 3D capability.
A future (next?) version will.
Therefore, no for the SGS2 for 3D MHL.
it depends on the technique used to make the video 3d.
if you have side by side 3d videos, the galaxy IS capable, because it is just a regular 1080i/p video and the tv makes it 3d, so it does not need special requirements in the device or the cable to make it possible. this would be the case for recordings of 3d tv, like anixe 3d or sky 3d (in germany). this is also the reason, why 3dtv does not need hdmi 1.4. it is just a regular 1080 picture, and the tv makes it 3d. for other techniques, codecs... this might not apply. in those cases it would not work, either because of the lack of hdmi 1.4 for a proper 3d handshake OR the lack of codecs in the device.
Ok thanks for all the helpful answers.
I have some .mkv files which are based on 3D origin. Some self recorded (avchd to mkv) and some by bluray origin.
Unfortunately i have no idea about the technique of the videos, whether if its side by side or not. I think they are not.
But anyways, i will order the connecter as soon as its availible and will report if it works or not
I have done a quick test and confirm that it does work. The .mkv was a side by side one and plays just like any normal video file. My TV can then mix the 2 together to get 3D.
The file I used was not a particularly good example, if anyone has a link to a test file they would like me try I would be more than happy to.
Since when Galaxy S 2 can record 3d with his camera ?
As far as I know it can't record 3d movies.
I recorded 3d movies with a 3d camcorder, not with my S2.
Im sure the Galaxy S3 will be capable of that.
1) How do i fix the borders cut off in landscape mode when connected to TV?? If u look at youtube videos every user regardless of TVs have the screen bit cut off even thou phone's resolution is 16:9 720p?
2) Why does it display in 1080p not 720p (screen on galaxy s3 is 720p)? (my laptop using same hdmi cable without adaptor shows as 720p on TV) id like to be able to adjust it
3) My galaxy s3 heats up to 55 Celsius when playing with the phone and mirroring games. Is this normal? (although my alienware laptop heats up same also when connected to TV)
4) There is a abit of a lag between TV and a phone, the phone also seems to lag more when connected to TV (my laptop doesnt experience this)
Xdenwarrior said:
1) How do i fix the borders cut off in landscape mode when connected to TV?? If u look at youtube videos every user regardless of TVs have the screen bit cut off even thou phone's resolution is 16:9 720p?
2) Why does it display in 1080p not 720p (screen on galaxy s3 is 720p)? (my laptop using same hdmi cable without adaptor shows as 720p on TV) id like to be able to adjust it
3) My galaxy s3 heats up to 55 Celsius when playing with the phone and mirroring games. Is this normal? (although my alienware laptop heats up same also when connected to TV)
4) There is a abit of a lag between TV and a phone, the phone also seems to lag more when connected to TV (my laptop doesnt experience this)
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Hey,
1) I have a Samsung TV and on my remote there's a button labeled 'P.SIZE', i'm guessing that stands for picture size. I keep pressing that button until 'Just Scan' appears on my TV, this adjusts the borders accordingly, basically, doesn't cut them off. I tried the exact same thing on a Philips TV and it didn't have 'Just Scan', the best i could do there is have the borders cut off but only by a little bit.
2) I'm not sure about this one but it's my understanding that, if your TV supports 1080p then the phone upscales to that resolution and if your TV only supports 720p then it displays at 720p. I think most of us would like to be able to adjust it
3) I think this is normal seeing as your phone is displaying it's screen...twice and in 1080p...while playing CPU/GPU intensive games + while on charger. (Yea, i'm not sure it's fair to compare a laptop with the S3 in that context)
4) I read some info on what could possibly be causing the lag...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1799157...They discuss how, when the S3 is connected to a 1080p TV, the S3 then displays the picture in 1080p at 24hz which apparently is good enough for videos but not for games. Whereas if you connect the S3 to a 720p TV it displays the picture in 720p at 60hz which apparently makes it less laggy. (Once again i don't think comparing an Alienware laptop with the S3 is just)
Hey,
is it possible for the international one x to stream 1080p video to external displays? I've heard a few conflicting accounts, but no definite answer. Some say tegra 3 is only able to output 720p (why?), while other sources state that 1080p streaming indeed is possible - so, what's the deal?
Interestingly, here's someone claiming to stream 1080p through wifi: www*youtube*com/watch?v=BXmU8mhEV5M
I'd imagine such usage would be very heavy on the batteries, but would something similar be possible through the mhl interface?
Please advice!
I just bought the MHL cable and test it with 46" LCD full HD 1080p and realize that Note 2 only can output 1080p/30Hz only. The picture quality is so bad when compare seeing on the phone and lagging happen alot when playing game. So is this the best resolution when output to TV or because the bad quality of my cable
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I just bought the MHL cable and test it with 46" LCD full HD 1080p and realize that Note 2 only can output 1080p/30Hz only. The picture quality is so bad when compare seeing on the phone and lagging happen alot when playing game. So is this the best resolution when output to TV or because the bad quality of my cable
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it depends on the game. at 1080p, you need a lot of video ram and a lot of processing power from the GPU to be able to handle games at that resolution smoothly. if you look at benchmarks, the note 2 only averages 15fps in some benchmarks at that resolution, so lag is expected. at 1080p it needs to render 2.25 times as many pixels compared to 720p.
so far the only mobile SoCs that i've seen that can handle 1080p with a reasonably playable framerate are the qualcomm s4 pro and the exynos 5250.