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jebbe

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Jun 16, 2009
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From what I can remember it will not play 1080, plus there's no point in it since the screen size won't allow you to notice a difference.
 

HazyCloud

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Jun 30, 2010
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The iPad 2 supports up to 1080p.

From Apple's iPad 2 Tech Specs:

Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG‑4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format

http://www.apple.com/ipad/ipad-2/specs.html
 
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