Of course! That makes sense.
I may need to check this out!
Here's an (another?) admittedly dumb question.
Would this work on a projector with only RCA (i.e. not component) inputs?
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Of course! That makes sense.
I may need to check this out!
Here's an (another?) admittedly dumb question.
Would this work on a projector with only RCA (i.e. not component) inputs?
It would work with an apple composite cable...providing your projector has composite inputs.
Yea, should work fine. Both the component and composite cables have RCA terminations on them. My guess is that your projector has a yellow input for video, and possibly a white and red for audio input, all RCAs. If thats the case this is what you need.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?spart=MB129LL/A
If your projector has a red, green, and blue RCA inputs, and then possibly Red and White for audio, you will need this cable
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore?spart=MB128LL/A
Hope that helps!
is there any way
To turn off tje iphone screen while hookedup? Like the ipod? I like to lusten to novies like music in my pocket
To turn off tje iphone screen while hookedup? Like the ipod? I like to lusten to novies like music in my pocket
Yeah, you'd think they'd try and keep up with all the other cell phones out there that have HD video output.
Wait...which phone do that? I can't recall.
There IS a point: 480i content, such as videos and photos and album art, will look much sharper with component than composite or s-video.
Fear not: video-out does not require hacking your iPhone, and does not leverage security holes that have been patched
Apple securing the iPhone says nothing about Apple and 3rd parties in any larger sense. Apple failing to provide an SDK says things about a) security risks that crash OTHER phone brands and b) the immaturity of the OS platform, which is evolving so fast that any SDK would be an unreliable moving target. Give it time.
iLounge did report on an "authentication chip" that blocks older video accessories, but I believe that to be pure fiction. (Spending time/money on some chip to block some tiny subset of accessories, that Apple doesn't even compete with but in fact sells in their own stores??) I think instead of digging deeper or waiting for facts, iLounge invented a wild worst-case reason (as they've done several times lately) when the REAL reason some old devices fail on the new iPods is simple and legitimate: Apple changed the video system. They added component to the dock connector, and removed video from the headphone jack to allow the phone's earbud-mic.
How The Video Is Encoded Determines If The TV Display Will Have Pillarboxing Or Not
If your HDTV set can zoom in on SD footage, then you can avoid inappropriate pillarboxing. I have a 40" Samsung that will NOT let me zoom in on SD broadcasts nor from external sources while I think Sony will.
Sorry. This subject is very confusing.
Depends on how it was encoded. And it may also depend on the feature set of your HDTV. I think Apple sells letterboxed 4x3. So you're SOOL. But if you make the files yourself with a tool like Handbrake, you can make them display letterbox on the Classic, less letterbox on the Touch and Phone and no letterbox on your HDTV. I use 1Kbps 624x352 H.264 encodes for perfect upscale interpolation to my HDTV screen as well as all iPod, Phone and AppleTV compatibility.
If your HDTV set can zoom in on SD footage, then you can avoid inappropriate pillarboxing. I have a 40" Samsung that will NOT let me zoom in on SD broadcasts nor from external sources while I think Sony will.
But they are sold in a 4x3 letterbox aren't they? That ultra wide-screen size is going to show up letterbox even on a HDTV anyway. What we don't want is any Pillarboxing (left-right black vertical bars) when the image is in 4x3 SD Letterbox.
Right. That's called Pillarboxed Letterbox which is how we watch old 4x3 footage or widescreen SD from non-anamorphic sources on HDTVs.
Sorry. This subject is very confusing.
Nagromme, did you happen to check out the latest "first looks" on iLounge?
They add more authentication chip speculation in the writeup of the Logic3 i-Station Concert.Would someone please dissect the Apple cable so we can see proof, one way or the other?
What we need is a FireWire video out so we can completely control the stream of AV...
If not, it would be nice to at least have an HDMI out...
The Component cables should come with an adapter to convert to S-Video and Composite, since most TVs out there still do not have Component inputs...
If not, it would be nice to at least have an HDMI out...
The Component cables should come with an adapter to convert to S-Video and Composite, since most TVs out there still do not have Component inputs...
No, what you want is Component and S-Video, because the S-Video to Composite adapter is tiny, so then you would get all three, and S-Video is better quality than Composite anyhow -- better to start w/it and then convert to Composite.
I really wish this was both Composite AND Component. I have an HD TV, but I also like to use an older set in my bedroom, and a converter is around $125.
iTunes videos are sold in real widescreen--no black--in my experience (Battlestar Galactica). However, this may vary if it's up to the content owners. If their content ALREADY has black bars, the encoding for iTunes would probably preserve them.
Nagromme, did you happen to check out the latest "first looks" on iLounge?
Thanks for the link.
But the whole "authentication" thing started way before any real info was on hand, and this seems like it might be shoehorning new info into old preconceptions.
The need for an Apple-designed chip to drive video to the Apple connector? Sure. Of course some electronics has to drive that connector, and Apple designed it. A chip dedicated to authenticating the device? I doubt it. I don't have any hard information--but I doubt it
I notice iLounge uses the term "authentication chip" but the product page they link to does not. (And I think you're correct to use the term "speculation"--but iLounge presents it as fact. That seems to have become a habit with them lately, much as I appreciate the great resource that they are.)
I assume the Touch/iPhone vs. other iPods (which may not ever run OS X? Anyone know?) simply use very different hardware inside. The video-out specs of whatever chips Apple is using vary as a result.
Re Keynote on iPhone/iPod: it's not the REAL thing with all the effects, but you can output stills from Keynote, which will run with iPod transitions (just like any photo slideshow) and make a nice pocket presentation.
A chip dedicated to authenticating the device? I doubt it. I don't have any hard information--but I doubt it
Agreed, I noticed the same things. But maybe iLounge talked with Logic3 engineers responsible for adding the new chip to their system.
$50 for component video cables
Actually it's $49 for a USB wall charger PLUS a single custom hydra cable that combines all of the following.
* Component video cables
* Audio cables
* USB cable
* 30-pin dock cable
The price is fine for all that--but it's overkill for my needs.
No, that's a good question. Low quality content does indeed look worse on an HD T.V. than it does a standard T.V. Even non-HD channels look worse on an HD T.V.
I have had this cable for a few days now...Works pretty good.
It does support Widescreen TV output. I have been watching King of Queens episodes converted with handbrake at 1100 average bitrate using the FFmpeg encoder at 640 x 480 4:3 format. They look pretty good on the TV. If you stand too close you can see some pixelation. I have a 42 inch TV and I'm only encoding at 1100 kbps so I expect some pixelation. If you are 6 to 8 feet from the TV it looks pretty good. In the iPhone settings panel you go to the ipod section and turn widescreen on and off. With widescreen turned on the show will play on the tv with black bars on the sides. You can double tap the screen and it will zoom-in cutting off the top and bottom of the picture. Now with widescreen turned off you lose the double tap feature and the show stretches to fill the screen completely. I haven't tried any widescreen movies yet but I plan to this weekend.
BTW: No, the GUI does NOT display on the TV.
It does support Widescreen TV output. I have been watching King of Queens episodes converted with handbrake at 1100 average bitrate using the FFmpeg encoder at 640 x 480 4:3 format. They look pretty good on the TV. If you stand too close you can see some pixelation. I have a 42 inch TV and I'm only encoding at 1100 kbps so I expect some pixelation. If you are 6 to 8 feet from the TV it looks pretty good. In the iPhone settings panel you go to the ipod section and turn widescreen on and off. With widescreen turned on the show will play on the tv with black bars on the sides. You can double tap the screen and it will zoom-in cutting off the top and bottom of the picture. Now with widescreen turned off you lose the double tap feature and the show stretches to fill the screen completely. I haven't tried any widescreen movies yet but I plan to this weekend.
BTW: No, the GUI does NOT display on the TV.
Yeah, it's incredibly annoying there's no composite and/or s-video on the same cable. I think I read there would be a separate composite cable but that's really inconvenient. If the iPhone supports both, why can't they make the cable support both? Paying twice is annoying (this is Apple's nickle-and-dime you to death accessory strategy), but carrying around two cables instead of one makes it really annoying, especially when the two cables are probably bulkier than the iPhone itself.I really wish this was both Composite AND Component. I have an HD TV, but I also like to use an older set in my bedroom, and a converter is around $125.