iPhone to HDTV and quality of videos

[SeanMcC]

I have a HD component cable to connect my iPhone 3GS to my HDTV. I am wondering what the quality of the movies are from the iTunes store are? I played some of the music videos I have and they are pretty grainy on the TV. I've heard that the iPhone can handle 1080p videos, how would I get those in iTunes and onto my iPhone to play on my TV?

Thanks!

 

[Small White Car]

I've heard that the iPhone can handle 1080p videos

That's not correct. The iPhone will not play any HD resolutions.

Your answer is here:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

That said, the iTunes movies look 'pretty good.' If DVD quality is 100% and VHS is 25% I'd place the iTunes SD movies at 90%. You can sort of tell it's not a DVD, but it's not all that noticeable.

 

[SeanMcC]

That's not correct. The iPhone will not play any HD resolutions.

Your answer is here:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

That said, the iTunes movies look 'pretty good.' If DVD quality is 100% and VHS is 25% I'd place the iTunes SD movies at 90%. You can sort of tell it's not a DVD, but it's not all that noticeable.

Thanks for the correction and information!

 

[davehutch]

Apparently the iPhone DOES play HD:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/739619/

http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2009/08/20/iphone-3gs-play-720p-1080p-source-videos/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoS_j0SYc6Q