Will there be image quality loss after the converson process? Will the apple tv still output it in an HD resolution?
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Will there be image quality loss after the converson process? Will the apple tv still output it in an HD resolution?
How is you Apple TV switching to Dolby ProLogic II? Are you switching it from stereo to ProLogic II or is your system doing this on it's own?
What are you using for an receiver? I'm using a 50" 1080P Pioneer Elite and I noticed that Apple TV is now using 720P by default, do you think 720P is better than 1080i (of course in my perfect world it would be in 1080p).
Yup! Methinks there's gonna be one humdinger of an announcement on the day prior to iPhone shipping!
Rod.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
AppleTV is outputting whatever signal it outputs via the optical cable. The Receiver- an Onkyo 804- is producing Pro-Logic II as "best option". This pretty much means, AppleTV is still outputing a stereo signal.
My older Pioneer Elite TV can't do 1080p, and it upscales 720p to 1080i. I've tried setting AppleTV to 720p to see if the TV does a better job with the upscaling, but that doesn't even render a picture. So, my only choice (for HD output options) is 1080i.
My older Pioneer Elite TV can't do 1080p, and it upscales 720p to 1080i. I've tried setting AppleTV to 720p to see if the TV does a better job with the upscaling, but that doesn't even render a picture. So, my only choice (for HD output options) is 1080i.
Over the next week and a half we'll find out what the other four spaces will be filled by.
Or more than four... flick to scroll
Additional functions are sure to come in the months ahead--though probably not before launch.
If it gets beyond one screenload, I'd like a way to re-order the icons to my liking.
Thanks for the buzz-kill, psychofreak!
To the crippled Dashboard, add web-apps for iPhone...
But I still can't believe they didn't include flash!
-Clive
This is a bit off topic, but I see it misquoted so often that it should be mentioned here. There is no such thing as a "1080i" Plasma/LCD/DLP HDTV.
They're all either 720p (some are technically 768p) or 1080p depending on what the native resolution of the particular set is. All Plasma/LCD/DLP sets are progressive scan, they aren't interlaced displays like old CRT TVs used to be.
A 720p HDTV will always downconvert an incoming 1080i signal and output it in 720p, and a 1080p HDTV will always deinterlace a 1080i signal and output it in 1080p. Also, a 1080p HDTV will always upscale a 720p signal and output it in 1080p. In other words, your HDTV will always output (what you actually see) in it's native progressive scan resolution.
They're all either 720p (some are technically 768p) or 1080p depending on what the native resolution of the particular set is. All Plasma/LCD/DLP sets are progressive scan, they aren't interlaced displays like old CRT TVs used to be.
A 720p HDTV will always downconvert an incoming 1080i signal and output it in 720p, and a 1080p HDTV will always deinterlace a 1080i signal and output it in 1080p. Also, a 1080p HDTV will always upscale a 720p signal and output it in 1080p. In other words, your HDTV will always output (what you actually see) in it's native progressive scan resolution.
Are you sure your tv can accept 720P? My Pioneer doesn't, so my only option is 1080i as well...
Gps?
Hmmm, could it be that Apple already have included a GPS chip in the phone and just to be able to make a big splash when people begin to whine about no GPS? They basically just had to add the software in an update just like they did with 802.11n for MBP to get it flying.
Google maps calls for a full out GPS capabilities. The sales instruction manuals lame excuse for no GPS could be a tease.
Hmmm, could it be that Apple already have included a GPS chip in the phone and just to be able to make a big splash when people begin to whine about no GPS? They basically just had to add the software in an update just like they did with 802.11n for MBP to get it flying.
Google maps calls for a full out GPS capabilities. The sales instruction manuals lame excuse for no GPS could be a tease.
That article bugged me. The "We prefer proprietary closed solutions and don't want no open Internet standards" cr@p has got to go.
You don't happen to be one of the people that installed a haxie on the
TV are you ?This could be good or bad depending on your perspective. It Could be because Apple isn't finished with the product yet.
The iPhone has embedded H.264 decoder hardware (making it more efficient on the battery to decode than Flash). A few months ago there was a rumor that Apple was securing a large order of chips that did both decode and encode of H.264.
If they put these chips in the iPhone and easily integrated YouTube uploads into the iPhone -- that would be a game changer.
HobeSoundDarryl
macrumors G5
Lancetx, my Pioneer Elite is a CRT. It's specs are maxed out at 1080i. A few years ago, CRT HD sets were still state of the art, and this was one of them.
JimmDean, not for sure, I'm going on what I think I recall in the manual. I think I recall that if I hook up a 720p source, the TV has built in upscaling to convert it to 1080i. However, when I put AppleTV in 720p mode, this didn't happen. It could be that the receiver (middle man) is not passing it through as 720p. I haven't made a direct connection between AppleTV and the TV.
JimmDean, not for sure, I'm going on what I think I recall in the manual. I think I recall that if I hook up a 720p source, the TV has built in upscaling to convert it to 1080i. However, when I put AppleTV in 720p mode, this didn't happen. It could be that the receiver (middle man) is not passing it through as 720p. I haven't made a direct connection between AppleTV and the TV.
I think you mean Google buying YouTube.
Google's goal appears to be to include advertising (either text or maybe embedded at the front of the video) and share the advertising revenue with the content creators (they already have some deals in place). If this happens on a wide scale and proves financially successful, then you will see a major change in attitude by the content creators (including amateurs).
You don't happen to be one of the people that installed a haxie on the
No, I haven't done anything to my Apple TV, I don't use that much but I would love to have this update.
I hear ya... Love your dogs, have a yellow lab myself (12 now, but still a pup at heart).
Side question: How many smart phones have Flash bundled in them right out of the box? I suspect only a very small percentage of owners (read, "geeks") would search the web for Flash and then install it.
Another question: I have seen several smart phones advertised as Flash "compatible". What does that mean? Does that mean they wrote their own implementation of Flash?
Reset your
TV from the TV itself then re-sync it to your main computer.After thats done try the update again.It also could be the TV isnt configured correctly on your network.If you've ever turned it off.e.g. unplugging it. I've found that it helps to redo the network settings.Amen to that. I was really hoping for video iChat capability. After all, Leopard iChat has "Answering Machine" with either a recorded sound or video away message. I'm disappointed that was never pursued.
I think the gps would really make the iphone the top smart phone out there. you cant be the top if your missing features that other phones have. the gps along w/ google maps would really make the iphone
Great to know that there is a hardware decode for H.264, not sure if this was previously known or not, but it just hit me.
No wonder the battery life is so good for video in general.
Kool.
No wonder the battery life is so good for video in general.
Kool.