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iPhone 3GS capable of 720p, 1080p hi-def playback (maybe)

patrickdunn

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This is probably why the iPhones exploded, playing 1080p probably overheats them!

From iLoung:
A forum post to Chinese-language site weiphone.com indicates that the iPhone 3GS is capable of playing back both 720p and 1080p video encoded in H.264 through the built-in video player, suggesting that Apple is currently placing arbitrary limits on the device, either to preserve battery life or keep its functionality more consistent with that of prior iPhone OS devices. Using the free document storage and viewing application FileAid, forum member fridtear was able to circumvent Apple’s video restrictions, smoothly playing back files up to 30 Mbps in 1980x1080 resolution via the iPhone 3GS’ built-in video player. While the effects on the device’s temperature and battery of playing back such large video files is unclear, these tests do appear to indicate that Apple would be able to open up the 3GS and any similarly-appointed future iPhone OS devices to playback of HD video files purchased from the iTunes Store, and potentially allow the devices to output HD-quality video via the Component AV Cable for iPod and iPhone.
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http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/iphone-3gs-capable-of-720p-1080p-hi-def-playback/

I would love to see this work out, it would be sweet.
 
Hopefully they come up with a TV dock of some sort that would allow this. Since it would be docked, battery life would not be an issue.
 
cellocello said:
Video out.

Also, not having to re-encode videos to put on your device.
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I suppose. But I still don't see the attraction. 1080p files are huge, and iPod resolution is plenty for video out to a standard def TV. I suppose you might carry one hi-def movie with you to watch on your buddy's TV, but wouldn't it be easier to carry the blu-ray disc?
 
thelatinist said:
I suppose. But I still don't see the attraction. 1080p files are huge, and iPod resolution is plenty for video out to a standard def TV. I suppose you might carry one hi-def movie with you to watch on your buddy's TV, but wouldn't it be easier to carry the blu-ray disc?
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ya ... 1080p videos seem not that useful (size and what not), but 720p could be cool. Besides, I've be *very* surprised if the 3Gs could actually handle decoding and playing back a 1080p video.

I guess, more than anything, this would be 'keeping up with the Joneses' and the ZuneHD playing back 720p vids over the dock.

Personally, I wouldn't sacrifice the space on my 16 gigger (I barely have enough room for pics + music + podcasts + apps as it is), but not having to re-encode a video would be pretty convenient when needed.
 
I was just doing some figuring and typed "4 Mbps * 120 m" into Google instead of "4 Mbps * 120 min." The result? 62 914 560 m Bytes / s. Never heard of a meter-byte per second before!
 
thelatinist said:
I suppose. But I still don't see the attraction. 1080p files are huge, and iPod resolution is plenty for video out to a standard def TV. I suppose you might carry one hi-def movie with you to watch on your buddy's TV, but wouldn't it be easier to carry the blu-ray disc?
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Good point!
 
Wanna bet that this functionality will be unlocked on Sept when an iPod touch with similar functionality is released?? It would be capable of outputting HD video using the component cable. Apple did the same with the 1st iPhone, since at first it was sold without video output capabilities advertised, but when Apple released the iPod touch they unlocked the capability on the iPhone.
 
thelatinist said:
I suppose. But I still don't see the attraction. 1080p files are huge, and iPod resolution is plenty for video out to a standard def TV. I suppose you might carry one hi-def movie with you to watch on your buddy's TV, but wouldn't it be easier to carry the blu-ray disc?
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There are many of us with HDTV's but without Blu-rays, for us this capability would be useful.
 
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