video on Rev A is useless even thouh the screen is gorgeous

[coupdetat]

CoolBook will make all your troubles go away

 

[Turmoil]

Rev A Refurb HD latest flash - CBS.COM HD video plays fine No video problems that I have seen so far.

 

[nph]

So you dont have any issue when watching cbs HD videos full screen?
No blockiness etc?

I compared a rev A and B in the apple store and it was awful compared to rev B.
It was so blocky graphic it was not even funny.

However they both ran Flash 9 plugin. So would flash 10 change that?
Can the old graphic card show HD video well? That would be the toughest challenge I would give it.
Really like that screen ahead of the new Rev B screen.

Thanks

 

[mashoutposse]

Firstly, thanks for getting me to watch some CBS HD content There are some interesting shows on there.

I have a 1.86/128SSD and it plays back perfectly. Temps are in the 70C range on a flat wooden table surface. I think you should splurge

 

[justit]

Well, there was a little bit of choppiness 20 minutes or so into the 43 minute video but the computer seemed to have gotten over the hump and the rest of the show played normally.

If after 20 min it's fine, you can rule out both HD/SDD and CPU as factors. This is an issue of a disruption in your connection and buffering speed from cbs.com.

I've owned both the Rev B SSD and now my Rev A HD and it's fairly close in playback. With the Rev B a bit better because of it's large 6mb L2 cache. But IMO the difference is not worth 2.5x the price.

Get the refurb, and wait for 3.0

 

[coupdetat]

Flash 10 should help a TON. I remember my PowerBook was nearly unusable on flash sites with Flash 9--it was actually one of my reasons for finally upgrading. Now, it can play flash videos okay with Flash 10.

 

[kaku945]

Agreed. the coolbook changes the whole experience of streaming 1080p.

 

[bushman1]

How dose the MBA rev. A work on just dvds and SD videos played off the Hard drive. Would the ssd make a difference for this?

 

[remobot]

How dose the MBA rev. A work on just dvds and SD videos played off the Hard drive. Would the ssd make a difference for this?

i'm using a rev a HDD and i've played video from my hard drive and have experienced no problems what so ever. a couple of 30 minute sitcoms and even a rip of step brothers. the fans stayed around 2400 rpm and it ran cool enough to keep in my lap. i've also streamed the wall•e trailer at 720p with no stuttering or any issues, somebody asked about it in one of the forums, i don't remember which. i just let the whole video load prior to playing, no issues at all.

so far i have not experienced any video stuttering or playback issues. for the price this machine is certainly worth it. im very happy with everything about it, especially the savings from no purchasing a rev b.

 

[bushman1]

what sort of battery life to most of you get?

 

[Pupator]

Are you serious? Windows plays/runs HD video better without problems??? Bootcamp or VM?? WTF!!

Somehow I have a hard time believing Rev A's can play HD video without stutter...

Believe what you like, but it runs much, much better than OSX ever did. I wiped the hard drive clean and installed Windows 7 from scratch. It's faster, cooler (temperature), longer battery life, smoother video performance and quicker booting than OSX was. (Vista was also better on the MBA than OSX in most regards.) YMMV but my experience over several months has been positive with Vista/Win 7 and rather negative with OSX.