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I'm looking for a cheap tablet between $200-$300. Mainly for web browsing. Something lighter then my netbook. I'll play the occasional game and youtube too. Btw how is the web browsing?
Thanks
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Also keep in mind, I don't have a problem rooting it as I'm familiar with the process.
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I'm looking for a cheap tablet between $200-$300. Mainly for web browsing. Something lighter then my netbook. I'll play the occasional game and youtube too. Btw how is the web browsing?
Thanks
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I would certainly recommend the nookcolor, its has the best hardware you'll find for its price and features are great... (i may a have been paid to say that)
Anyway, once rooted the web-browsings great, i recommend using dolphin browser or opera mini.
Youtube works great, high quality vids stream well.
Great for games, i have yet to experience lag in any game except raging thunder two...
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I would recommend the Nook. Like you, I was looking for something to replace my netbook, and the 3.5" screen in my iPod Touch just wasn't cutting it. The browsing is great, especially once you root it. Youtube is great, although I have the newer .apk installed, so I can't speak for the previous version. I also have the gingerbread keyboard installed which is head and shoulders above the B&N stock keyboard, and is even much better than the DroidX keyboard that is installed with AutoNooter. (EDIT: Nevermind, I just saw that Gingerbread Keyboard is now bundled with AutoNoother) It's so good, especially in landscape mode, that I don't mind knocking out longer emails and editing word docs. I love the Nook. There is no other tablet in the $250 price range that can even compete. Go for it!!
You guys are awesome. Thanks
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Great for games, i have yet to experience lag in any game except raging thunder two...
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I'm guessing you haven't tried Dungeon Defenders
ya dungeon defenders lags real bad when enemies get on the screen
How would you compare web browsing to a netbook on that? Also, what are your guys' cons?
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I'm looking for a cheap tablet between $200-$300. Mainly for web browsing. Something lighter then my netbook. I'll play the occasional game and youtube too. Btw how is the web browsing?
Thanks
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Auto-nootered NookColor delivers what you have listed here as your requirements:
a) It's $249, there were reports that some shops may even sell you a "re-furbished", out-of-box unit for as less as $180. Just try to see there's no dead/stuck pixels, and you're golden.
b) Web browsing in terms of rendering is fast, soon (with the advent of Android 2.2 -- or better A2.3, and the native JIT support) it will be 30....50% faster, and on a level with Samsung Galaxy Tab (which beats iPad's browsing any day, if you need some marks).
Scrolling of long-long Web pages is smooth -- to an extent there's still free RAM is left (in other words, nobody reported about the quality or even existence of cache in Android 2.x). As of today, use xScope 6.x, some AdBlock, don't use Flash Lite (try to use flash_for_2.1 app of Flash 10.1 though)
c) It's around 1 pound, add a capacitive stylus, microfiber cloth, capacitive stylus, some cardboard stand (or one made out of "official" envelope, or pocket) and a charger, it's still half kilo.
d) I'm not a gamer, but I'm under an impression when and if 2D/3D hardware accelerated driver will be available (at A2.2.1 level, probably) and more or less debugged and streamlined one (at A2.3...2.4 level) Nookie will be playing everything, scaling everything. No gyro/multi-(5?)axis accelerometer though. But nobody will stop you if you will decide to put Kinect on it, lol.
e) "HQ" YouTube app (I quoted my find in my blog fineoils.blogspot.com) plays fine and fluidly, hardware decoded and hardware assisted renderings of full 1080p HD clips and movies at HD section of YouTube (within that YouTube app, though, as the A2.1 and its every video player doesn't know a fig about Nookie's or TI OMAP3621 video/flash hardware acceleration, obviously). It's a shame that only about dozen of NC users adopted HQ YouTube -- and not our major devs.
Other video/Flash lite video playing is stuttering, tearing junk, any streaming video will lose A/V sync in less than 10 min, so it's unwatchable, Ustream is unwatchable, Vimeo won't even let you login, Justin.tv is unwatchable, Veetle doesn't have Android app yet, drat!
There's a list of other Nookie quirks in my blog you may want to study prior to your decision on Nookie purchase. Comment there or here, ask away
aludal said:
Auto-nootered NookColor delivers what you have listed here as your requirements:
a) It's $249, there were reports that some shops may even sell you a "re-furbished", out-of-box unit for as less as $180. Just try to see there's no dead/stuck pixels, and you're golden.
b) Web browsing in terms of rendering is fast, soon (with the advent of Android 2.2 -- or better A2.3, and the native JIT support) it will be 30....50% faster, and on a level with Samsung Galaxy Tab (which beats iPad's browsing any day, if you need some marks).
Scrolling of long-long Web pages is smooth -- to an extent there's still free RAM is left (in other words, nobody reported about the quality or even existence of cache in Android 2.x). As of today, use xScope 6.x, some AdBlock, don't use Flash Lite (try to use flash_for_2.1 app of Flash 10.1 though)
c) It's around 1 pound, add a capacitive stylus, microfiber cloth, capacitive stylus, some cardboard stand (or one made out of "official" envelope, or pocket) and a charger, it's still half kilo.
d) I'm not a gamer, but I'm under an impression when and if 2D/3D hardware accelerated driver will be available (at A2.2.1 level, probably) and more or less debugged and streamlined one (at A2.3...2.4 level) Nookie will be playing everything, scaling everything. No gyro/multi-(5?)axis accelerometer though. But nobody will stop you if you will decide to put Kinect on it, lol.
e) "HQ" YouTube app (I quoted my find in my blog fineoils.blogspot.com) plays fine and fluidly, hardware decoded and hardware assisted renderings of full 1080p HD clips and movies at HD section of YouTube (within that YouTube app, though, as the A2.1 and its every video player doesn't know a fig about Nookie's or TI OMAP3621 video/flash hardware acceleration, obviously). It's a shame that only about dozen of NC users adopted HQ YouTube -- and not our major devs.
Other video/Flash lite video playing is stuttering, tearing junk, any streaming video will lose A/V sync in less than 10 min, so it's unwatchable, Ustream is unwatchable, Vimeo won't even let you login, Justin.tv is unwatchable, Veetle doesn't have Android app yet, drat!
There's a list of other Nookie quirks in my blog you may want to study prior to your decision on Nookie purchase. Comment there or here, ask away
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Where is your blog?
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LOL..
I think its listed in every post he has made..Sometimes twice
blog fineoils.blogspot.com
Weird my nook run dungeon defenders on max like a champ. That's what showed how powerful it is. Even my Evo lags a lot on that game.
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Weird my nook run dungeon defenders on max like a champ. That's what showed how powerful it is. Even my Evo lags a lot on that game.
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Even with a ton of monsters on the screen?
Mine is fine when in build phase and there's 0 monsters. But once the attack starts (and not on Easy mode), it's literally a slideshow.
Is yours still smooth when tons of monsters on screen?
My G/F's mother works for B&N so I'm going to see if she can get a good discount on a new or refurbished unit but before I do I wanted to ask a few questions. I was thinking of getting the SGT 10.1 inch or the Moto Xoom in Wifi only flavors.
I basically want to know how the Nook color performs for games such as Angry Birds, Ninja Jump without OC'ing. I basically will use this tablet for Evernote, Pandora, Browsing, Facebook, XDA, Organizing Pictures, etc.
What do you guys think the life cycle of this device will be? If a newer update for HC comes out do you think that the current hardware may support possible feature adds (example: video editor that google built for HC).
I asked the rep in the store about the internal memory and he said it had 5GB internal and supports up to 32GB. I googled the specs and it says the Nook has 8GB. Which one is it?
Thanks.
NC has 8GB internal but only 5GB are free OOB. non-OC plays games great.
If you can get a discount on a refurb, what do you think you'll be paying? Maybe $150ish? Maybe a bit more? Let's put things in perspective and keep in mind that, though the NC is overdesigned and overpowered as a reader, it's not being sold as an alternative to the Galaxy or (most definitely) the Xoom.
Performance-wise, it holds up well against the Galaxy. The screen is better. It boots a heck of a lot faster. It's likely not going to fare as well against the Xoom. But it's a fraction of the price.
For the price and for the joy of tinkering and pushing the limits, the NC is, far and away, the best value you can get *now* -- it's even better if you can get a substantial discount. Just know that it will be outperformed by several other tablets in the coming months. I doubt there will be anything competitive, at this price level, any time soon.
Make the jump now. Come on in, the water's fine.
Yeah I'm not too worried about it competing against dual core and camera equipped tablets. I have an Evo 4G so I don't need to have those features. I just want to know the possibility to get HC running efficiently.
I think a refurbished unit should run me below $200 so it isn't too bad. Just wanted to know what you guys think of the dev community on this Nook being that so many others are coming out.
I was in a similar boat and dove right into the Nook. It's only been a few days and I'm happy I did it.
Xoom is $550 more since you don't want a contract. I debated on going with a larger tablet such as the iPad or a 10.1 inch android. Ultimately, I found that they were too large and heavy for real, everyday use. I like being able to use the Nook with one hand.
FYI, I'm using mine to take handwritten notes (using a stylus), reading pdfs, websurfing and the occasional game.
I'm in a similar boat and had 2 quick questions:
1) Hows video playback with your typical 700mb avi file with apps like vplayer or rockplayer? Has froyo or cm7 improved things?
2) What app were people using to take notes with a stylus and how well does it work?
Cheers
1) I haven't avi files - I've been using m4v files with 1300 video bitrate and 128 bit audio on Act 1. It's been a great success so far.
2) I've been using HandMemoWritter. It's free and other programs have problems losing data when you change orientation (genial writing and apMemo). HMW is a bit basic, but it works well.
Thanks Wile E Coyote.
I think I may pull the trigger on this. I have to check out the dev section for HC to see how far they have progressed.
The good thing is that the GPU is the same one they use in the Droid X.
Briefly tried vPlayer and Rockplayer and wasn't satisfied with performance. Stock video player plays H.264 encoded MP4's well as long as they conform to the resolution specs of the device (854 pixel width). I've setup a default profile for my Nook Color in Handbrake and my bluray rips to 854 pixel width H.264 videos are amazing on the nook.
I don't have much experience with android devices yet, have had the nook for 3 weeks now, but IMO for video playback nothing beats VLC on a jailbroken iOS device for the shear ability to drag and drop things onto the device and play them back with nearly complete disregard for the format they're in.
3 weeks ago I was still hoping for news on iPad 2, and wishing for a Motorola Xoom. Xoom pricing was leaked and I jumped ship for a Nook Color instead. No regrets, as at this price point I could easily give this thing away to my wife or son and get a better tablet down the road without worrying about the price I paid for it.
It's fun to drop bootable images to micro SD cards and try out different operating systems too. Once all the kinks are worked out for Froyo or HC i'll surely change the primary boot system on mine. Developers working on nook color mods are fantastic, huge props to them!
iPad2 is supposed to be announced on March 3, according to All Things Digital.
I feel so dirty.
Honestly I don't see the iPad 2 as being anything special. They'll most likely add a FFC and Rear camera and more ram.
The price is going to go up if they add a retina display.
the nook color rooted and such will be the casual mans tablet. For mobile use as a notepad its great. Lightweight easy to hold and use. Also for it being the size it is you can hold in two hands and type with out over-reaching(i am a big guy so YMMV but my long fingers...)
for gaming it works pretty well. I did get my copy of nova over on it and it works pretty well. but some games will not work not sure if its the screen size but some just fc
The video playback is pretty good for me. I run Slingplayer and PlayOn for Netflix/Hulu stuff and it is good enough. The CM7 build as it is today doesn't have hardware video support yet, so the Nookie Froyo (currently at 0.6.8) is a better option for video support. The stock nook 1.0.1 or 1.1 rooted also works pretty smoothly with video. So in short, Nooted or Nookie Froyo are the best daily driver options today, although I'm sure CM7 will be the next great thing when it gets to a more robust version.
Not to mention honeycomb
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My G/F's mother works for B&N so I'm going to see if she can get a good discount on a new or refurbished unit but before I do I wanted to ask a few questions. I was thinking of getting the SGT 10.1 inch or the Moto Xoom in Wifi only flavors.
I basically want to know how the Nook color performs for games such as Angry Birds, Ninja Jump without OC'ing. I basically will use this tablet for Evernote, Pandora, Browsing, Facebook, XDA, Organizing Pictures, etc.
What do you guys think the life cycle of this device will be? If a newer update for HC comes out do you think that the current hardware may support possible feature adds (example: video editor that google built for HC).
I asked the rep in the store about the internal memory and he said it had 5GB internal and supports up to 32GB. I googled the specs and it says the Nook has 8GB. Which one is it?
Thanks.
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well right at this very moment if you want a semi stable hack to make your nook a HC tablet i suggest you get a nook but if you want something thats 100% stable and something that will work out of the box with no hackery involved i suggest you get a moto xoom
i own a nook color and i have no regrets about buying it, and i feel it has been the best thing i bought this year but it does require some work to make it a tablet(not much but its extra work none the less)
Watched an avi of "Saving Private Ryan" on the NC and ran beautifully. Earphone to listen but all in all it ran well.
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Watched an avi of "Saving Private Ryan" on the NC and ran beautifully. Earphone to listen but all in all it ran well.
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Can I ask what size and resolution the movie was formatted in, what app you were using and which ROM you're on?
Just that there are contrasting reports regarding video playback.
This is the only thing stopping me from getting one at the moment, as the Archos 101 is awesome in terms of movie playback (including live live streaming over your Wifi network from my PC).
Would love to hear people's feedback.
Hey guys, appreciate the work you guys have done here. Am running stock rom on my galaxy mini, still new to android after ages spent as a wm6.5 lurky hence taking my time before trying to go gingerbread. I have tried mx player, mobo player, qq player rockplayer yet I still can't get •Mkv clips to play well. Video is always choppy though sound is fine, in wm apps had the option to reduce quality unlike in android. Any ideas on how I could improve playback?
yes, the only solution for your problem is buying an upgrade phone.
The Adreno 200 GPU and the 600MHZ CPU is not up to the task of playing any file with higher resolution than 480p. Maybe some MPEG4 files, but H.264 not possible.
MX Player is one of the best players in terms of hw acceleration. If this can't handle well, you are out of luck.
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yes, the only solution for your problem is buying an upgrade phone.
The Adreno 200 GPU and the 600MHZ CPU is not up to the task of playing any file with higher resolution than 480p. Maybe some MPEG4 files, but H.264 not possible.
MX Player is one of the best players in terms of hw acceleration. If this can't handle well, you are out of luck.
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Try QQ player it also gives nice playback...
icsterm said:
yes, the only solution for your problem is buying an upgrade phone.
The Adreno 200 GPU and the 600MHZ CPU is not up to the task of playing any file with higher resolution than 480p. Maybe some MPEG4 files, but H.264 not possible.
MX Player is one of the best players in terms of hw acceleration. If this can't handle well, you are out of luck.
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Hmmm bummer, guess I'll start eyeing the galaxy S soon, this happens to be my first crack at android already am suffering from the smartphone upgrade fever! That voice in my head that keeps telling me to upgrade just won't let up! With that said the galaxy mini is still quite cool, for a starter.
Well then whats the max recommended benchmark video resolution I should try to play? I remember having issues with an .mkv 480p big bang episode. whats the highest resolution any of you have played with reasonable results?
You can install tweaked chainfire drivers along with overclocked kernel to see if its working
i think if you oc it will work much more smoother
What is the resolution of the videos ur trying to play?
Convert them 240x320 and try.
This works best for me..though I don't remember how well.mkv plays but I tried various formats in this res a long time back and they all seemed to play well.
Try on both mobo and Qq...
Hmm I'll give Mx a try.
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Damn this thread is months old!
Haha dont worry about it being a month old, we still read it. Converting videos sounds tideous
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Haha dont worry about it being a month old, we still read it. Converting videos sounds tideous
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ya but that is the best way to get most of the hdvideos to work, afaik.
i use total video converter.
cannot expect a 720 or a 1080p to play on mini without down converting it
btw ya i've had a lil trouble with .mkv, i prefer avi.
.avi always delivers in my mini, its my preferred format, had a chance to fiddle with a pals galaxy s and galaxy s2 and damn I was so freaking blown out of the water! Right now am thinking upgrade, just as soon as I rob a bank to afford one! just rooted galaxy mini, was considering overclock options but am not sure that would do much improvements. Oh and what about CHAINFIRE3D? Do you guys think it can enable smoother mkv play on mx video player or does it only work for games?
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I think Cf3d works only with games.
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Is that an expert opinion or an educated guess?
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I'm not sure abt cf3d cuz it has lots of options..and if u use it properly(knowing what does wat),it mite have some effect.
head over to that thread.
I actually have chainfire installed, just freaked out by the warning it gave just before I install the openGL driver so am still growing a pair before activating it . Read the forum and pretty much still I can't tell heads or tails about what it really does. And also from the looks of things it seems to be complimented better by overclocking abilities on your phone. I have been using stock froyo for a while and now am feeling ready to graduate to the big boys league, just can't decide yet between going for a stock gingerbread rom or cyanogen rom. As time goes am sure more solutions will come out to tackle this problem coz .mkv is a pretty important format these days especially in phones coz of its small storage size requirements, wish android and samsung had taken more time to make it more compatible with their hardware and software respectively
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I use my HTC one on my tv via HTC hdmi adapter. And a Moga Pro Controller to play Modern Combat 4 on the big screen. It says 720p when I connect. Playing videos etc is fine but when I run the game it starts to get slow and choppy then it catches back up. Is there someting I can do to get better graphics performance?
Viper Rom
Stock kernal
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install bulletproof kernel, has a MHL refresh rate fix which makes most games run a lot smoother. Note that MC4 may be very graphic intensive and not meant to be mirrored on your TV
Hello folks,
I would love to stream videos on TVs and the only way to do this is via a mhl output. (Micro USB to HDMI output, also with adaptor) Could anyone confirm that my phone has such support?
Thanks!
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Hello folks,
I would love to stream videos on TVs and the only way to do this is via a mhl output. (Micro USB to HDMI output, also with adaptor) Could anyone confirm that my phone has such support?
Thanks!
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No, afaik we don't have the underlying kernel support. This could be added in the future though. I have tried 2 adapters, couldn't get it to work on stock or cm11
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Thanks for the reply.
Did you try other methods such as pushing mhl kernel from other HTC rom to your device yet?
This looks interesting.. is this possible with device with modified kernel ?? I am wondering .. any comments from Experts..
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This looks interesting.. is this possible with device with modified kernel ?? I am wondering .. any comments from Experts..
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Everything is possible if someone works hard enough to get it done! Right now the phone is not currently capable of this since it's not built in to the kernel.. But it can be done.
Thanks for the ray of light.
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Thanks for the ray of light.
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I'm actually using Airsync on DoubleTwist app to watch movies that are on my phone by sending it streaming to my DishTV Hopper box and it's a perfect picture too... I know this is not the type of streaming people have in mind but being able to send video's from my phone to the hopper is awesome since the TV is 60 inches lol..
The other thing is you can still use the entire phone while you're streaming something and it won't get interrupted which I like so I can answer questions like these on here and do other things while the movie plays.
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I'm actually using Airsync on DoubleTwist app to watch movies that are on my phone by sending it streaming to my DishTV Hopper box and it's a perfect picture too... I know this is not the type of streaming people have in mind but being able to send video's from my phone to the hopper is awesome since the TV is 60 inches lol..
The other thing is you can still use the entire phone while you're streaming something and it won't get interrupted which I like so I can answer questions like these on here and do other things while the movie plays.
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Nice features there, but still not the same thing as MHL in which your entire screen is mirrored to the tv. Would LOVE to play my hardcore games with my Moga Pro from across the room. I've tried Airplay and Mirrorcast and BBQ Screen and various others to stream to my pc (rip :,( ) but it's so difficult without a powerful enough system to battle latency on those apps and the artifacting is atrocious no matter your data speeds on wifi or usb. Also it slows down the device trying to do too many things at once, not helping matters any.
If MHL was somehow pushed into a kernel (honestly not likely...I've done the research) it wouldnt be usable as our pins on the usb port aren't capable of pushing power out the cable for the hdmi signal.
I wish there was a much better app that would output the screen in a lossless format to a computer screen or some sort of dongle. But alas...
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Nice features there, but still not the same thing as MHL in which your entire screen is mirrored to the tv. Would LOVE to play my hardcore games with my Moga Pro from across the room. I've tried Airplay and Mirrorcast and BBQ Screen and various others to stream to my pc (rip :,( ) but it's so difficult without a powerful enough system to battle latency on those apps and the artifacting is atrocious no matter your data speeds on wifi or usb. Also it slows down the device trying to do too many things at once, not helping matters any.
If MHL was somehow pushed into a kernel (honestly not likely...I've done the research) it wouldnt be usable as our pins on the usb port aren't capable of pushing power out the cable for the hdmi signal.
I wish there was a much better app that would output the screen in a lossless format to a computer screen or some sort of dongle. But alas...
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Right it's definitely not MHL that's why I said I know it's not the type of streaming people are looking for but it suits me for now.. On the other hand, getting MHL into the kernel is gonna be time consuming not to mention the phone doesn't really even have enough RAM anyways.. But still it 'can' be done.
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Right it's definitely not MHL that's why I said I know it's not the type of streaming people are looking for but it suits me for now.. On the other hand, getting MHL into the kernel is gonna be time consuming not to mention the phone doesn't really even have enough RAM anyways.. But still it 'can' be done.
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That's what my initial thought was for mobile high-definition streaming it just need to translate pixels into hd quality picture which I think should be possible very well with 1gb. only thing I think of is when we try high quality games on these devices will fail.. In other words if anything apart from display which is consuming cpu or other resources will have some problem..
Hence wondering if we should try same or not...
No harm compiling 1 kernel.. I am really not an expert to compile same but if I get required resources I will definitely try this..
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That's what my initial thought was for mobile high-definition streaming it just need to translate pixels into hd quality picture which I think should be possible very well with 1gb. only thing I think of is when we try high quality games on these devices will fail.. In other words if anything apart from display which is consuming cpu or other resources will have some problem..
Hence wondering if we should try same or not...
No harm compiling 1 kernel.. I am really not an expert to compile same but if I get required resources I will definitely try this..
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Well one could always create a swap to use the SD memory card as more RAM because you're definitely right that if you try to run anything else apart from the display like heavy memory usage games its certainly gonna be lagged as all hell or crash!
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That's what my initial thought was for mobile high-definition streaming it just need to translate pixels into hd quality picture which I think should be possible very well with 1gb. only thing I think of is when we try high quality games on these devices will fail.. In other words if anything apart from display which is consuming cpu or other resources will have some problem..
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Hence wondering if we should try same or not...
No harm compiling 1 kernel.. I am really not an expert to compile same but if I get required resources I will definitely try this..
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Would do no good. As I said it's not a kernel limitation, or even a kernel feature. It's hardware related. Technically speaking, every Android device is capable of using MHL...has been since Gingerbread afaik. But the problem comes in the sending of the signal through the usb port. Certain usb ports have a different pin-out specifically for sending enough power through the cable to the television as a digital signal. Most Samsung devices have this because they use very similar ports. But not alot of other brands support it. Sure, the higher end HTC devices do and the newer LG/Moto/etc, but we're not going to get it on the D510.
Also swap doesn't quite work the way you think. It doesn't physically add speed to your system just by having the partition and supported kernel/app (currently rhinstone is the only swappable kernel, use RamExpander for best results). It's not exactly adding 3gb of ram, it's adding cache space for the physical ram to dump to when memory runs out. It is a small increase in performance, well worthwhile actually, but not going to improve gaming or multitasking as well as you'd hope
Edit: forgot to mention each brand has a dedicated MHL application to manage the output, so even if it WAS a kernel feature (again, it's not) you would need to find the corresponding MHL.apk that would support our device