2011-01-21, 09:35
Can somebody confirm that the playback of 1080p content (say bluray mkvs) is actually going out of the AppleTV2 as 1080p and not scaled down to 720p?
Thanks!
Thanks!
natethomas Wrote:The atv2 is still, regrettably, hardware limited on output. It can decode 1080p, but it'll still output 720p.And thats nothing that can ever be changed right?
TommyL Wrote:I was just about to order an ATV2 as soon as I heard the great news...but with output limited to 720p, it aint happening. Thats really too badSame, but its still the cheapest box i can setup for my parents that has XBMC (Besides xbox 1 or some other old stuff)
interceptor121 Wrote:ATV2 does not have 1080p output by designExactly. It simply doesn't have the hardware to pump out 1080p. You'll have to wait for the new A5 chip that's rumoured to be in the next ipad, iphone and ATV.
BritBloke Wrote:Exactly. It simply doesn't have the hardware to pump out 1080p. You'll have to wait for the new A5 chip that's rumoured to be in the next ipad, iphone and ATV.
Let's not forget that a lot of PS3 games only output in 720p
HDClown Wrote:Consideirng the fact that the A4 chip can decode 1080p, there is no reason it can't output 1080p. Apple has this arbitrarily locked down in their design.Can it really decode 1080p efficiently? How high bitrate? 1080p on XBMC on A4 does stutter.
BritBloke Wrote:Can it really decode 1080p efficiently? How high bitrate? 1080p on XBMC on A4 does stutter.