I won my Nexus Q in a contest, along with all the other Google IO gifts. I don't have a modern TV, or computer monitor, can I still use the Q with my CRT TV?
Edit: I already have one of my laptops hooked to my old TV so I can watch Netflix and other online content.
There's not really a cheap way to do it. You have to buy a converter. http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&key...er&rh=n:172282,k:rca to hdmi converter&page=1
Now aside from my answer, have you considered selling the device? I have been looking for one.
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There's not really a cheap way to do it. You have to buy a converter. http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&key...er&rh=n:172282,k:rca to hdmi converter&page=1
Now aside from my answer, have you considered selling the device? I have been looking for one.
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I don't want to sell it, sorry. I was pricing tvs today, and I will just buy a new tv I guess. The q intrigues me so much, that I have to get a new tv!
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I actually bought a vga to composite video converter a while back so I could hook my laptop to my old tv (I found it out by the dumpster), so instead of buying yet another converter, I think it is about time I get a new tv, they are pretty cheap right now anyway.
yellowjacket1981 said:
I actually bought a vga to composite video converter a while back so I could hook my laptop to my old tv (I found it out by the dumpster), so instead of buying yet another converter, I think it is about time I get a new tv, they are pretty cheap right now anyway.
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Yes buy a new TV, or even look for a second hand one. Just get something that has HDMI and get whatever speakers complement the Q so you don't have to buy a separate system.
Or if you have equipment to decode the signals elsewhere you could even use a monitor.
I'm using a 46 inch screen that I picked up second hand for a lot less than a TV would have cost me and though it only seems to do HDMI to 1080p it oddly enough will take a widescreen 1200 line input and its as crisp a picture as I've ever seen! I'll probably send the sound elsewhere as it is stereo and doesn't support all the bass boom additives of more modern systems. It was produced for large businesses to use for display purposes.
Hi, i got the official S3 hdmi adapter and i only get 1080I, how can i get 1080P
I have a 1080P 55" sony 240hz led.
Or this adapter only outputs at 1080I?
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Hi, i got the official S3 hdmi adapter and i only get 1080I, how can i get 1080P
I have a 1080P 55" sony 240hz led.
Or this adapter only outputs at 1080I?
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maybe it outputs 1080p (progressive) at 30 hz only
But my tv supports 30hz, how would i make it choose 1080p and not 1080i?
and the hz are selected automatically depending on the source.
I tried my dell 24" 1080P monitor, it displayed too at 1080I, not 1080P.
Help, i want 1080P
Afaik it's not capable of such a high-bandwith format, and "only" supports up to 1080i.
So no can do as a forum search should've shown.
some people have said it works at 1080p for them in other forums.
Anyone?
Well i think it has to do with how the phone communicates with the tv.
I am only able to get 720p output. I have a 2007 westinghouse 47inch 1080p capable tv. For comparison i have a samsung droid charge that has direct hdmi2hdmi ability, and on same tv i get 1080i output, i am using oem samsung hdmi mhl adapter.
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Well i think it has to do with how the phone communicates with the tv.
I am only able to get 720p output. I have a 2007 westinghouse 47inch 1080p capable tv. For comparison i have a samsung droid charge that has direct hdmi2hdmi ability, and on same tv i get 1080i output, i am using oem samsung hdmi mhl adapter.
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I have the official MHL cable and it outputs at 1080p at 30hz, however i don't want this display type, ok yea great if i want to watch movies, but i want to play tekken with 2 pads, all i need is the mhl to do it's thing.
60fps would be amazing, however i don't believe that it's possible.
Being bottle necked at 30hz on 1080 i / p or even 720 p is just not acceptable, infact it's a kick in the teeth for the £27 i paid for the thing.
Movie's are great, games not so good, although the jelly bean update i just got did help somehow.
By the way i'm using a 47 inch 1080p capable 3D TV
You get full-hd (1080) resolution, but only at half the frequency of 1080p.
However you should keep in mind that
a) this is a phone
b) your eye is only capable of distinguishing ~24 images per second.
infact it's a kick in the teeth for the £27 i paid for the thing.
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Please tell me more about how the fact that your phone is capable of playing content at Full-HD on external screens is a "kick in the teeth"
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You get full-hd (1080) resolution, but only at half the frequency of 1080p.
However you should keep in mind that
a) this is a phone
b) your eye is only capable of distinguishing ~24 images per second.
Please tell me more about how the fact that your phone is capable of playing content at Full-HD on external screens is a "kick in the teeth"
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Because it is !!!
Other phones, ie: the iphone is capable of running games at their full potential speed using their AV link cable, which is just wonderful when i hear it from my friends who have iphones / ipads.
Movies is one thing, but to have the ability to have two pads linked to my phone via bluetooth, the ability to play an age old game on a psx emulator on my phone, I then go out and buy an MHL cable thinking that I can play it at the speed the phone is delivering and then it falls on it's arse and runs at a pitiful frame rate due to it running at 30hz and not mirroring fully, that in my opinion and many others is a kick in the teeth, it should have been thoroughly tested by samsung and not just thrown out there, and for it not to be properly looked at, the £27 price tag i paid for it, is overpriced and not worth the money.
Also about your thoughts on the human eye only having the ability to see 24 frames per second, that has nothing to do with it.
The human eye for all it's faults is still capable of seeing a difference between 24 - 30 or even 60+ fps so having a framedrop is not just noticable it's annoying.
Also the galaxy s 3 is not just a phone, it is a smart phone it is also worth £500 and capable of much more than just making and receiving phone calls, so no not just a phone, it's a device capable of much more.
When a device like the S3 has a peripheral like the MHL cable, promising mirroring of the device onto a HD TV, you tend to believe it, well i paid for it and i wished i hadn't because although it does what it says on the tin to an extent, however it does it with latency issues and input delay, rendering gaming obsolete, which is the main reason i bought this thing.
No 1080p and even no 1080i
Guys
Believe it or not the adapters that we buy from ebay or other outlets are not original although they seem to be. They have a galaxy s3 sticker on the box and Samsung usually does not produce a premium product with a sticker on the box to show it is for galaxy s3.
Anyway, even if they are original they are not able to output 1080p. TV reports 1080i but if you watch full hd (1920*1080) videos with them and you focus on the screen you can easily see that the video is played at 720p not even close to 1080p or i.
Samsung has announced that you can watch full hd videos and 1080p output. but these adapters are not able to provide such performance.
Apparently, the original packaging from samsung should look like this:
search for : "Samsung galaxy s3 OFFICIAL MHL cable HDMI unboxing" in youtube.
Please let me know your idea.
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Guys
Believe it or not the adapters that we buy from ebay or other outlets are not original although they seem to be. They have a galaxy s3 sticker on the box and Samsung usually does not produce a premium product with a sticker on the box to show it is for galaxy s3.
search for : "Samsung galaxy s3 OFFICIAL MHL cable HDMI unboxing" in youtube.
Please let me know your idea.
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Interesting. Mine looks like the one in the video below and has a sticker on the box. I have only used it once and was happy with the result. Could it not be that Samsung hadn't produced the boxes for the earlier released product as my actual lead looks the same.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCDr7q_v7CE
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Interesting. Mine looks like the one in the video below and has a sticker on the box. I have only used it once and was happy with the result. Could it not be that Samsung hadn't produced the boxes for the earlier released product as my actual lead looks the same.
The actual product looks similar but they must be copies since you can buy them for $20-$25 while the original product from Samsung is about $38. The original products have Samsung hologram on the box. However, have you investigated if the output of your cable is 1080p or not?
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Dexter_Morgan said:
Interesting. Mine looks like the one in the video below and has a sticker on the box. I have only used it once and was happy with the result. Could it not be that Samsung hadn't produced the boxes for the earlier released product as my actual lead looks the same.
The actual product looks similar but they must be copies since you can buy them for $20-$25 while the original product from Samsung is about $38. The original products have Samsung hologram on the box. However, have you investigated if the output of your cable is 1080p or not?
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I have a hologram on mine, bought from a samsung retailer.
But either way i've seen different results yielded from the cable. On my Viera it's 1080i @ 60hz and on my LG it's 1080p @ 30hz, on some HDMI cables it doesn't work at all.
So yea it's a weird one.
Good for movies, utter useless for gaming. Unless it's a slow game, slight input lag.
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Hey guys,
I have been researching this for a week at least, and eventually decided I wanted to be able to output video from my Note II to my HDMI products and my VGA projector. Now I have run into a somewhat small problem.
The MHL -> HDMI Cable Matters Gold Plated Premium MHL to HDMI Cable for Samsung Galaxy SIII & Galaxy Note 2 in Black - 6ft works perfectly alone
and the HDMI -> VGA Cable Matters Gold Plated Premium HDMI to VGA M/F Active Adapter in Black - also works perfectly alone
But when I connect them together using Female HDMI coupler it only outputs 640x480 60hz . I tested it with my projector and my ASUS monitor. I even tested just the coupler and worked fine.
Anyone have suggestions? I am running CleanAce 4.6 Rom rooted.
Summary: from Note II output from MHL to HDMI to VGA only outputs 640x480 60hz resolution
(on a side note i just ordered a micro hdmi to hdmi cable for my old droid x to see how that fares with the hdmi-vga adapter.)
standard VGA resolutions are 4:3 i.e. 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, etc. The video card in your Note II is sending on 720p which is 1280x720, which is not a standard VGA resolution, so it downscales to lowest supported *standard* resolution because HDMI does not support analog at all. This is typical behavior with a passive adapter. With that said, 720p over VGA *is* possible, but I think I would try a different approach, such as a Monoprice MHL-to-VGA adapter.
Also, using premium cables i.e. "Gold" for digital signals such as HDMI have absolutely no benefit. These types of cables became popular in the analog days by audiophiles, and they do help to prevent the degradation of analog signals, but not by a huge factor. Of course these companies that sell "Gold" HDMI cables know they are selling snake oil, but consumer don't seem to notice.
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standard VGA resolutions are 4:3 i.e. 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, etc. The video card in your Note II is sending on 720p which is 1280x720, which is not a standard VGA resolution, so it downscales to lowest supported *standard* resolution because HDMI does not support analog at all. This is typical behavior with a passive adapter. With that said, 720p over VGA *is* possible, but I think I would try a different approach, such as a Monoprice MHL-to-VGA adapter.
Also, using premium cables i.e. "Gold" for digital signals such as HDMI have absolutely no benefit. These types of cables became popular in the analog days by audiophiles, and they do help to prevent the degradation of analog signals, but not by a huge factor. Of course these companies that sell "Gold" HDMI cables know they are selling snake oil, but consumer don't seem to notice.
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Thanks for the info, in my opinion I think combining the adapters is blocking some function that checks back for resolution info. Anyway I totally agree with you on the cable premium stuff, I wanted to slap my parents when I learned their home theater system was put together with monster cables T_T. I just got the cords that were prime eligible and decently priced. Went for same brands hoping they might be more compatible.
Here is a picture of the HTC MHL Adapter -- model AC M500. You use it to mirror video and audio from your Jetstream -- or certain other ExtMicro devices. I don't have a television where I am, so I haven't even used it yet.
It was a pretty good investment at $15 dollars with shipping. It is made of plastic, but it is quite solid.
On the left is a ExtMicro connector that states it needs 1.67 A -- this is the rating of the default Jetstream charger. In the middle is a type A HMDI connector. I don't know what the connector on the right is, but my guess is line or headphone out.
If anyone knows the video resolution (I'm assuming 720p) and audio format (I'm assuming stereo PCM) output then please post it.
From what I could tell in reviews and unboxing videos it doesn't seem as if there is a USB C to 3.5mm adapter in the box. With that being said I know a lot of people are psyched about the Galaxy Buds+ and all sorts of other Bluetooth headphones but I still love my Etymotic IEM's and was wondering what everyone was thinking for the best adapter to work with this phone.
I haven't had much experience with using any sort of dongle but I'm currently leaning to just going all out and getting a Nextdrive Spectra X as everything I've been reading makes it sound like there are some very low quality options out there and with these earbuds I've been able to notice a pretty major difference from higher quality amp sources.
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From what I could tell in reviews and unboxing videos it doesn't seem as if there is a USB C to 3.5mm adapter in the box. With that being said I know a lot of people are psyched about the Galaxy Buds+ and all sorts of other Bluetooth headphones but I still love my Etymotic IEM's and was wondering what everyone was thinking for the best adapter to work with this phone.
I haven't had much experience with using any sort of dongle but I'm currently leaning to just going all out and getting a Nextdrive Spectra X as everything I've been reading makes it sound like there are some very low quality options out there and with these earbuds I've been able to notice a pretty major difference from higher quality amp sources.
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I went and bought the Google OEM one at best buy for 8.99, so imagine that it will work perfectly for the s20 series, I won't know until I get my S20 ultra on the 16th:good: