Hi all,
I recently purchased a Tab S7+, but to say the least, I am very disappointed that my UHD sub of Netflix doesn't allow 4K playback due to resolution mismatch of the device.
I want to access what I have paid for because 1080p looks a lot worse than 4K downsampled to the Tab's very high resolution screen.
I have been searching everywhere for a simple solution and the only thing I found is connecting the tab to a PC and then to use an ADB command to make the entire Tablet's resolution 4K, which would be fine if that didn't act as a battery hog at all time even when I am not using Netflix.
So I am wondering if there's perhaps a simpler soultion around, like for example I want to know if I can increase the resolution of the tablet via the tablet itself (maybe via Terminal and whatnot) so that once I am done with watching Netflix in 4K, I can reset the resolution back to its original state on the tablet itself?
Would greatly appreciate any input regarding this issue.
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hey guys.. can you help me? why is it that if i connect my 80 g9 to the tv thru mini hdmi, it is not in full screen on the tv? any settings that i should change? thanks!
Because the g9 80 screen is 4:3 and your tv is 16:9, but when you open a video you should be able to watch it in 16:9 (1280x720 or 1920x1080)
havent tried the stock video player again because when i tried it earlier, its only black screen. but when i tried moboplayer, selected the 16:9 ratio, its still the same, not in full screen
jipee296 said:
havent tried the stock video player again because when i tried it earlier, its only black screen. but when i tried moboplayer, selected the 16:9 ratio, its still the same, not in full screen
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Does your TV/monitor have any settings for HDMI? If output signal is in lower resolution it may be not upscalled to TV/monitor native
no it doesnt have settings for hdmi. all i can select is from what source and thats it.but when i plug my laptop thru hdmi cable,its in fullscreen
Tablet may not recognize what is the native LCD resolution or it may not support it (and uses highest available)
on my older Insignia hd tv, I adjust TV settings depending on source on my G9, some need no adjustment like Netflix but others like Ustream live streaming I adjust aspect ratio, mine has Normal, Zoom, Wide, Cinema.
some tvs adjust automatically and older tvs may not give a lot of choices. if you can, test on another tv
when you plug in your tablet, does it mirror desktop fully on tv or are there gaps? or is it just media/ videos?
this is one thing i didnt think about before i bought the tablet!!!
so am i stuck with the 4:3 view? i have actually put the tablet in the drawer and listed it for sale because too be honest i simply have no use for a tablet and the 4:3 aspect ratio on my tv is the final nail in the archos coffin.
i did though buy it for media player duties and to take over from my nas as a torrent downloader. now the media player plays back my movies as they are in widescreen however everything else in gui is boxed up on the screen. this obviously makes it a real no no for media duties. even youtube videos retain the 4:3 boxy shape.
really silly of me. i dont know why i didnt think of it before but let my lesson be a lesson learned for someone else.
basically if you want to use the tablet on your tv then videos once playing will be ok but everything else and i mean everything is in the 4:3 format.
yes i could zoom in on the tv but then one loses quite a bit of the tablet screen real esate so it isnt really a soliution.
all very annoying and i am seriously kicking myself for being so daft. thing is i think 4:3 in a screen this small makes sense but i just didnt think about the way it would mirror the image on the tv
so heed this lesson would be buyers and think long and hard about what you intend to do with the tab. if you are buying it just because you want a tab then you should mostly be ok but if you fancy using it hooked up to your tv look elsewhere and buy something that is in the widescreen format.
unless unless unless i am missing something obvious???
EDIT: OK saved by my tv. it has a setting called smart which more or less puts the archos image in full widescreen with a little stretching and a bit cropped out from the bottom and top. it is better than say the zoom function which actually crops loads of the display.
it isnt the best solution but for now it will do... i actually have more serious worries like a real flaky wifi connection (even though my network is rock solid) the tablet randomly rebooting and constant freezes when watching a video. thing is one starts wondering if it is the hardware or just badly written firmware that is to blame and there is no way to really be able to tell.
Is there a way to set the resolution of the HDMI? I am trying to connect to a 24 inch monitor and it's running at 1280x800 (native resolution I assume). Is there a way I can tell it to run at 1080p?
I tried mine thru my TV last night for the time. I could only get my tv to register it at 720p. I also am wondering if anybody else noticed a tiny delay from touchpad screen to tv. It's enough for me so that I can't play games properly. I thought I had read that people were playing games no problem though.... anybodies experience would be greatly appreciated.
rfvgyhn said:
Is there a way to set the resolution of the HDMI? I am trying to connect to a 24 inch monitor and it's running at 1280x800 (native resolution I assume). Is there a way I can tell it to run at 1080p?
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Sure, play 1080p content. There's no magic upscale to 1080 for lower resolution content, including the OS.
That makes sense.
Is there a way to program an app to specify it has 1080p content? My goal is for me to be able to RDP (using iTap at the moment) into a server of mine and have that displayed with 1080p resolution.
Hi there!
Hope someone can help me here...
I have a 10" Teclast A10t (Allwinner A15 CPU, based on Cortex a8) running ICS which sports an HDMI Output.
Now, I'd like to use it as a upnp client hooked up to a widescreen 1080p display via HDMI,but the picture I get on the big display is always 4:3 which ends up being either an incredible waste of display when playing widescreen media or quite blurry and overall fugly when stretched to fit the screen using the display's settings (and, of course, it's stretched which makes watching movies not exactly enjoyable).
Anyways, I can't find an option to select the AR of the HDMI output... Does anyone here know how to do the trick? Am I overlooking something, is there an app for that (tm) or am I just f*cked and it's not achievable?
Tried CM9, CM10, googled around for hours qnd searched the market but to no avail...
Thanks in advance
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Hi same here... well almost.
I have rk3066 tablet, screen resolutinon 1024x768 (4:3).
Output via HDMI gives picture that is not corect. Circles are not circles anymore ,but horizontal elipses
skymanuva said:
Hi same here... well almost.
I have rk3066 tablet, screen resolutinon 1024x768 (4:3).
Output via HDMI gives picture that is not corect. Circles are not circles anymore ,but horizontal elipses
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You can do this with AOKP I believe.
You can use Resolution Changer to change the resolution from 4:3 to 16:9 (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lugalabs.resolutionchanger&hl=en).
Note: The app REQUIRES ROOT.
I had the same problem as my 4:3 tablet has an HDMI output, yet when connected to a 16:9 TV, the picture was stretched making circles turn into horizontal ovals. I also tested this with Chromecast and it worked well, too.
The SecondScreen app (free) and a bit of additional research let me find a way of getting this working without having to root.
This solution will work well for those that want to use a 4:3 tablet (e.g. 9.7" 2048x1536) with HDMI and/or Chromecast/Miracast on a 16:9 format screen (TV/projector) and have found the picture looks squashed (egg.shaped instead of round). This will fix those problems well WITHOUT needing to root. It just needs a little effort to install this properly.
First of all, you need to install SecondScreen on the tablet (or smartphone).
Then you need a PC (preferably Windows 7 as anything higher needs additional security steps) with Google Chrome installed and a bit of patience.
Follow the instructions on this page up to and including step 6:
https://medium.com/sentio-superbook/enabling-sentio-desktop-dpi-resolution-change-d1a0b40e2c84
For step 7, use this exact command, instead: pm grant com.farmerbb.secondscreen.free android.permission.WRITE_SECURE_SETTINGS
After that, you can proceed to setup the app, there are now no more root issues and it works well. I recommend setting up profiles with 160 (for smaller and more text on screen) and 240 dpi (normal size). If you go higher than that, you start losing icons on your desktop that have to be setup again.
Alternatives:
If you just want to play videos properly, use VLC Player as that natively sends the videos in the correct aspect ratio to the TV (second screen method). This also works well with Chromecast.
For images, Google Photos does have a cast button, that will then display the images in the correct aspect ratio on Chromecast - this will NOT work with HDMI. Showing still images with Chromecast is somewhat frustrating, as the pictures are often pixelated at first and by the time they look good, the slideshow goes on to the next picture. HDMI is MUCH better than Chromecast in this aspect. Pity that many Tablets do not have an HDMI port.
My recommendation is clearly to use the HDMI port and this solution, when showing videos and images. HDMI is much easier to use (just plug in the cable), as well. If your tablet does not have an HDMI port, Chromecast is just as good with videos, but worse with still images. Chromecast also requires a local Wi-Fi router and internet connection to work. Miracast does not require a local Wi-Fi or internet, but suffers from pixelation the most. This could be OK for static slides, but videos rarely look good on Miracast.
Ok so love the s4. I have purchased the white media dock with 3 usb ports and Hdmi out. I have everything going but notice the screen resolution or dimesions dont fit right. I already checked my tv formats and nothing. So, anyone know a fix?
I have the same problem and not found a solution so far. I don't have a full-HD capable monitor or TV. On my 720P (think it is, I'm sure it's not full-HD) TV the picture is sharp but flickers all the time. When I connect it to my 20inch TFT I only get 640x480.
I'm pretty sure it's my hardware but I'm kind of disappointed that Samung does not offer any options to set the resolution manually not every TV or monitor allows to select the resolution manually. My last phone was a Motorola Razr and I could set the resolution and had about 5 or 6 different options to select from. I suppose there is no way to change this without root.
Maybe Samsung will change this in a future release. One of the reasons I bought the multimedia dock was to connect it to beamers or a lower resolution TV.
Hi guys... I am new to this forum and therefore couldn't post to the developer forum, even though I am one.
There is this Kickstarter campaing "Superscreen" which promises to give you a low-cost, tablet-like device, which streams your phones display to the 10" "Superscreen". They make several interesting claims on their FAQ section:
- the devices uses no mirroring... they seem to use their own streamingprotocol from within an app, you have to install on your phone (no Chromecast or something like that involved).
- the stream displayed on the tablet part is not bound to the phones resolution! So they claim that a 4k video on a 1080p phone will be displayed as 2k on the tablet (which is 2k) (and I understand that they do not use upscaling)
- you can actually use your phone to do different things than the tablet is doing (so it isn't just streaming)... they call it "dual screen" or something like that
- less interesting, just FYI: The seem to establish a wifi-direct connection between phone and superscreen
Now I am wondering how is that possible and which APIs the Superscreen app is using (they claim it all works on Android 4)?
- I can't find anything in the Android API to grab the whole screen content and to stream it (except for chromecast maybe, which these guys don't use)
- How can the "Superscreen App" convince another video player app and the Android system to render at a different resolution then the phone's?
- How can they render apps offscreen to enable this dual screen thing?
I would love to hear your ideas, as I have no clue how they do it without any rooting and on Android 4...
EDIT: I watched some youtube videos about the product and (while it still may be a prototype) 1) regular apps definetely seem to be upscaled (opposed to what the Kickstarter claims specifically for videos) and 2) there is considerable lag it seems, not suprisingly...