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jgray · 07-10-2011, 06:19 PM

Adoby's reply reminded me of a few more reasons I like my GT

The GT 10.1 will play 1080p video (it downscales it of course). If you want to play videos on any Honeycomb tablet, your best bet is MP4 with Baseline Profile. Other formats are supported, but some (like AVI) are not. This is because Honeycomb doesn't support all formats. Some third-party video players may have additional codecs that will play more formats. I haven't looked yet.

As for sound, the GT has surprisingly good sound. The speakers are on each side, near the top edge. They tend to shoot the sound sideways a bit, but if the tablet is positioned in front of a hard surface, more sound bounces forward. As a test, I stuck a PostIt note to the back of my GT, behind each speaker (think big ears). This directed much more sound forward. Even without this, the sound is very good. The reason they didn't aim the speakers forward is because this would have required holes in the glass front. Not a good idea.

The GT does stereo, but also has SRS, which is a simulated surround sound. With 5.1 surround movies, it makes a difference.

Joe

07-10-2011, 06:19 PM	#4
jgray Fanatic Posts: 554 Karma: 2928497 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Clara 2E & Sage	Adoby's reply reminded me of a few more reasons I like my GT The GT 10.1 will play 1080p video (it downscales it of course). If you want to play videos on any Honeycomb tablet, your best bet is MP4 with Baseline Profile. Other formats are supported, but some (like AVI) are not. This is because Honeycomb doesn't support all formats. Some third-party video players may have additional codecs that will play more formats. I haven't looked yet. As for sound, the GT has surprisingly good sound. The speakers are on each side, near the top edge. They tend to shoot the sound sideways a bit, but if the tablet is positioned in front of a hard surface, more sound bounces forward. As a test, I stuck a PostIt note to the back of my GT, behind each speaker (think big ears). This directed much more sound forward. Even without this, the sound is very good. The reason they didn't aim the speakers forward is because this would have required holes in the glass front. Not a good idea. The GT does stereo, but also has SRS, which is a simulated surround sound. With 5.1 surround movies, it makes a difference. Joe Last edited by jgray; 07-10-2011 at 06:22 PM.