2014-07-12, 19:08
(2014-07-12, 18:44)Ned Scott Wrote:(2014-07-12, 12:52)PantsOnFire Wrote: Hey folks. Just a quick question. Ppl say often that Xbmc for android suffers from not offering a 24p mode or change refresh to.match video. Is that true of the fire TV? I just speculate in a small way that *maybe* since it's primarily a media playback.box, it might offer that?
A lot of computer (x86) boxes can't do perfect 24hz as well, for certain GPUs. Depending on your content and TV, you may or may not even notice it. I normally don't notice it, but if I look for it I can sometimes see judder in some scenes, but not enough that I would replace my hardware.
There is a pretty huge difference between the 24/23.976Hz bug (which some GPUs have) and being forced to watch everything at 60Hz (or 50Hz) with no frame rate switching.
With my old Acer Revo RL80 (which was a Celeron 1007U device with the 24Hz bug) I got perfect 25/50Hz, and automatic switching to not quite perfect 24Hz and 60Hz based on content frame rate. The bug was annoying - but nowhere near as bad as being forced to watch 24Hz content with 3:2 pulldown, or watching 25/50Hz content at 60Hz. Both of which are deal breakers for me (and many others) - and why Android is a non-starter for many of us outside 60Hz-land. (People in 60Hz territories appear to be less sensitive to 3:2 pulldown as it is in widespread use there - and "normal")
I've since replace the RL80 with a 2955U based Chromebox which is pretty close to perfect for me. (If it did 4:2:2 1080i H264 I'd be over the moon! Still need to revert to the i5 NUC for that content - or watch 4:2:0 H264 transcodes.)