OKAY..... This thread is going out of control with the wrong facts.....

N9 uses OMAP 3630 which has a fairly weak IVA 2+ DSP. (same as N900 but faster clock)
http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wtb...ontentId=52606

N9 can play 720p videos perfectly fine. It does on my N9. Just make sure it's either encoded in xvid or H264 "base" profile. Unfortunately (??) most "warez scene" x264 mkv releases on the web use minimum "main" profile which the N9's DSP cannot handle. I can confirm that my N9 plays 1280x720p H264 base profile video in mkv/mp4 etc container without any issues. Same for 720p xvid with 6-channel AC3 audio in an AVI container. (container doesn't really matter I guess)

So yeah, N9 can play 720p videos. Just not the ones you find from the torrent sites that's all. =P

BTW, N8 cannot play H264 "High" profile videos. (EDIT: It can play High profiles.My mistake. But it can't handle some encoding setting still so it's not fool proof) I own an N8 also. I've never tried 1080p videos on N8 however. So no idea there. I doubt it can though as Broadcom used on N8 is only good for 720p afaik. But the newer Broadcom GPU used on the new Belle phones can support 1080p in HW. But it seems Nokia only made them capable of 720p just for the sake of not making a Symbian phone the first Nokia phone to do 1080p. =P