Thread: Video playback epic fail: My N8 plays 1080p My N9 couldn't even play 720p
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Originally Posted by ste-phan View Post
The new 720p Android 4.0 showcase Nexus phone also features the dreaded Pentile matrix display technology but reportedly the PPI of about 315 count is high enough to compensate for the Pentile unsharpness.
Will it play the HD content the screen can natively display?
If you're interested, the new HTC Rezound has a 720p display at 342 ppi, and it uses a classic RGB layout (i.e., no pentile). There is a good review showing off a close-up of this display against an older pentile display at The Verge.

And yes, it plays HD video up to 1080p, as most of the current crop of high-end smartphones do, and 720p video is rendered natively.

Originally Posted by ste-phan View Post
Probably a few of the MKV Container formats.
Just a note: MKV is a container format, not a collection of formats. A Matroska file can contain one or more video tracks encoded in any sort of codec (along with multiple audio and subtitle tracks). Normally, the reason why one MKV-contained video will run on a device and another will not is due to the video's codec, not because of the container's format.
 

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