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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
It's funny how much subjectivity is involved here (not to mention the extreme generalizing).

I don't use my N800 as a media player, typically, but when I have the results for me have ranged from poor-to-great. That's what makes these "it sucks" comments so ridiculous IMO. The experience isn't black and white.

A buddy of mine easily converted the movie Ice Age and it ran almost flawlessly on his N800. On the other hand, I've played some videos that were horrible. Bottom line folks: YMMV. And the fault doesn't lie 100% with the device.
It's also funny how much bias exists on this board. You're partially agreeing with me here. "A buddy of (yours)"?!... Wow! The fact that you can't say that you've ran a full length movie flawlessly on your own tablet speaks volumes. And once again, conversion is mentioned. I can convert videos to play on my blackberry, but who wants to convert/transcode?

Here's a simple synopsis of the things that SUCK about the NIT's media capabilities or rather lack thereof:

1. Nearly every video must be converted to some mysterious unofficial spec that Nokia never once has made public.

2. Navigation is horrible for most apps. I'm not basing this on iTunes/WinAmp navigation as someone suggested. I don't have iTunes nor WinAmp installed on ANY of my computers. I use VLC for all media. M3U's (which I rarely use) and just plain old directory structure are the best options for any one with as much media as someone like myself.

3. Many of these apps are not very robust at all. Prime example, Canola (Did someone say heresy?). Canola wants to be your iTunes for Maemo. I think I could go on a major rant on why Canola needs a major revamp, but since it's still a beta, all is forgiven.

I could go on, but you guys have yet to counter anything so far other than, "you're so negative", "install mplayer", "works good for me and a buddy of mine, what's your problem?"...

That said, I don't want anyone to think that I don't like my tablet. In fact, I love it. I just wish that it would play nice with my media.
 

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