HD video out confirmed for new iPhone?
By Will Park on Sunday, April 19th, 2009 at 7:15 PM PST In Accessories, Apple, Devices, Rumors, iPhone
Media-philes will probably know all too well the iPhone’s shortcomings in the video output department. The iPhone and iPhone 3G are only capable of barely-HD 480i video-out resolutions, making it woefully inadequate for playing back movies or TV shows on large TVs and pretty much any decent computer monitor. But, that’s all about to change with the upcoming launch of the third-generation iPhone. Reports of an upcoming Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) AV Cable confirm that future iPhone and iPod Touch hardware will be capable of playing back full-HD video at 720p and 1080i resolutions!
PhoneNews is reporting that Apple has advised its Apple Authorized Resellers to start clearing out any remaining Composite AV Cable and Apple Component AV Cable stock. The move is aimed at cutting down inventory ahead of the introduction of Apple’s new Apple AV Cable, which consolidates the functions of both the Composite and Component AV iPhone-cables.
Apple is also apparently looking to shift focus from the Apple TV to the iPhone. By endowing the iPhone lineup with true HD-output, Apple will be looking to redefine the iPhone as the most convenient way to bring digital media to the TV screen. The future iPhone will be able to playback HD videos from its on-board library of videos, but will also be able to stream videos over your wireless home-network. The iPhone will connect to your computer’s iTunes library over WiFi and stream videos to your TV over the Apple AV Cable, essentially acting as an Apple TV. And, because the iPhone streams videos from your computer, you have almost limitless storage capacity for HD videos!
Streaming-video iPhone applications like TV.com and the upcoming Hulu iPhone app may give the iPhone even greater appeal as a media-hub of sorts. We’ll no doubt see full-HD streaming video coming online soon enough, and when that happens, the iPhone will be waiting to stream all that “HDelicious” content to your big-screen TV.
It’s not clear when the Apple AV Cable will become available, but we’re not likely to see it before the official launch of the new iPhone (or iPhones).
[Via: PhoneNews]
Why would I want to tie up my phone playing back a movie?
At least other HD phones have a real purpose: recording HD video.
This is not a good idea overall nor should it be a replacement for the Apple TV. Many people play with their phones and computers while watching shows and movies on their TV. I sure do not want cables strung across the living room to my iPhone and TV while I watch a movie and surf the web, twitter, facebook and email all together. Besides, in order to do the higher HD output that means the iPhone has to also store the higher def files which are significantly larger than the current iPhone video files.
Kevin, check out this article – which should be getting much wider coverage – on the dropped frame rate of the Samsung Omnia HD (aka i8910): http://bit.ly/W6q1S
Long story short: despite the claim, this phone does not record HD video.
Cheers
Matt
seriously this devise and all its ridicules models are bull shit ! you should find a better way to burn your money !