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Anyone know if there is any apps that can read pwi file (Window Mobile Notes format)? Thanks.

can only use with Note naked? any gel/tpu case and even the flipcase will make the Note not able to fit in the Dock?

Did you guys notice that when watching movies on Note, those black area will have very noticeable blinking glossy black box flashing? like during the old days when watching low quality VCD.. and the overall color of the movies is kinda "washed"..

i'm comparing to my s2 also which doesn't have this problem...

tested on both Mx player and default player, both HW or SW rendering.. multiple movies.. tv series and even HDrip..

This post has been edited by exshige: Dec 5 2011, 02:01 PM

Yes. Kind of poor resolution, very disappointed with black scene....

With the flip cover it's a tight fit but doable. With a case it's not possible.

Signs of a low bitrate movie. It might not be noticeable on your S2 because the resolution is qHD, but on the 1280x800 Note, you're upscaling the movie without improving the image quality with higher bitrate source. Hence the apparent macro blocking.

For the record, dark scenes on my Note are totally black. Check the "Light and Slimness" video in your Videos app. It's as black as that. Your personal videos are macroblocking because they are not encoded as per that video or encoded on lower bitrate settings to save file size from getting too big.

You can't magically get good picture quality by slapping in poor video source. I'm using 720p properly ripped sources, and I don't get macroblockings.

What is the resolution of your video? Next, what is the file size of your video as opposed to how long it is. A pristine HD 22 minute TV show episode on MKV format clocks in at 250MB, a feature length movie is around 3-4GB. Compare your video file sizes versus movie length on these figures.

This post has been edited by stringfellow: Dec 5 2011, 03:02 PM

damn nexus and note ! awesome !
so you using ur note as tablet and nexus as phone now ??? or ?

Not quite yet. Note is very close to dethroning my iPad 2, but the only reason why I still hang on to the iPad is the games. Same reason with the Nexus/iPhone 4S.

I'd rate the Nexus as a more "able" replacement of the iPhone 4S, than the Note as the "able" replacement for the iPad. Blazingly fast on the Nexus.

What kind of quality of movie you are testing?

It could be your movie file problem though.

of cuz i ensure video bitrate is not the issue when i compare.. i even tested on 720p 4GB HDrip..

it will be very noticeable if u watch in dark room..

It has something to do with Gamma cut off of the Note... manage to find some info here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.p...1&postcount=103

it seems to be a software setting.. hopefully samsung can tweak again..

I seriously don't see anything wrong with mine, and I'm a stickler for details like these.

I'm more inclined to put the reason behind it as this post in the same discussion thread on XDAdev: Display hardware 24bit, video source 16bit or lower.

but there are many ppl in the thread further down all also reporting the same problem.. whether is for the good or bad, is irrelevant when the final result is less than ideal and ppl hate it..

and after reading in 1 post that the problem is less apparent in a well lid room.. i immediately open all my room lights and retest... and it improves.. but then we watch video in dark room...

Honest to God, I don't see it on mine. It's on 2.3.6 if that helps, on full brightness, and "Dynamic" Screen mode, which should have made it worse, but it hasn't.

Or maybe I don't watch lots of movies with dark scenes in them, or they don't look off-putting or distracting enough to notice. I dunno.....

My note is in Samsung services center beside federal highway they said most likely board problem even change a new battery still can't turn on (, and the repair que is long! have to wait for 1 WEEK!

is ur Note rooted? coz the latest updates i can get is 2.3.5 KJ3 when i check the update from the phone..

there is someone in the thread saynig that KJ4 somehow fix it.. dunno is true or not..

i can say the effect is really distracting.. i have both S2 and Note tested the same file side by side.. S2 don't have this problem at all.. i'm supposedly S2 also a 24 bit screen?

Any one here using celcom mbasic (38)? wat the maximum speed can go?

I'm rooted. 2.3.6 KK5, Sheep ROM KKA.

Is this what you're seeing?

is there any app so i can set password on other apps? want set password on message, photos etc.

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