Has anyone tried playing 720p MKVs on their Allwinner tablets?

Bitrate etc?

Guys, try google for Haipad i7

This post has been edited by ericmaxman: Mar 12 2012, 08:17 PM

Give and take lo

Initial Impressions
For the uninitiated, this tablet (Ainol Novo 7 Aurora) is powered by an AllWinner 10 processor, has 1GB DDR3 RAM, Mali-400 GPU, IPS screen (1024x600), 8GB built in (can option for 16GB is you wish). Very lightweight 7" tablet. Sturdy built quality. No squeaks when pressed. Butttons feels good (volume rocker may take some time getting used to). Very nice laser etched serial number on the back. Doesn't feel cheap at all. When held in hands, it weight just nice.


Display
Need I say more? Its an IPS screen. The blacks come out beautiful. Viewing angles are excellent. Clarity and sharpness of the text is top notch. Mine does not have any dead pixels or dust stuck underneath. Thank god Although mine does have a slight gap near the ports though >_<" Videos comes out sharp and smooth (More on that later)

The OS
This tablet is touted as one of the first few tablets to be running on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Having played with ICS on my phone, and another tablet running on Android 3.2 (Honeycomb), I guess I know what to expect. The firmware that came with the device was far from perfect though. Scrolling through homescreens (Irregardless of how many icons/widgets) seems to be rather choppy. And it has a multitude of Chinese apps that came pre-installed. Mind you, this is also one of those few China tablets to come with a generous 1GB DDR3 RAM. After installing the latest firmware from Ainol, homescreen scrolling has improved a lot. Throwing some widgets and icons does not seem to slow it down one bit. And after rooting, one can finally bid those pesky chinese apps goodbye. I've also tested the video playback on this device, and I can say it surpasses my expectations. 720p MKVs (Video: MPEG4 Video (H264)1280x720 25.00fps [Video] Audio: Dolby AC3 48000Hz stereo [Audio]) played without a glitch using the stock video player. Then I tried a 1080p video (Video: MPEG4 Video (H264) 1920x800 23.98fps [Video] Audio: AAC 48000Hz 6ch 4608Kbps [Audio] ). This also played smoothly. This result is better than the most Tegra2 powered tablets, which fails to even play 720p smoothly. As for the inputs and outputs, I've tried a 1TB external HDD, USB keyboard, USB mouse, pendrives and all worked without any problems whatsoever. Thumbs up indeed for this little powerhouse. Gaming wise, I haven't tried much games yet, but I'll update accordingly when the time comes.

Verdict
If you're looking for a cheap and cheerful (quite literally) 7" tablet, look no further. This one has excellent value for money (in the Rm600 range). But you do miss out some features though, like 3G (USB modem supported), Bluetooth (You can use ES File Explorer to browse if you insist), GPS (some apps refused to run) and a dual core processor. Word has it that in April 2012, a dual core model will arrive. But for the time being, this should do perfectly fine. Love it

To Be Updated
HDMI output. Gaming.

Impressed that the AllWinner can output 1080p to a LCD TV without any problems