[stevedusa]

I thought we had a huge debate on the subject matter back in the TP days and came to a conclusion: It's the graphics (rendering) performance that slows the whole thing down, while HTC knew about it but just too cheap to pay Qualcomm to license them the qTV, or whatever rendering technology into their builds of the OS.

Here's some raw test from my end with Sling Player:
- On the TP, OEM ROM, non-full screen GDI rendering, average at 10 fps; full screen, average 8 fps.
- On the TP2, OEM ROM, non-full screen GDI render, average, (hold your breath) ... TWO, yes, 2 FPS. It's a SLIDE SHOW, frame-by-frame. Full-screen? About 0.5 FPS if you ask me.

They are tested from the SAME geographic location, with very good signal and 2mbps upstream on the source. As matter of fact the SlingPlayer test was the first thing I did as soon as I before and after the ESN swap between the TP and TP2 on Sprint.

On the side note, Silent's latest 6.5 ROM for the Sprint TP, SlingPlayer performed VERY well on both non-full screen and full screen, at average of 25-30 FPS. Now what 2D Driver he used in there that I have NO idea but all I can tell is, that built of ROM has a very good 2D Rendering performance, the whole ROM he built is the fastest 6.5 I've used on the Sprint TP.

So am I happy with the TP2? Honestly, yes I am. Bigger screen, certain improved apps like TF3D and better battery performance, it's justified for me to pay full retail and do the upgrade. Oh yes, I get to keep the SERO as well.

Just my nickel (adjusted to inflation) on this subject. And I hope down the road, when we figure out the HardSPL unlocker, and flash some awesome ROMs our chefs provide, I am sure we'll think otherwise.