video recording

[brownhornet]

Originally Posted by BrianFX

For comparison's sake, here is a sample of 720p recording from the Samsung Galaxy S. Listen to the degree of audio quality difference too, completely a different level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S47yo6RSvs4

Audio is better but the video really isnt that impressive. Im no fan of apple products but truth be told their pics/vids are going to crush ours and samsungs.

[BrianFX]

Originally Posted by NuLLKiLL

I'm sorry but is that a joke? Am I supposed to notice something different between the 3 vids in this thread other than inside the camera sucks? I'm done with this thread EVO has a damn nice camera. I know some of you are gunna blah blah blah....... and you know what? it's still is a nice camera.

No need to get defensive. I thought it would be informative for comparison's sake. The difference in audio clarity is by far the most noticeable, I hope HTC is able to improve the audio clarity for EVO owners. The Samsung approaches the quality of my MinoHD flipcam, perhaps with a firmware update the EVO's recording quality can also be improved.

[BrianFX]

Originally Posted by brownhornet

Audio is better but the video really isnt that impressive. Im no fan of apple products but truth be told their pics/vids are going to crush ours and samsungs.

Granted without panning, it doesn't really show the 30fps advantage vs the EVO's 20-25fps. Definitely greater sharpness and less artificating (as a result of a higher bitrate).

I agree that the iPhone 4's video recording will likely take the winning spot, I look forward to seeing some samples to compare against the EVO and Galaxy S.

[ajkron]

Originally Posted by NuLLKiLL

I'm sorry but is that a joke? Am I supposed to notice something different between the 3 vids in this thread other than inside the camera sucks? I'm done with this thread EVO has a damn nice camera. I know some of you are gunna blah blah blah....... and you know what? it's still is a nice camera.

lol are you serious? sure there is a difference. you actually have a brain. no difference whatsoever!

[NuLLKiLL]

Originally Posted by ajkron

lol are you serious? sure there is a difference. you actually have a brain. no difference whatsoever!

LoL I was starting to wonder!

[NuLLKiLL]

FYI for all you really smart people. I just showed the video to my wife and she told me why you think the audio sucks. YOUR HEARING THE HIGHWAY! It's about a mile from my house and is not really that audible but the amazing mic on the EVO picked it up. I was really wondering what the hell you people were talking about as I was impressed with the audio!

[rooster94]

Originally Posted by NuLLKiLL

FYI for all you really smart people. I just showed the video to my wife and she told me why you think the audio sucks. YOUR HEARING THE HIGHWAY! It's about a mile from my house and is not really that audible but the amazing mic on the EVO picked it up. I was really wondering what the hell you people were talking about as I was impressed with the audio!

Haha. This just made my day. People thought the audio sucked, turns out it was just that good.

Sent from my Evo using Tapatalk Pro

[BrianFX]

Originally Posted by NuLLKiLL

FYI for all you really smart people. I just showed the video to my wife and she told me why you think the audio sucks. YOUR HEARING THE HIGHWAY! It's about a mile from my house and is not really that audible but the amazing mic on the EVO picked it up. I was really wondering what the hell you people were talking about as I was impressed with the audio!

It's not just the audio in your sample, it's the audio in every EVO 720p sample (I've viewed dozens). It sounds like 16kbps or less. You don't need to be an audiophile to detect the difference. The audio is very flat, hollow, low quality sounding.

Take the first 5 seconds of your video for example, the sound of your own voice (before you open the window, i.e. no highway noise yet). Compare that to the audio in the Galaxy S sample. World of difference. If you cannot hear the difference, then let's just end this discussion and move on.

[gator352]

Originally Posted by ajkron

excuse my ignorance but if it records in 720p is that not hd?

No. 720p is just a resolution and width pixel count. Let me explain....

The native resolution mentioned in HDTV specification sheets is a measure of the number of pixels a display has. All video sources will be scaled to match the native resolution of the display. If the video source is a match then no scaling is required. If you are choosing a HDTV for gaming then you should match the screen native resolution to the video output resolution of your games console. This avoids the annoying scaling lag which can be annoying to avid gamers.

All fixed-pixel displays have a native resolution spec that tells you how many pixels the display actually has. Native resolution is the absolute limit on the amount of detail you’ll see.
Two common broadcast HD resolutions are 1080i and 720p. Generally the progressive scan 720p should provide a smoother image which is sharper during action scenes. The most recent standard, 1080p has the smoother, sharper image of 720p while gaining the extra lines of resolution of 1080p. The 1080p video standard is not broadcast yet but is available from Blu-ray discs and some video game consoles such as Microsoft’s Xbox 360 and Sony’s PlayStation 3.

When shooting 720p with a consumer grade camera or video recorder, the video is shot at 640x480 but uses video codecs to achieve the 720p resolution. Much like using Nero or Cyberlink software to upscale a 640x480 video to AVCHD to be played in a Blu-ray player to achieve a native resolution of 1080p. Otherwise it will automatically be viewed in a letterbox format or it will auto upscale (depending on your tv) and look stretched.

Compare the difference between the NATgeo HD station and the NATgeo regular station. There's a world of difference in picture quality because the NATgeo HD is formatted to fit 1080p HDTV's and the other is not even though they are shot with the same camera. BUT....High-end commercial grade cameras shoot in 720p or 1080p natively as where consumer grade cameras do not. Hence the difference when watching NATgeo HD about gorillas then a commercial comes on and it's in a different format and looks fuzzy and in a box. The commercial was NOT shot with a HD camera with a native resolution of 720 or 1080p.

The EVO doesn't shoot 720p natively, it just shoots 720 pixels to fit your HDTV. Shoot a video with your EVO in 720p and compare it with NATgeo HD, Fox HD, etc. and notice the difference in quality. HD is slung around these days like the word hero. Just by being able to hook up something electronic to an HDTV using an HDMI or Composit cable is considered HD to manufacturers for marketing hype even though the cam, etc. doesn't shoot in 720 or 1080p, but the box will say HD.....only because it can be hooked up using a digital cable such as HDMI.

[elementalwindx]

Originally Posted by BrianFX

For comparison's sake, here is a sample of 720p recording from the Samsung Galaxy S. Listen to the degree of audio quality difference too, completely a different level.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S47yo6RSvs4

WOW! Evo should be recording at something like that, too bad it doesnt.


Another HTC fail. #3 in a row. Moguel, TP, EVO... HTC Your not doing it right...I hate apple but HTC needs to hire them as consultants.