HTC lack of support for QTV video driver VGA

[stevedusa]

Well HTC has been known for doing that kind of things. Business practice alright, and that's how they get you to pay for the next and newer version of the phone.

They know you won't buy anything new if they make you a perfect device.

Oh yes it is very, VERY VER irritating. My SlingPlayer is just, horrible performance, let alone any other video-related applications.

What can we do? Class action suits? Just end up with years of finger pointing and off-court settle; Boycott? Well, sure you can take your money somewhere else like others mentioned, but that would defect the purpose of the case.

Big business practice, common stuff.

[bfaber]

Eh.. if you look at who's behind windows-mobile manufacturing, HTC is pretty much the only game in town. Till the iphone came out they didn't have to add anything to their phones. From their perspective, where would you go?

[PolloLoco]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

Yes, it's irritating.

I have CorePlayer 1.3 & never use it because h.264 files are unwatchable on it but look awesome in WMP (which I hate)

We need a version of CP with full (instead of partial) QTV support. My biggest beef with WMP is you can't exit it & then restart in the same place like you can with CorePlayer.

~John

You CAN restart in the same place with WMP - with a simple plugin that has made my life a lot easier because only WMP works perfectly with bluetooth on this phone. Google the "Thomas Wolf WMP ResumePlugin". It works perfectly and kept me from buying CorePlayer.

As to the OP - you call it negativity, but honestly - this thread has been started many times before. There was even a website started by HTC Tilt owners - threatening a class act lawsuit. HTC didn't care then about the driver issue, and still doesn't care. So you're trying to rally the troops that have been rallied many times before.

At this point, you realize that's a limitation with HTC - and you either buy their products knowing this, or you vote with your wallet by NOT buying their products. I bought the touch pro knowing about the possibility - but with my next phone, I more than likely will not settle. HTC is rumored to have bought a license to produce phones with the high powered Nvidia Tegra processor - and if so, I wonder how/if they'll be limited.

Certain companies - and Archos is notorious for this - you can't purchase products from on the basis of expected improvements or even products. I believe this is the case with HTC. You should only purchase their products based on current/existing performance and hope for the best in the future.

[lefty11]

agreed, but evidently not many people seem to agree from the lackluster response here. It's like having a Corvette with a governor at 85 mph

[lefty11]

old fight, newer technology. I do not recall my Mogul issues having anything to do with qtv... if you want to blanket a statement, well I suppose almost every issue covered here has been covered before in some format...the TP is more than new enough to try and rally some support. and yes, I did call it negativity...maybe you call it raising the white flag ..or bending over. From what I read before, the old driver issues were not the same as the QTV issue. Maybe I am just reading the wrong info... guessI should just reconcile myself to be happy with what I have...kinda like the comments here..moderatot please close this thread

[bujin]

Originally Posted by lefty11

In America , we demand change if something gets to us that much instead of waiting around for someone else to come along and change it. .........

HTC created a product that can run h.264, using software that you personally don't prefer. There is even a plugin that addresses your biggest issue (the resuming of media). I think a major problem in our society is that it "gets to us so much" when something doesn't exactly meet our specifications, and so we "demand change". I prefer Maya Angelou's approach: "If you don't like something change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude. Don't complain."

[lefty11]

Oh, btw, its not HTC "lack of a good video driver" , the driver is quite impressive. Maybe I should be asking for an open source guru to duplicate one like it for TCPMP. And thanks to PolloLOco for the tip on WMP , that will help make things a bit more easy

[lefty11]

where would u go instead of HTC?? cmon man, do you live under a rock ??? This whole thread has been misinterpreted by a few. No wonder some folks just lurk

[No1ustad]

yea, it sucks. video drivers would be awesome. It's more like buying a corvette with a governor at 85 mph, when the salesperson didn't tell you it was there.... I think sales would be through the roof for 'em if they went all out and crushed the iphone, but hey, then they would see less purchases of future models. I'm just about at the point as exil3d, this may likely be my last HTC device till they get their act together.

edit: hmm, interesting.

[lefty11]

okay.the video driver is already there , the problem isnt the driver but the proprietary nature they signed off on. This could be easily fixed ... last post but please read this . I guess you peeps telling me to be happy with what I got , should write in to the people who do Core Player and tell them they are fighting a losing battle.. Thank goodness, everyone does not have that attitude or CorePlayer would have not even tried to reverse engineer the qtv . http://forum.corecodec.com/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1521