iPhone, iPod touch output video better than classic, nano
- October 5th, 2007
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Wow. Don’t expect top-notch video quality from the iPod classic or iPod nano while using Apple’s recently released Component AV Cable. Compared to the the iPhone and iPod touch, the classic and nano eat it. Whereas the iPhone and touch look fairly similar to iTunes-puchased video as played back on a computer monitor, the classic and nano distort the picture like nobody’s business. Take a look at head of the mom from The Incredibles. In iTunes and iPhone/touch playback, her head looks in proportion to the rest of the scene. In the classic version it looks like a parade float. (Color differences can be chalked up to the way screen shots work.)
The other screenies inside.
Conclusion? Video output from the iPod classic and nano could be better. Stick to the iPhone and iPod touch if you’re looking to output video as best as you can.
New iPod Video-Out: Ratio Distortion, Quality Differences (updated) [iLounge]
jen (Who am I?)
9 months ago
Wow, what a huge difference! How big can you blow things up and still have it look ok? I have an iPod touch and a 37″ LCD, and I’m thinking of getting some component cables. Would it look ok?
Kev
7 months ago
You dumbass - that’s just because the below output is in letterbox format, being stretched to widescreen!! change the settings!
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Geo (Who am I?)
5 months ago
Check your sources. The output ability of the touch and iPhone are significantly less. They are interlaced while the classic and nano are progressive. You have issue with your capturing because the screen should not be bowed like in your caps.