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YouTube.com 1080p Flash video

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I have the RAZR and this video plays almost flawlessly in Dolphin HD browser with agent set to desktop, latest Flash Player, and quality set to 1080p (NOT using YouTube app):
Nvidia PureVideo HD 1080p Test - YouTube

I went to VZW on Nexus inaugural day, Dec 15. Pop-up asked me if I want to update system since update is available. Said yes, waited 5-6 minutes. Updated finished and I ran some benchmark tests. Results were awful (yes, i know benchmark tests are useless, some of you say, especially on a brand new OS, which benchmark apps were not made/optimized for).

So I thought I'd really put this Samsung Galaxy Nexus to the test with a browser-viewed 1080p Flash streaming video from youtube.com. The problem is Market did not have Flash player (yet).

Is Flash working now in browsers? If yes, how does the Nexus perform with 1080p videos like the one linked above?

Thank you!
 
The video plays well on the you tube app, but is really bad on the standard browser. If you play it in the browser on the desktop view it is clear as day.
 
I cant get it to go to the 1080p version in the browser. loads too fast and looks more like 480.

as said, looks great in youtube app.
 
Didn't the flash update for the verizon galaxy nexus come out very late that day? I mean shocking... play the youtube video in the youtube app, HUGE LOL HERE.:D:D
 
Woah, great video, tapped HQ and it's amazing on this phone. THANK YOU!

Just moved to the frog and I was like WOAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Runs fine in browser on 1080...

Tested this video on youtube day 1 with rezound right next to it and both displays on max brightness.

Reminded me why i love amoled technology.
 
artman540 said:
If the Nexus screen is 720p, why is everyone talking about 1080p videos?
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that is not the point. The point is this: how does the Nexus handle a CPU- and GPU-intensive 1080p movie?

haven't downloaded the youtube video to see what bitrate it is. Has anyone done that?

One user said the Nexus played it well. Good news!
 
artman540 said:
If the Nexus screen is 720p, why is everyone talking about 1080p videos?
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Beat me to it.

Also, resolution means next to nothing. If you have a 720p video playing at at a bitrate of 10+ Mbit/s and a 1080p video playing at < 5 Mbit/s, the 720p video is going to look much better.

Watching anything over the displays native resolution (1280x720 in this case) is not going to result in any better viewing experience and, if anything, will just use more resources/power since the phone has to downscale it to fit the screen.
 
YouTube's 1080p is encoded at ~4 mbps I think. 720p is ~2 mbps.

My Droid X could only do 480p YouTube smoothly so seeing these new phones be able to do 1080p is nice.
 
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