Chime in on the HTC video driver controversy over at Engadget!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ignace / micronauta @ Jan 23rd 2008 2:44PM
Uhh, what sense would it make to support "high-res" video on the TyTN II 320x240 QVGA screen? Anyway, perhaps this isn't really HTC's fault. After all they didn't design the ATI video circuitry. So maybe we should turn to the maker of the operating system for an answer on this issue.
theblockbuster @ Jan 23rd 2008 4:14PM
yea, and if i had to choose between slightly better graphics vs battery life, i probably would choose the battery
Raeven @ Jan 23rd 2008 3:14PM
Since when is it up to the OS maker to provide drivers for the hardware?
Either Qualcomm or HTC should provide accelerated drivers, and Im pretty sure the guys at HTC have got the specs on the chip and probably a SDK when they made the deal.
hi-res video support might be too much to ask for but a camera which is pretty much useless without studio lightning is more than fair to ask for.
When ambient light goes down only so much, fps rate drops to such a degree that taking a sharp picture or capture video over 10 fps becomes impossible.
Take a look at this youtube clip.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9b1L7m7G0Y
Ok this is the Touch Dual but its the same issue with all the 7xxx based HTC's
bernardino @ Jan 24th 2008 2:37AM
My Verizon contract is just about up and I was going to pounce on a Tilt, but after finding out about this I am hesitant to switch. Maybe I'll get a touch from Verizon instead.
Jaeger @ Feb 7th 2008 5:57PM
Much of this is about false advertising. The processor that is advertised is essentially dual core but lacks the function in the HTC deployment. Also, many of the functions the phone was advertized to have (camera, gps, video) do not work properly without the drivers. And hi-res video support is CRITICAL for any video viewing because the device's resolution is so small - it will not properly display any video with higher resolution. In a word, buyers were duped.
While the petitioners are clearly in the right, there is nothing that they can do to threaten HTC - the sad result of the contract-based phone sales.
Obviously, being embarrassed by your customers isn't bad enough...the only thing worse would be to be embarrassed by your COMPETITORS! Imagine Apple putting money in the pot for a hacker to come up with a fix for what HTC has either been too lazy or inept to do itself. Imagine the great publicity the iPhone would get in the face of it's "competition"!
P.S. - What terribly bad taste for HTC's website to be bragging about their 2007 record profits by hawking a crock-o-$&!# product on unsuspecting customers.
n19i @ Jan 23rd 2008 10:23AM
And just for clarification, it isn't only about Hi-Res Video Support. It's about drivers that use the chipset video support properly. That include a whole lot of things, and would change the performance of everything related to graphics (pretty much everything) on the phone. Hi-res video is being highlighted because is a much more noticeable issue, but there are a lot of examples at www.htcclassaction.org.