Saturday, August 07, 2010

Acer Stream Reviewed

Acer Stream was reviewed by GSMArena on 3rd August 2010. With regard to multimedia performance of the Acer Stream they comment:-
  • Acer Stream competes with HTC Desire 
  • stronger multimedia features than Google Nexus One
  • MicroHDMI video out port with 720 pixels (720p) support delivers HD video to compatible external displays
  • 3.7" capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (800 x 480) resolution; multi-touch support
  • Videos are captured in 1280 x 720 pixel resolution (720p) video recording at 24 fps
    • amount of resolved detail is below 720p standards, closer to WVGA (800 x 480) standard. 
      • clips have high noise levels 
      • Continuous auto-focus is flawed leading to bad focus lock in most videos. 
      • magenta tint
      • videos stored in 3GP format with heavy compression and lots of visible artifacts. 
      • some dropped or doubled frames
      • videos can appear choppy

download a full untouched 720p video sample by the Acer Stream.
  • XviD video support up to 720p
  • Dolby Mobile; dedicated multimedia keys
  • Two video players to watch videos
    • nemoPlayer 
    • stock Android player - DivX videos cannot run to 720p, XviD had no problem.
  • Competitors 
      • Motorola MILESTONE XT720 
        • 8 megapixel camera with xenon flash, 720p video recording at 24 fps, HDMI port.
      • Google Nexus One & HTC Desire - 5 megapixel cameras and Froyo (Android 2.2) upgrades enable 720p video recording.

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