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    Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap

    Gemei PMP Has Big Screen, Big Controls, Big Heart

    Gemei X21 Portable Audio Player With Monkey's Audio Support
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    Image of Hiphopopotamus Hiphopopotamus
    10/18/09

    In reply to Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap
    Where's that chart about how close you need to sit to tell the difference between 720 and 1080? I think at 4.3 inches, the screen has to be in your skull. #pmp
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    Image of Kakkoii Kakkoii
    10/18/09

    @Hiphopopotamus: Those calculations don't really apply to real world use. The overal image coming to your eyes still looks better, even if you eyes can't see each individual pixel, because it blends. #pmp
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    Image of ViewtifulJason ViewtifulJason
    10/18/09

    In reply to Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap
    This would be a must buy if it only had an SD card slot. 8GB is way too puny. #pmp
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    Image of telepheedian telepheedian
    10/18/09

    @ViewtifulJason: The specs say that is supports TF (Transflash, the old name for microSD) Cards up to 32GB in capacity. #pmp
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/18/09

    In reply to Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap
    I actually have a video question to ask you guys. I just got some HD video files to play on my HTPC only to discover that they're in the nearly useless (at least for what I'm trying to do) MKV container format. They are h.264 video and AC3 encoded audio. What would you guys say is the best program to use to convert them to a more usable format like AVI or MP4? #pmp
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    Image of mac404 mac404
    10/18/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected:

    MKV is actually a pretty useful container. If you haven't done so already, you can download ffdshow-tryouts to play the content in basically any media player (including WM Player, and by extension, likely Windows Media Center if that's what you use).

    However, if you really do want to reeencode:

    Windows: I like SUPER. Pretty easy to use, and a lot of options if you're so inclined.
    For anything else (or alternative for Windows): Avidemux works really well. This program would also allow you to do some minimal clipping, color correction, etc. #pmp
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    Image of PunditGuy PunditGuy
    10/18/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: What kind of HTPC do you have? I'm guessing that installing VLC could take care of your issue. #pmp
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/18/09

    @PunditGuy: VLC opens them perfectly, but it just doesn't intergrate into my current setup. #pmp
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    10/18/09

    @mac404: MKV would be good if anyone would support the damn thing. #pmp
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    Image of Woozle Wozzle Woozle Wozzle
    10/18/09

    In reply to Gemei HD8800 Offers Down and Dirty 1080p On the Cheap
    xvid and divx?

    the most important codecs? missing? come on!

    this is a flop! #pmp
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    The Lab promoted this comment Woozle Wozzle was starred Woozle Wozzle was unstarred
    Image of mac404 mac404
    10/18/09

    @Woozle Wozzle: xvid and divx are codecs, all of the above are container formats for those codecs. AVI likely implies some xvid and dvix support, but it's hard to know for sure. You can encode basically any format and put it in any container.

    I'd be more worried about trying to fit much 1080P content onto 8GB. #pmp
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment mac404 was starred mac404 was unstarred
    Image of shalegac shalegac
    10/18/09

    @Woozle Wozzle: They are usually covered under the .avi container. #pmp
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    Image of myfriendtheZebra myfriendtheZebra
    10/18/09

    @Woozle Wozzle: I agree here. Quality, not quantity. #pmp
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    Image of Woozle Wozzle Woozle Wozzle
    10/18/09

    @mac404: Ahh, a quick Wikipedia search alleviated that! I apologize and thanks for the clarification :) #pmp
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