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BTW, Does the walkman app support Google Music ?
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Posted: 2013-07-01 09:48:20
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Yeah, almost forgot about that.
Now that the Walkman app will support Music Unlimited I might have to think about resubbing when my current subscription lapses in a few months. I got to take advantage of that deal last year where you get a 1 year premium sub for $12. Hopefully they have some sort of discount planned for later. Maybe to correspond with the PS4 launch
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Posted: 2013-07-01 09:52:25
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@vivftp MHL standard only supports up to 1080p at 60fps with 7.1 digital surround sound. So, from that alone, it does not support 4K. I think that even though the capability is there, it won't be enabled simply due to the fact that there isn't really a support system to put it to any good use. Sure the TV's exist, but they aren't widely adopted. and mobile storage just isn't big enough to make recording many 4K videos feasible. Just my opinion, I think they won't enable the feature. But we'll see. Either way, HDMI wll be required for output to a TV.
@xajel - i don't know for sure, but i don't think it does or that it will. sony will probably only integrate it with music unlimited. google's music service has it's own player and app anyway and i don't think they are working together enough to mix the two. Google's music app uses the equalizer settings from the walkman app and you can listen to songs stored on the phone, thus making the walkman app redundant in those aspects. The only reason you'd want to use the walkman app is for the interface design alone.
[ This Message was edited by: moogoo on 2013-07-01 09:00 ]
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Posted: 2013-07-01 09:58:35
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On 2013-07-01 09:58:35, moogoo wrote:
@vivftp MHL standard only supports up to 1080p at 60fps with 7.1 digital surround sound. So, from that alone, it does not support 4K. I think that even though the capability is there, it won't be enabled simply due to the fact that there isn't really a support system to put it to any good use. Sure the TV's exist, but they aren't widely adopted. and mobile storage just isn't big enough to make recording many 4K videos feasible. Just my opinion, I think they won't enable the feature. But we'll see. Either way, HDMI wll be required for output to a TV.
I wouldn't count it out yet just because 4K TVs are still relatively new. Sony is probably one company with the largest overall 4K push on the planet right now. Ranging from 4K movie cameras to 4K movie projectors, 4K professional displays, 4K home projectors, 4K home TVs, 4K streaming solution on the way, 4K home video cameras on the way, and of course 4K support built into things like their bluray players. If Honami has a sophisticated enough sensor then why not include it? The S800 processor supports it, so this is the perfect device to launch it on.
These days Sony seems to be about pushing the tech envelope even further (even moreso than Sony of old it seems) and they like being able to claim that their device is the worlds first to support such an such tech or features. It would be a crowning achievement to announce the worlds first 4K cell phone camera IMO.
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Posted: 2013-07-01 10:11:58
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@moogoo, Thanks bro, but after a little search... No as there's no Play Music API available...
the other problem is even the offline musics are stored in app data space, so no other app can access these also ( unless rooted )
I used Play Music in the first time as it's the only service I found that I could register on it even though it's still not available in my country/region... the same goes for Music Unlimited...
All I want is a streaming service, I don't care about being able to buy from it or not ( As almost all what I have isn't available in any music service ), but I want to upload my library and stream it to any device... and this is what Play Music is providing...
For Play Music, I used a VPN app to have a US IP, then I opened Play Music website and that's it ( I just have to accept the agreement in order to activate it )... I don't know if this will work with Music unlimited... but I won't be interested in it if I can't upload my current library...
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Posted: 2013-07-01 10:18:29
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Sony has always been about "World's firsts"
At least the "classic" Sony until 2005 or so. From 2006-2012 there really weren't THAT many world's firsts. So probably 2013 is a good year for Sony to get back to their old ways as and launch as many world's firsts as possible.
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Posted: 2013-07-01 10:18:31
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i just did a quick search to see how much storage is taken up for a 4K video. based on what i found real quick (maybe I read it wrong, if someone else wants to confirm then great) a 32gb sd card would be able to store about 2 hours of 4K video. I honestly thought it would take up a whole lot more space than that. Based on that, it seems more feasible as a feature. They would still need to have HDMI though for direct pushing to a TV, which would be the best way to do it, I think. It would also encourage people to be early adopters of 4K TVs if they could create and enjoy their own content.
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Posted: 2013-07-01 10:18:50
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@moogoo It highly depends on the encoding method being used. H265 has been developed to greatly reduce the size of 4k videos, or any other resolution, while retaining the same or better quality than H264. I wonder if Honami will use H265 btw.
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Posted: 2013-07-01 10:27:55
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On 2013-07-01 10:18:31, randomuser wrote:
Sony has always been about "World's firsts"
At least the "classic" Sony until 2005 or so. From 2006-2012 there really weren't THAT many world's firsts. So probably 2013 is a good year for Sony to get back to their old ways as and launch as many world's firsts as possible.
That is the reason some here said ,it will win old lost hearts and new hearts also
,sorry forgot his name
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Posted: 2013-07-01 10:29:46
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On 2013-07-01 10:27:55, JoJotaro wrote:
@moogoo It highly depends on the encoding method being used. H265 has been developed to greatly reduce the size of 4k videos, or any other resolution, while retaining the same or better quality than H264. I wonder if Honami will use H265 btw.
Yes.. I agree. What I found was from the first Sony and JVC 4K camcorders I found. So, whatever encoding they use. I would assume honami would be similar.
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Posted: 2013-07-01 10:31:12
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