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Is that true? I heard that the new firmware of K750i has a lower bit-rate of video recording. The video recording quality isn't as good as the first released firmware. Could anyone confirm on this issue?
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Posted: 2005-06-21 15:37:44
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Yes this is true...

Now lock this thread
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Posted: 2005-06-21 15:43:58
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yes
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Posted: 2005-06-21 16:32:09
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How bad are the videos? does it decrease much?
Could anyone give me example of videos taken with the first firmware and the later one?
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Posted: 2005-06-21 17:19:39
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hmmm... I havent tried video recording before I updated, but after the update, I was expecting good quality, but found it to be ordinary, similar to older models with lower camera quality.
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Posted: 2005-06-21 17:28:24
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If a firmware upgrade can lower the bitrate, maybe there might be someway to hack into the phone and make it record at a high bitrate and a larger resolution, i don't really know but i'm just guessing.
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Posted: 2005-06-21 17:37:40
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That's a pain in the arse!

But at least if a firmware update can reduce the video quality - then another update can get it at least back to how it used to be.
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Posted: 2005-06-21 19:30:37
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There is an unexplored option.

Remember that the k750i is a phone, a phone, a phone that happens to have a camera, video and digital still. If you want high quality video, you have to pay for this. It's called purchasing a video camera. SE had some reason for doing this. I am sure they knew that complaint central will open up because of this f/w upgrade. Maybe it was a mistake, or for some other reason but I am pretty sure someone was not sitting around saying, "how can we screw k750i owners over".
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Posted: 2005-06-22 08:33:15
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can someone post up video clips to compare?
i just want to see how "bad" it became after the firmware update.
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Posted: 2005-06-22 08:39:29
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Here are 2 clips taken before and after the update.
Play them at 200% playbacksize to better compare the compression artifacts.

1. first clip taken before update, taken indoor in poor lightingconditions, movement in the scene, almost no compressionartifacts even at 200% playbacksize, recorded videobitrate 190kbit/s, very usable quality.

http://rapidshare.de/files/2539626/MOV00004.3gp.html

2. second clip taken after update, taken outside in optimum sunny lightingconditions, movement in the scene, lots and lots of compressionartifacts, recorded videobitrate 68kbit/s, completely useless quality.

http://rapidshare.de/files/2539755/MOV00001.3gp.html



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Posted: 2005-06-22 09:08:49
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