jpierre
9th January 2009, 15:54
I'm not very tech savey when it comes to resoultion. Which resolution is better? The iPod Touch at 480X270 or the iPod Video (5th Gen) 640x360?
If indeed the 640X360 is better would it be a bad idea to create at iPod video file at 640X360 and then play it on my iPod touch?
Why isn't the resolution on the touch better if the screen is bigger?
diskwatcher
11th January 2009, 13:45
Ummmnnn that's not quite right.
Here are the video specs for the iPod touch :
TV and video
* Support for 480p and 576p component TV out
* H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html
As a practical matter download the trailer for "Get Smart" from iTunes and you can see that the iPod can handle much higher resolutions then those listed in the spec.
That has the resolution of 853 x 454.
TM2-Megatron
11th January 2009, 17:01
853x454? jeez, would it have killed Apple to add a few more vertical pixels and given the thing a 16x9 aspect ratio?
jpierre
11th January 2009, 21:08
I'm still confused...
Is the 640 X 480 resolution for the iPod Touch or the iPod Video?
My question again is Which resolution is better? The iPod Touch at 480X270 or the iPod Video (5th Gen) 640x360?
Therefore, when I transfer a DVD to my iPod should I transfer to the iPod Touch or to my iPod Video for the best possible resolution?
Why isn't the resolution on the iPod Touch better if the screen is bigger than on the iPod Video?
TM2-Megatron
11th January 2009, 23:06
According to Apple's site, the maximum resolution the iPod Touch will accept is 640x480 (or 640x360 for anamorphic material). The specs say the screen's resolution is 480x320, a 1.5:1 aspect ratio; which doesn't make a lot of sense. I assume the Touch is designed to scale 4x3 and 16x9 material appropriately, though.