What will Pyra replace for you?

[thatgui]

2. Play 1080p videos without a hitch.

Likely 720p Display. Meaning it probably can, but would be pointless.

 

I think 720p is plenty, considering that's what the built-in screen will have.

Don't know about FaeMinx, but I would like that too, just for the sake of not having to reencode what is already sitting on my NAS (and ripping BluRays is currently a real pita)

 

[FaeMinx]

^ exactly.


=~. O =

 

[WizardStan]

Even the 1Ghz Pandora struggles with 480p h.264 encoding. The Pyra will be 3 times as powerful as the Pandora at single threaded applications. 1080p is 6 times the pixels as 480p. Unless something changes so that it can use more than just a single thread on the CPU for decoding 1080p probably won't happen, the CPU just couldn't handle it.

480p and 720p should be no problem, and non-h.264 encodings should be fine as well even up to 1080p.

edit: I'm also making the assumption that h.264 decoding is O(n) on the number of pixels. That could be completely wrong; if it only takes three times as much power to decode 6 times as many pixels then we won't have a problem.

 

[TrashyMG]

With just raw CPU power and no optimization at all, I got 1080p h.264 decoding almost working fullspeed with smplayer on the omap5 dev board.. I was playing with smplayer's multi thread h.264 decoding settings. I know Ti states some kind of proper decoding can be done through some 2D acceleration or something.. but all I know that could be like the DSP on the Pandora and never really see the light of day.

 

[FaeMinx]

What resolution are DVDs at? That's the most common resolution of my backed up media...

 

[TrashyMG]

What resolution are DVDs at? That's the most common resolution of my backed up media...

mostly 480p.

 

[klapse]

PAL DVDs are at 720x576.

 

[FaeMinx]

Awesomeness.

 

[rygD]

Either that or it will get donated to my place of work to be the portable telnet / serial gadget for managing switches.

I personally vote for this.  This is similar to one of my usage scenarios I am counting on the Pyra for (and one of the excuses I used for the Pandora).  I just hope it is sturdy enough and has decent 3g to fit all my other needs.

 

[myNewUsername]

IPad..... That sounds like a ladies product

Wow.  I never thought of that before...  Kinda funny, but kinda gross. :unsure:

Well MadTV predicted it years before it actually came out.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/27/ipad-video-madtv-predicte_n_438880.html

Wow, the fact that Apple called the device ipad after probalby knowing this sketch existed says something about their confidence in their marketing/brand building/brain washing machine. I am impressed.

 

[Rockthesmurf]

The Pyra will replace my girlfriend, well maybe anyway, she wasn't too pleased with the amount of time I spent on my Pandora when I first got it

 

[FaeMinx]

You better hope she isn't reading this thread.

 

[Saber]

With just raw CPU power and no optimization at all, I got 1080p h.264 decoding almost working fullspeed with smplayer on the omap5 dev board.. I was playing with smplayer's multi thread h.264 decoding settings. I know Ti states some kind of proper decoding can be done through some 2D acceleration or something.. but all I know that could be like the DSP on the Pandora and never really see the light of day.

That's semi-encouraging to hear though at how powerful it is. I have some 10-bit encodes at 1080p I'd enjoy watching on Pyra's 720p screen although I could redo them through MeGUI if needed to 8-bit 720p. 

 

[Shadow]

It won't replace, but it will add I presume a media center for films and animes, a game console for my old games Roms, a motive for digging again and learn about programming, scripting in Linux (again !! [emoji3] ).

 

[DrHAX]

Pandora.. smart phone.. most of my laptops functions... because I'm using my laptop for watching downloaded YouTube videos.. however my girlfriend plans on getting one to use with a wacom cintiq as a drawing station in college. ( about a year from now)

 

[comradekingu]

Social life and appetite.

 

[Klumpen]

Apart from the Pandora replacement, it will add some new features to my life I did not have because of related inconveniences.

A GPS system with a long battery life and exchangable batteries will be my main new use besides Dreamcast on the go.

My netbook or notebook may finally be completely replaced too.