The Eee Pad Transformer and iPad 2 can't play very many
video codecs out of the box — but the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 sure can.
Not exact matches
Both tablets have enhanced
video players (more
codecs for you sneaky torrenters) and HDMI
out, and you should be able to cram 50 hours of 1080p
video onto those harddrives.
Thankfully, Archos preloads several
codecs not included with Android by default, so users can play a wider range of
video formats
out of the box: AVI, FLV, H. 264, MKV, MOV, and MP4.
Twerdahl also pointed
out that consumers who don't have 4K TVs will still benefit from the new HEVC
codec Amazon is using — which he said is twice as efficient compared to the
codec in use today — because the
video stream will consume less bandwidth.
Using the VP8
codec means Google can dish
out higher - quality streams at low bit rates, an important feature for mobile
video chats.