So after watching about every video I can find, and reading every website I can find, I have a few questions...
#1: It looks like the Screen on the device turns off when it is outputting video via the HDMI cable. AT least that is how it looked in the Sprint video. If that is indeed the case, how will you control the device? Say you have it connected and outputting via HDMI to your tv, and you are showing pictures on your tv. How will you go to a different folder or another picture or whatever?
#2: If you have a video output cable from a prior HTC device (connects to the Mini USB port and has the RCA audi and vidoe connections) will that cable work? Or is the HDMI the only way to get video out of the device?
#3: If you can you the older video output cables, do they tuirn the screen off too (they did not on older devices)?
#4: Is the video output only for watching movies, or can you use the device? For example, can you use it browse the web on a big screen?
#5: If you can use the device (browse the web, etc) with the display being shown on a tv via the video output, does it still turn the phone's screen off or does it only do that when you watch a movie?
I ask all of these questions because on the Sprint demonstration when they were playing movies and trailes via the HDMI port, it looked like the screen on the phone turned off. I have had a couple HTC devices, including my current Touch Pro 2, that connect via the Mini USB port with a cable that has RCA adio and video connectors (not HD though) and when you use it, the screen on the phone stays on. You can still tap the screen, and use it like normal. The tv just shows the same thing you see on the phone screen, and if you have an audio device connected to it then it plays the same thing you hear on the phone's speakers.
#1: It looks like the Screen on the device turns off when it is outputting video via the HDMI cable. AT least that is how it looked in the Sprint video. If that is indeed the case, how will you control the device? Say you have it connected and outputting via HDMI to your tv, and you are showing pictures on your tv. How will you go to a different folder or another picture or whatever?
#2: If you have a video output cable from a prior HTC device (connects to the Mini USB port and has the RCA audi and vidoe connections) will that cable work? Or is the HDMI the only way to get video out of the device?
#3: If you can you the older video output cables, do they tuirn the screen off too (they did not on older devices)?
#4: Is the video output only for watching movies, or can you use the device? For example, can you use it browse the web on a big screen?
#5: If you can use the device (browse the web, etc) with the display being shown on a tv via the video output, does it still turn the phone's screen off or does it only do that when you watch a movie?
I ask all of these questions because on the Sprint demonstration when they were playing movies and trailes via the HDMI port, it looked like the screen on the phone turned off. I have had a couple HTC devices, including my current Touch Pro 2, that connect via the Mini USB port with a cable that has RCA adio and video connectors (not HD though) and when you use it, the screen on the phone stays on. You can still tap the screen, and use it like normal. The tv just shows the same thing you see on the phone screen, and if you have an audio device connected to it then it plays the same thing you hear on the phone's speakers.
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