![]() ![]() The music player supports MP3, AAC, and WMA formats but does not play protected (purchased) music files.įinally, if you have both supported memory cards, you can use the built in file manager to copy files back and forth. Note that a firmware upgrade option is available, in case Neuros fixes bugs or improves the software. The Neuros recorder captures video in several different resolutions and quality levels. ![]() If you record video to watch on a portable device, you will probably use the QVGA (320×200) resolution. QVGA recordings can be played directly on the PSP and should work without additional conversion on the iPod and most PDAs as well. The PSP’s wide screen is also supported with a WQVGA (368×208) option. Finally, the recorder can capture at VGA (640×480) resolution. The PSP can’t play VGA recording (due to hardware limitations), but they should work well on high-end PDAs. The recorder has two quality levels for QVGA and WQVGA recording and four for VGA. These affect video quality only audio is always recorded as 128 kbps AAC. The following table shows the average bit rate of each format, how many megabytes are required per minute of recording, and how much video will fit on a 1GB memory card. All values are based on various test clips I recorded while writing this review, and are estimated conservatively. The following sample clips (all of the same 30 second scene) show the effects of the recorder’s resolution and quality settings. ![]() This particular scene has a lot of movement in it, so it should be a good test of how well the Neuros’ encoder does under pressure. Viewed on a PSP, there are visible artifacts in the QVGA and WQVGA clips but the “normal” quality is still quite watchable. I wouldn’t recommend the “economic” setting for an action movie like the one the sample clip is from, but it should be adequate for normal television shows. One thing of note about the WQVGA clip is that the top and bottom are cropped. That resolution is meant to be used only with widescreen video, so the recorder trims off the edges of the input to remove the letterbox bars. The VGA recordings at “fine” and “super fine” quality are appropriate for TV playback or computer viewing. ![]()
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