1st: it doesn't handle full screen 1:1 video chats right... since the ichatAV isight is 4:3, it should be displayed in 4:3 in full screen, not fake 16:9 widescreen which looks distorted!

2nd: the new built in isights have 1280x1024 resolution instead of the old 640x480... why is ichatAV and photobooth or QT not able to take advantage of that resolution??? it still displays 640x480 even though 1280x1024 is possible???

720p resolution 1280x720 is possible but no app in osX is taking advantage of the upped resolution... sad...

the "year of HD" passed us and not much happened back then... now we have the tools for basic video stuff in HD and apple is not acting accordingly...

if it's a bandwidth thing, why not make it optional with QT settings in system preferences for advanced users that have enough upload bandwidth... i have 1mbit upload which is more than enough for 1:1 HD video chat... why not give it to us small stupid users???

i don't get it....

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i don't get it....

I don't get you. How did this turn from a HD Camcorder report to a "Let's Bash iChat" report?

i'm not bashing ichatAV, i love it...

i'm bashing apple for not implementing easy improvements to ichatAV to take advantage of HD camcorders and the new isight resolution...

the full screen 16:9 bug was bugging me for a long time... for perfectionists like apple mistakes like that shouldn't happen....

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the full screen 16:9 bug was bugging me for a long time... for perfectionists like apple mistakes like that shouldn't happen....

Are not all Apple widescreen displays 16x10????

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smokeonit wrote:

Are not all Apple widescreen displays 16x10????

The numbers aren't important, the fact is that on the current monitors, iChat distorts the video in a very ugly way.

apple wiedscreen displays are 16:10...

but HD is 16:9... then there's letterboxing viewing 16:9 on 16:10 screen...

like there should be black bars on the sides when viewing 4:3 ichatAV full screen on the 16:10 screen....

the problem with displaying the higher res image for ichat av is that that image would have to be transferred across the internet inorder to arrive on your screen. Sure, you can have your higher res ichat video conferences.... but at a quarter of the framerate, hows that?

The internet services and speeds available to consumers needs to step up first before we can start raising the res on iChat. Having the iSights already capable of that seems less like Apple is lagging behind on getting this "feature" to you, and more like it is actually just being held back by internet technology these days.

the people i ichatAV with have "stepped up" their broadband connection for quite some time!

most people in europe i do ichatAV with have 16Mbit down, 1Mbit upload... with 1Mbit upload 1280x720 ichatAV can deliver very good 1:1 and acceptable 1:2-1:3 mulitchat!

and VDSL in germany is 25/5Mbit, or 50/10Mbit... most german big cities offer VDSL now, and in then next 12 months cities over 100k households will get upgraded gradually to VDSL... @ companies speed should not be an issue... only the US still has a problem with bandwidth @ residential homes since large areas have a max. DSL offering of 1.5/.256Mbit. only where infrastructure was upgraded to fibre to the curb much faster offerings are available. looks like the north american market completly ingnored ADSL 2+ and it's 16-20Mbit download and 1-2Mbit upload.... the old regular ADSL standard is capable of 6/1Mbit, which would solve most people immediate needs, but ISPs in the US seem to be unwilling to upgrade their customers... major bummer...

i have tested h.264 live video transmission with the app "wirecast" @ 15fps, 1280x720 @ 400-600 kbit/sec picture was very good. @ 700-800kbit/sec 15fps 1280x720 is killer crisp, like HD should be...

i would not post stuff like this if i had no idea what i was talking about...