Windows 8 Tablets powerfull enough for 1080P 10bit decoding?

[sorinus]

i have had a nice acer iconia tab w500 for a while now and it has run most of the movies tv and anime i watch without an issue however with more and more encoders moving to 10bit color and 1080P native resolution i finding myself having to re-encode alot of the anime i am getting from bakabt back down to 720p to make it run smoothly.

does anyone have a recommendation for a new more powerful windows 8 tablet with a decent video chipset that can play these files smoothly??

my current specifications can be found here for comparison. i need something with more ram and a higher video chip set
http://support.acer.com/acerpanam/tablets/2011/Acer/ICONIATab/ICONIATabW500/ICONIATabW500sp2.shtml

[Saras]

There is nothing, that would offer hardware 10bit decoding and chances are, there won't be anything anytime soon.

[vuzedome]

1080p with 10-bit pretty much mostly applies to Anime fansubs.
Guess you'll be stuck with re-encoding for now.

[FlyinPenguin]

Hardware aside, I would assume it will be awhile before the codec and player support is even available. Windows 8 tablet is still a newborn and Microsoft really dropped the ball by waiting so long to release the SDK to developers other than its partners so 3rd party support is rather anemic right now.

[kureshii]

Microsoft really dropped the ball when it comes to simplifying and clarifying the differences between various Windows 8 devices, so you're going to have to be really careful in your research.

There're currently a few Windows RT/8 tablets released/slated for release:

• Windows RT tablets running on ARM processors
• Windows 8 tablets running on Atom processors
• Windows 8 tablets running on ULV i3/i5 processors
• Windows 8 laptop/tablet hybrids running on i3/i5/i7 processors

Of these, I'd expect only (3) and (4) to really be able to handle 10-bit software decoding. The Iconia W500 runs on an AMD C-50 (AMD's category equivalent of Intel's Atom, minor quibbling over performance differences aside), so its inability to handle high-bitrate 10-bit video is not surprising. Ultimately, you still need relatively high hardware specs to get 1080p 10-bit decoding.

The video chipset is not going to matter, at least until we actually get hardware 10 bit decoding support. Get something with an Intel i3/i5, since I haven't heard of any AMD-powered tablets headed our way yet, aside from the Fujitsu Z-60 ones (although keep in mind the Z-60 is still in the same class as Atom).

[kamuixtv99]

With screen that size you call that HD? or rather 1080p? lol

[kitamesume]

With screen that size you call that HD? or rather 1080p? lol

no, of course not. but once you dock that unit onto a friend's epic 72" fullHD tv it'd be a full blown 1080p, it would be embarrassing if your unit kept stuttering while you play a great show right?