*** Nexus 7 2nd Gen thread ***

[MrZippo]

Looks like mine will arrive tomorrow.

May have forgot to pay the customs charge and not it has been held back...

Looks like it'll be tomorrow for me now

It will be worth the wait. It's really really good!

 

[hartgeh3]

Mines in customs, guess waiting for the charges! Probably have to wait for their card/letter

 

[ShaolinDreams]

Just got mine! The device is very well built, feels very nice to handle and that display looks really good!

I can confirm that the wireless charging works with my Nokia wireless charger

pics

Very nice man question.. as the resolution is 1980x1200, how does it translate to movie playback which is typical 1920x1080... black bars or not?

 

[glenimp617]

There are very few 16:9 movies these days, most are 2.40:1

but I'd assume for a 1080p film you will get a small black border

 

[kona786]

Very nice man question.. as the resolution is 1980x1200, how does it translate to movie playback which is typical 1920x1080... black bars or not?

Yes small black bars for 1080p material. Depending on your video player you can zoom in a little and go full screen with no noticeable loss of IQ.

 

[MrZippo]

Right I have Toy Story 3 that is 1920x1080 and I have Inception that is 1920x800
I will transfer both and see if I can do an internal screenshot and then post them up if not I will try to get decent pics with the mobile.
Give me about 20 mins as I will have to transfer them over.

 

[kona786]

What's to know? Small black bars on 1080 and bigger ones on 800p.

 

[MrZippo]

What's to know? Small black bars on 1080 and bigger ones on 800p.

Very true but I thought I might as well do it so people who can't have access to the Nexus 7 2013 model can see how it looks on the device, as pictures are better than words.

 

[kona786]

Fair enough. How are you finding the speed of the tab and are you impressed with the speakers?

 

[MrZippo]

Fair enough. How are you finding the speed of the tab and are you impressed with the speakers?

Speedwise it is very fast and smooth, I think I would go as far as it's probably the fastest and smoothest Android device I have used.
Speakers are a huge improvement over the 1st gen Nexus 7, they are nice, loud and sound clear on the highest level.

 

[Cuchulain]

Is there any value in upgrading to this from the original 32gb nexus 7?

 

[MrZippo]

Is there any value in upgrading to this from the original 32gb nexus 7?

I would say a def. yes as the screen upgrade is worth it alone, throw in the other upgrades and for the price it's a no brainer.

 

[Hutchy]

Very true but I thought I might as well do it so people who can't have access to the Nexus 7 2013 model can see how it looks on the device, as pictures are better than words.

Only a very small frame at the top, you can barely see it from the picture, films have bigger frames top and bottom, unless it's imax, but that's to be expected unless 800p as mentioned.

 

[MrZippo]

Here are the screenshots, Hopefully that gives you lot a rough idea

 

[Hutchy]

Ye I just figured out I don't have frames because of the menu being on screen haha!

 

[MrZippo]

Here is a screenshot of the OCUK forum page view on the Nexus 7

 

[Dangerous]

Flash CM10.2 (when ready) and you can use the Expanded Desktop feature to get rid of the NAV buttons.

 

[smokedog]

The screen is awesome and I can browser full page website without zoom.

I've installed Paranoidandroid and everything is working great. Need a bit more customation so need to wait for PacMan ROM.

Did experience a screen flickering problem, but only happened once.

Do have a slight fault with my device, the power button is slightly wonky.

 

[CK61938]

Loving the pics of the new Nexus 7. Screenshots making it look really awesome. Can't wait to get mine!

 

[ShaolinDreams]

Thanks for the feedback and pictures MrZippo. I don't think it's that much of an issue for me then so i'll be getting a Nexus 7 v2 myself in the near future