*Playing back a 1080p h.264 video using the 24″ Cinema Display (in full screen),...

dzuc · on April 28, 2011

I've had it struggle quite a bit with fullscreen Netflix Instant or Hulu when played back on an external monitor, as well.

elithrar · on April 28, 2011

My 11" Air plays lower bit-rate 1080p stuff fine (ie. Apple's movie trailers site), even on an external display.

Of course, with a sub-2.13Ghz C2D it will definitely struggle on higher bit-rate content, so I wouldn't be surprised at all.

hexley · on April 28, 2011

Yeah, this sounds like a bug; I'm pretty sure that should be GPU accelerated.

kooshball · on April 28, 2011

I was really surprised here as well. Does any one else have any data points here?

How does it handle 720p contents?