Been using mpv for many months as my only video player on my laptop Archlinux setup and everything has been great.
Been telling people to check it out and no single complaint has been given, and most have changed solely to mpv.
The -opengl-hq option is a great option to easily get acceptable quality playback without the hassle.
But even still, Windows is so much ahead in video playback by just a hobby of one guy (Madshi, software being Madvr) that it is a shame to Os X and desktop linux. FRC (smooth motion without any of the soap opera effect people hate) completely removes the need to use 23.976 Hz on your monitor, so you can use what your monitor is build to use. With Jinc + anti-ringing filter as the scaler, your image looks gorgeus even how much you need to upscale it.
These are the reasons my HTPC still runs Windows even though I love mpv and would like to change but my eyes can't make the jump just yet.
Been using mpv the last few days, replacing mplayer2. It doesn't seem to be activating VDPAU correctly despite using the sample config file as a template. The console output clearly indicates VDPAU vo, but I still get 40% CPU usage with HD footage and occasional slowdowns (including the slightly-modified classic MPlayer "your computer is too slow to play this!" message) while playing videos.
While mpv sounds like a good thing in theory, I might just remain content with mplayer2. Now at least a single point has been given.
The design looks great. But after I got my first Thinkpad I started to use the physical mouse buttons with the touchpad, and even disabled all the point-and-click stuff and after that you can use it almost as good as a separate mouse. I would hate to go back to push-and-lick actions.
To the media keys being default, that is not an problem, you can change them back in BIOS to work as regular F-keys.
Thinner and sleeker is always a good thing if the build quality is what it used to be, and I believe it is.
Keyboard backlight is also a great thing if you just can change the level to be very minimal to barely see the keys in the dark.
All in all, this very well may be my next laptop.
And to you guys you whine about not enough usb-ports or the lack of CD-drive, I'm sure there is a Thinkpad coming with the new design that gives you all that and more.
The fact is, people very rarely need CD-drive and tons of ports, this machine will suit really big part of the population and like me, im happy to sacrifice CD-drive and few ports for a lighter machine that I carry around daily.
(sorry for the bad english, it is not my native language)
Honestly, two USB ports is not enough sometimes, that is the biggest gripe with my current laptop. Three seems like a sensible amount for nearly all situations, especially on something targeting corporate customers.
I have a T430s. It has both the keyboard backlight and the thinklight. I had an R500 before that had just the thinklight. I very, very strongly prefer the keyboard backlight for three reasons:
1. no reflections on the keys
2. part of the thinklight reflects off the screen, reducing perceived contrast (=(Imax+k)/(Imin+k) where k=ambient light)
3. for some reason, I even find the backlight helpful in broad daylight
I didn't think it'd make so much of a difference before I got the T430s, but for what it's intended it's just vastly superior. And I've found that now that I have the backlight, I don't actually use the thinklight all too often anymore, even though it's only two Fn+Space away.
The -opengl-hq option is a great option to easily get acceptable quality playback without the hassle.
But even still, Windows is so much ahead in video playback by just a hobby of one guy (Madshi, software being Madvr) that it is a shame to Os X and desktop linux. FRC (smooth motion without any of the soap opera effect people hate) completely removes the need to use 23.976 Hz on your monitor, so you can use what your monitor is build to use. With Jinc + anti-ringing filter as the scaler, your image looks gorgeus even how much you need to upscale it.
These are the reasons my HTPC still runs Windows even though I love mpv and would like to change but my eyes can't make the jump just yet.