The new HEVC/H.265 (High Efficiency Video Coding) codec, according to Samsung, offers better image quality than H.264, yet requires only about half the storage space. We've now had an opportunity to shoot new sample videos in Cinema 4K and Ultra HD resolutions using production-level firmware on our review unit, now available for download! While we normally also provide a streaming version of sample videos on our YouTube channel, we've actually run into some issues with the H.265/HEVC videos out of the NX1.

Full HD (1080p), HD (720p) and VGA (480p) resolutions are also available, all at 60p, 30p or 24p (including 50p and 25p for PAL). One of the most heavily discussed and debated features of the powerful new Samsung NX1 is its advanced 4K video recording capabiities. The Samsung NX1 can shoot and internally record 4K movies at Cinema 4K resolution (4,096 x 2,160) at 24p, and Ultra HD (3,840 x 2,160) at 30p.

Available for Windows and Mac, the software runs about $40 for a 1-year license (or a bit more for an unlimited one), and there's also a limited-time trial to see if it works for you. It also offers higher quality Apple ProRes formats and various image quality adjustments if you wish to tweak the footage prior to transcoding. Thanks to a reader email and a tip from Andrew Reid over at EOSHD, there's also a third-party application called Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate that, according to EOSHD, transcodes much faster than Samsung's offering. At maximum quality settings, an initial test with a few converted 4K videos look very good with crisp, high-resolution detail and smooth playback on our iMac with Retina Display. If you're fortunate enough to already have your NX1 on-hand, plug the camera into the computer via USB and install the free 'Samsung Movie Converter.' The Samsung Mac or PC app can conver both single files or batches of the NX1's highly compressed H.265 videos into various quality levels of H.264 video files. 1: For those who've been concerned about viewing or editing the Samsung NX1's 4K videos on your computer, especially given our troublesome experience playing these HEVC H.265 videos first-hand, conversion applications are starting to become available, including one from Samsung themselves, that will transcode NX1 videos from H.265 into H.264 videos.

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