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I have several 720p and 1080p .mkv movies. I tried to play those on Tegra 2 tablet (Acer Iconia 500) using MX Video Player but the picture lags on both 720p and 1080p.

What hardware is theoretically enough to play at least 720p HD movies?

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It really depends on the bit rate of the video. Not really an Android question, which is why the vote for closing. – Chahk Apr 6 '12 at 14:42
I wish I was more specific. H264 5.3 Mb/s, AC3 380 kb/s. – Vasiliy Borovyak Apr 9 '12 at 15:36

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Both Tegra 2 and Tegra 3 NVidia chipsets are able to manage 720p/1080p HD movies. In fact I own an Asus Transfomer TF101 (Tegra 2) and I was able to play successfully lag-free various 720p MKV movies.

At the end MKV is only a container and, as suggested by @Chahk in comments, it could be that you are trying to view movies with an excessive bit rate. Try to recode a short 720p video reducing the bit-rate and check if you have better results.

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