
Surface Pro uses a 1080p (1920×1080) IPS LCD display. This is great because everything looks a lot sharper. However, the built-in video app only supports playing a few media format. In fact, if you always watch movie clips and videos in Windows Media Player, you should notice Windows 8 does not supports .MKV file on your Surface Pro tablet or computer. To watch more movie files on Microsoft Surface Pro, you need to download and install a Video converter app for your Windows 8 tablet. The best Video Convert app for Surface Pro is the highly recommended software for you. With it, you can fast choose the optimal preset profile for Surface with Windows 8 Pro and then convert 1080p/720p MKV to a Microsoft Surface Pro friendly format MP4 for easy playback.
Tutorial on Viewing 1080p/720p MKV movie files on Surface with Windows 8 Pro .

Step 1: Run the MKV to Microsoft Surface Pro Converter on your computer and then import your 1080p/720p MKV files to it.
Step 2: Tap the Format icon and from its dropdown menu, click and select Windows > Microsoft Surface Windows RT/Pro H.264 Video (*.mp4) as the output format.
Step 3: Click the Convert icon to start encoding MKV to Surface Windows 8 Pro at fast speed with the CUDA/AMD acceleration technology support.
When the conversion ends, click the Open button in the main interface, and you can convert 1080p/720p MKV movies on Surface Pro Windows 8 at ease.
Tip:
If you wanna get Blu-ray, DVD and other video files on Surface Windows 8 Pro, you’d better choose this package tool Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate to make the BD/DVD/Video to Surface Pro conversion.
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