There are two ways I retrieve the video from the sd card. I sometimes use a card reader to upload to my computer.... and lately , I just hook up to the drone with a cable to the computer. That seems to be faster. I've been doing this 2 years I've had 3 drones. I download awesome looking pictures ,still pictures no problem. Also my 1080P video looks great. I've been doing it so long I have a computer almost full of that stuff. But 4K video does not shoot smooth like I've seen that it can be . it just does not do it for me..... my computer , like I've mentioned , is an older Dell. And all 4k I try on it I'd wavy,distorted,I can kind of understand that. I want to at least watch 4K video quality on my new phone. I get it that the video shot is coming off the bird.... and, I download directly from the bird. Back to the s9 plus I just bought. What if I use the card reader and attempt to upload directly to the s9........ shouldn't that work so that I could watch 4k quality on the phone?? And someone mentioned a monitor,.. I'm not running through a monitor, I'm not sure what you mean.