eee box available: HTPC?

[Evan Leibovitch]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 09:56:04PM -0400, Aaron Vegh wrote:
>   
>> Hi all,
>> I just got a newsletter from NCIX advertising the new ASUS Eee Box;  
>> what I presume to be one of the first Intel Atom-based desktops.
>>     
> Not sure what video chip is in them, although probable one of the
> integrated intel chips.  Depending on the chip, it might have enough
> power in the video chip to accelerate the video decoding enough to do
> HD.  The CPU by itself probably can't do it.
>   
I'm working with a netbook company whose system uses a VIA processor
(much lower energy draw than Intel); its video chipset definitely uses
HW decoding, to make video playback acceptable with such a low-voltage CPU.

Whether such systems would be good as Myth front-ends, tho, I'm not so
sure. Try to get a hands-on demo.

- Evan




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