Looking at swapping the HTPC setup (Phenom X3, MiniATX) for a passively cooled Mini-ITX setup with an Atom/Ion board from Zotac that has an N330 atom and m9400 GPU from nvidia.
Looking around, it seems like you can play back Blu-Ray 1080i/p with the right drivers, but how would it go with upscaling DivX/Xvid/H.264 content or playing back .ts files dumped from recording 1080i TV Broadcasts?
The verdict seems to be that you need a very specific driver/codec/player combination for most, and not to even attempt HD playback on the N230 single core models.
Does anyone have experience with these low-power boards and media playback?
I'm hoping to use mediaportal, as that's what's on the HTPC currently, but will change if there are better options for the Atom/Ion combo...
Looking around, it seems like you can play back Blu-Ray 1080i/p with the right drivers, but how would it go with upscaling DivX/Xvid/H.264 content or playing back .ts files dumped from recording 1080i TV Broadcasts?
The verdict seems to be that you need a very specific driver/codec/player combination for most, and not to even attempt HD playback on the N230 single core models.
Does anyone have experience with these low-power boards and media playback?
I'm hoping to use mediaportal, as that's what's on the HTPC currently, but will change if there are better options for the Atom/Ion combo...
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