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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > The HTPC Thread - Dont buy an HTPC
 
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Boris the Blade
Jun 10, 2005
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TheDingo posted:

I would really just suggest using the Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H motherboard mentioned in every other post as it includes a GPU that can handle anything you need, includes HDMI with audio and HDCP, and is fanless.
I have a quick question about this.

Since XBMC, I'm assuming, will soon introduce GPU decoding to the Windows client (as it is already present in Linux builds), would this motherboard be able to handle 1080p easily? Just add a cheap(ish) processor, some RAM and a HDD at it, and it's good to go?

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Boris the Blade
Jun 10, 2005
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TheDingo posted:

It can handle 1080p right now without GPU decoding and a cheapish CPU (E5200), but GPU offloading should reduce CPU load. The 9400m does support hardware h.264 decoding. Here is a little note about the Macbook Pro showing the CPU load dropping in half when the 9400m takes over h.264 decoding: http://appleaddiction.net/?p=802
Just to make sure I'm following you.

The Gigabyte GA-E7AUM-DS2H and a E5200 would be able to handle 1080p content no problem?

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Boris the Blade
Jun 10, 2005
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Boxee Box remote. Yeah, it's got a QWERTY keyboard. Awesome.


Click here for the full 1024x662 image.

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Boris the Blade
Jun 10, 2005
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Thermopyle posted:

What Boxee has going for it right now as opposed to XBMC:

1. Boxee Box which allows you to buy it and plug it in.
2. Already has native support for DXVA accel on Windows.
3. Netflix, Pandora and a few other plugins like that.

What I don't understand is how the Boxee Box, which is supposedly running Linux, is able to get Netflix. I thought Netflix required Microsoft Silverlight, which, at least to my knowledge, does not exist for Linux.

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Boris the Blade
Jun 10, 2005
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Schmoli posted:

As for the next post, the shape is retarded, but I don't think that's a deal-breaker for me, as it'll go inside my media cabinet anyway.

While I'll say the shape is a weird choice, the remote is RF. You'll be able to place it out of view and not have to worry about the controls being registered.

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Boris the Blade
Jun 10, 2005
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Boxee Box internals revealed. NVIDIA Tegra 2 FTW

Many have been asking about it and we’ve been eager to share the details of what’s inside the Boxee Box by D-Link. Today we’re making a joint announcement with NVIDIA and D-Link revealing that the Boxee Box is powered by the Tegra 2 (T20) platform!

The T20 is based around a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 CPU with that additional graphic umphhh NVIDIA is famous for, allowing us to deliver our user experience in a small box, and very low power consumption (we’re green too )

With Tegra 2 powering the Boxee Box you can:

* Enjoy a fluid and responsive user interface that is similar to the UI performance up till now available only on full blown PCs

* Play 1080p video from locally stored content and stream HD video content from the Internet

* Play Adobe® Flash® 10.1 content from across the web, including HD content


More inside the Box:

* RF chip by Nordic – to support a great remote control experience that is not dependent on line-of-sight and can work from anywhere in the house

* 802.11N wireless chip by Broadcom


What’s not in the Box:

* No hard-drive – We discussed hard-drive at length with D-Link, and figured people already have storage solutions, and that we should do our best to reduce the price of the Boxee Box. You’ll be able to connect your choice of storage devices directly to the Box using USB

* No IR – While we realize many people are using universal remotes, we believe there is a greater benefit having a full QWERTY keyboard, and the right way to do that was RF. We really wanted to also support IR, for various reasons we could not get it as part of the build. We continue supporting this in software, so you can use any IR dongle and continue using your universal remote with Boxee.
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