From which Group do you belong!?

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- eskro - 2011-11-21 21:24

i'd say yes, better to go GROUP #5

A little confused - holeysocks - 2011-12-04 07:51

I am running a Foxconn A7GM-S AMD 780G 5.2GT/s assisted by a Radeon HD 4670 with 1gb..what group am I in

Thanks

- eskro - 2011-12-04 07:53

GROUP#5 to me

- mcborzu - 2011-12-08 03:48

I'm a Group #2:
Mostly SDTV with occasional 720 content..

Mostly just looking for a Kitchen HTPC, getting a little bored and frustrated by XBOX's limitations. My main question is does ATV2 handle lightwieght/medium skins like Confluence/Focus/Carmichael/Alaska well?

- nvcleemp - 2011-12-18 16:06

I appear to be in group #1, as I don't own a HDTV. I just have this old thing with only two SCART connections. It serves me well, so I'm not immediately planning to buy a new TV. However I understand that XBMC no longer supports Xbox, so what would be the recommendation these days?

A second thing I would like to ask is that maybe I would prefer to find a solution that prepares me for the future, i.e. it might very well be that my trusty old TV dies on me within the next year, so I would like a solution that I can use on my current TV with just the SCART connection (a S-video to SCART adapter is no problem) and that I could use in case I get a new HDTV. (I guess I would be in group #3 if I had a HDTV.)

BTW, I have a set of USB hard drives that I liked to keep using, but I guess most solutions will have some USB ports.

- Beer40oz - 2011-12-18 21:20

Group #69 Wink

- bluray - 2011-12-18 21:52

Beer40oz Wrote:Group #69

That's very funny...no, s-video should be in group #68 and older! Laugh

- eskro - 2011-12-18 23:50

Beer40oz Wrote:Group #69

1080p Flash Video on Linux? - sparky0 - 2011-12-27 00:16

Hi eskro, thanks for the awesome guides!

I think I fall into Group #6. I plan to run Linux (XBMC Live, or GeeXboX, or OpenELEC).

I am thinking the Zotac ZBOX-AD02-U would suit my needs well. The main thing I'm wondering about is if it will be able to handle 1080p Flash video (flv/f4v) without tearing, skipping, artifacts, out-of-sync, etc. Can it do this in XBMC on Linux?

Also, I'm not sure if I want to spring for an SSD, or cheap out and try a USB thumb drive for the OS. (I will have bulk storage on the gigabit LAN.) Will the thumb drive be sufficient for any of the distros I mentioned above? Would there be a noticeable performance hit? Will swapping kill it?

Thanks very much for any help.

eskro Wrote:Group #6
* HDTV possess HDMI ports
* wants to play SD movies (DivX, XviD)
* wants to play DVD movies
* wants to play 720P movies
* wants to play 1080P movies
* wants to stream 1080P Hulu content
* wants to stream 1080P Netflix movies (Windows only)
* wants to Bistream HD-Audio

Best Served By?
* any of eSkRo's Builds + HD5450 (Windows only)
* Zotac ZBOX-AD02-U
* Zotac ZBOX-AD03BR-U
* Foxconn NTA350-0H0W-B-A-NA
* Jetway HBJC200C85-350-B

Group #7
* HDTV possess HDMI ports
* wants to play SD movies (DivX, XviD)
* wants to play DVD movies
* wants to play 720P movies
* wants to play 1080P movies
* wants to stream 1080P Hulu content
* wants to stream 1080P Netflix movies (Windows only)
* wants to Bistream HD-Audio
* wants to play 3D 1080P movies

Best Served By?
* any of eSkRo's Builds + GT430
* any of eSkRo's Builds + HD6450 (Windows only)
* Asrock Vision 3D

- coffeeman - 2012-01-08 03:58

http://www.viako.com/viako/product_view.asp?idx=398

what you guys think about this.. ?

asking around 600 dollars here in Korea.