2011-10-24, 00:47
Currently I have a mini-itx PC in my living room that I built myself, running Windows 7 w/XBMC. I've loved it so much over the past 18 or so months that I'm ready to go ahead and buy another (smaller) machine for the bedroom. Since I plan on running XBMC to navigate through my media, this seemed like a good place to ask questions regarding the appropriate hardware.
The current PC I have in the living room is a ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom 330 and I'd like to stick with the Zotac brand if possible. I've been doing a lot of comparisons on Zotacs website, and generally I understand everything that's being mentioned, but I don't know squat about onboard graphics. Can you folks help me narrow down my search?
The machine will mostly be used to handle 1080p x264 movies.
I read this full article about the 'Zbox Nano AD10 Plus nettop' and it looks like a solid machine, and with the integrated IR as well as the USB IR receiver + remote, it looks like a solid deal as well.
Is there anything I should be looking at as well? How about the ZBOXHD-ID40-U?
The current PC I have in the living room is a ZOTAC IONITX-A-U Atom 330 and I'd like to stick with the Zotac brand if possible. I've been doing a lot of comparisons on Zotacs website, and generally I understand everything that's being mentioned, but I don't know squat about onboard graphics. Can you folks help me narrow down my search?
The machine will mostly be used to handle 1080p x264 movies.
I read this full article about the 'Zbox Nano AD10 Plus nettop' and it looks like a solid machine, and with the integrated IR as well as the USB IR receiver + remote, it looks like a solid deal as well.
Is there anything I should be looking at as well? How about the ZBOXHD-ID40-U?