2012-01-21, 13:50
so i sold my first HTPC a few months ago and have been making due with a Western digital live plus player. it plays all my MKV HD collection fine BUT the interface is god awful.
I would love to build what i had (build in sig) but i dont have 400+ to build that again. i was looking at the $250-$300 E 350 / E 450 amd nettop's as well as the atom + nvidia ion set ups.i love how small they are but im worried about the performance of them. i would have to depend all on hardware acceleration to play back all my 1080P mkv's (some are 25+ mbps bitrate). a family member has a netbook and its so damn slow. now i understand its missing a decent graphics chip but the unit it self just takes a while to do anything. i have been trying to find a decent review on a few of these net tops but none of them talk about playback of 1080P MKV files most of them only talk about youtube HD playback or blu ray disc playback. what do you guys think? can you recommend me a cheap barebones or complete net top? also i just was reading about raspberry pi and a new video with XBMC running on it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NR57ELY28s
i would love to make a awesome altoids tin xbmc player. that would be amazing lol but being how its not out yet and its just been ported, i guess ill have to wait more on that.
I would love to build what i had (build in sig) but i dont have 400+ to build that again. i was looking at the $250-$300 E 350 / E 450 amd nettop's as well as the atom + nvidia ion set ups.i love how small they are but im worried about the performance of them. i would have to depend all on hardware acceleration to play back all my 1080P mkv's (some are 25+ mbps bitrate). a family member has a netbook and its so damn slow. now i understand its missing a decent graphics chip but the unit it self just takes a while to do anything. i have been trying to find a decent review on a few of these net tops but none of them talk about playback of 1080P MKV files most of them only talk about youtube HD playback or blu ray disc playback. what do you guys think? can you recommend me a cheap barebones or complete net top? also i just was reading about raspberry pi and a new video with XBMC running on it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NR57ELY28s
i would love to make a awesome altoids tin xbmc player. that would be amazing lol but being how its not out yet and its just been ported, i guess ill have to wait more on that.