ZOTAC ZBOX nano AD12 AMD E2-1800

(2012-12-30 03:21)harvey21 Wrote:  I have 12 GB in my AD12 and windows 7 can see all of them. I'm running the 30 day trial with home premium so far.

There is only one slot for memory, do you have 12gb memory?

Sorry, I meant 8 GB... 1 stick

I bought 2 AD12 and they work great with the latest beat of Openelec. The only thing that I noticed was that the wifi isn't to fast with the current Openelec Beta but it still works to stream most of my HD contend over Wifi...

The remote also works very good right out of the box. The only problem is that HD-Audio of the new Audio engine does not work yet on the AMD platform.

Was just thinking of picking one of these up but I want it for full BD playback and HD audio. The bitstreaming isn't working with the latest XBMC Frodo release? Is this an issue on the XBMC side or the hardware/driver side of this zotac?

Has anyone streamed full BDMV with it using Windows? I was curious as to if there were any playback/performance issues running windows with full BD and bistreaming.

(2013-01-02 02:34)GreenOnyx Wrote:  Was just thinking of picking one of these up but I want it for full BD playback and HD audio. The bitstreaming isn't working with the latest XBMC Frodo release? Is this an issue on the XBMC side or the hardware/driver side of this zotac?

Has anyone streamed full BDMV with it using Windows? I was curious as to if there were any playback/performance issues running windows with full BD and bistreaming.

Same thoughts here. Just wanted to order one today. But I will wait some time then. As I want HD audio to work ofcourse.

If some has more info..

I have the Zotac Zbox AD12 with 8GB stick of RAM and 64 GB SSD drive. MS Windows 7 loaded as the boot OS and XBMC 12 Frodo working great. Streams Blu-ray mkv files perfectly. I don't have a 3D TV but I have ripped some of my 3D movies and want to take it to a friend's house who has a 3D TV and see how well it plays those movies. I have Windows auto-log in with generic account and then auto-run the XBMC. Not too back of boot time to get to the main XBMC screen. I have no complaints about the Windows 7 performance on the AD12. It works great.

I had OpenElec XBMC running on it as well without any playback problems. Super fast boot time!

I am thinking of getting an Zbox ID82 (Intel i3) and setting up a dual-boot for Win7 and XBMC (linux-based). Since the ID82 has a faster processor and more RAM (16GB Max) for the Windows install. However, I think I will convert the AD12 back to just XBMC for simplicity reasons.

Thx for the info.

Zotac announced a new ZBOX today: Zotax ZBOX ID42

Really nice specs, I think even bit better then the Nano AD12

http://www.zotac.com/products/product/zb...tions.html

I hope it works better than their website

(2013-01-07 21:51)JeeGee Wrote:  Zotac announced a new ZBOX today: Zotax ZBOX ID43

Really nice specs, I think even bit better then the Nano AD12

I like how Zotac is spending their time and $ in R&D. They keep making their products better.
http://www.zotac.com/news/pressemitteilu...ni-pc.html

Zbox ID83 - http://www.zotac.com/products/product/zb...-id83.html
Zbox ID42 - http://www.zotac.com/products/product/zb...-id42.html

Nice Improvements but there are a few things I think they removed that should have stayed. I still think the AD12 will be fine since it plays everything perfectly and smoothly. I just need to try it with a 3D movie to be 100% sure of that fact.

Thx for all the links.

What did they remove according to you? Just curious.....

I am looking for a nice HTPC, but pulling my hair out on my search...