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2014-01-26, 03:44
(This post was last modified: 2014-01-26, 03:48 by Rational.)
Hey Guys,
My first post to the forum, but I've been reading here for a few months now while using XBMC on different hardware.
I just ordered my DH2820 Bay Trail NUC from Provantage listed earlier in this thread along with the Crucial CT8G3S160BM memory listed on the Intel tested memory page. Thanks to all for those great links as it helped me get a good price from a reputable supplier easily and ensured I got the best memory. I was struggling with Amazon suppliers not shipping to my overseas location yet still. I guess it's still too early in this product's availability. But I wanted it right away as I've been waiting two-three months for these to be released.
I'm really excited about the 7.5v TDP! I've been wanting a box that'd allow me to run Windows for the full web surfing experience but at super low 5w idle wattage. Right now my desktop sucks up like 200+ watts idle and that's a no go for me anymore. Fan noise is also a no no anymore. I won't buy any more PCs that generate noise. Take note Intel. Not doin' it. Silent or nothing.
Sadly this one still has a fan but based on reviews of other Haswell NUCs, they don't rev up the fan under idle or when playing basic videos. Only when gaming. So I don't expect the noise to be too bad. But I'll be on the lookout for the fanless model when it is released and probably grab one of those too. Also curious about the MSI fanless Bay Trail J1800i discussed this week. Wonder when that'll hit the market? $60?! Oh yeah! $70 for the quad! I'm in.
As for other platforms, I tried the raspberry pi, but it won't surf worth a damn, and the xbmc experience isn't quite as zippy in the menus as I have gotten used to on my i5 laptop.
I also tried the Ouya and HATE the limited ecosystem. About to send it back or sell it. Not cool.
Tried the Minix X7 and it was still too early at the time so sold it to a buddy. He loves it though. But for me, I demand the speed and user experience I'm used to on Win7.
Sadly I see this has "Limited Win 7 support"!!!!!!!! WTF!!!!!!!!!!!? Come on Intel. Don't do that to us. Get those drivers posted please.
I'm hoping its just a temporary limitation because of development time and NOT their plan permanently. If so, that's cheesy and not professional. Not how I think Intel should act.
Anyway, It'll take a week to arrive and I'll share my experiences once I have Win8.1 loaded (what alternative do I have. Jeesh), but I really hope to be able to surf like a baddass and have a great XBMC experience for basically $230 delivered. That's worth it to me. (Already had an old 60gb SSD).
Thanks guys. More to come.
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If you scroll down in that ad, it says Windows 8.1.
But I do agree, it is kind of a dick move by Intel not to support Win7 on this device. Ultimately I think it will cost them in unit sales, because a lot of people don't want Win8.
However - for XBMC you just need Openelec.
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I think the problem here is that all the ports are USB 3.0 when i tried to install Windows 7 on my HTPC via a flash drive it wouldn't get any further than the setup screen, however after Googling i found that Windows 7 installs don't play nice with USB 3.0 switched it to one of the USB 2.0 ports and installed with no problems.
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For those of you running windows on the Bay Trail Nuc how is the interface? Is it snappy or sluggish?
I am trying to reduce the size of the pc in my living room but I need something that will be able to record three or so hd streams from my hdhomerun simultaneously while I am watching something else. The content would of course be later uploaded to my server for storage. My current machine is getting a bit old but I dont want to spend on the i3 version for what I need a new machine to do unless I absolutely have to.
Let me know how it performs. Thanks.
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Any EXACT INFO about 23.976?
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it would be great if we could put somewhere what this unit can and cannot do (on the wiki page maybe?) and update the info when new firmware or drivers are released. When i read the thread about the Haswell Nuc with 200 pages, it is very difficult to have a real summary of what is working, what is not working and what will be corrected in the future. Which audio passthrough is supported? Video features?
So maybe we can take this quickly with this unit before it get too messy to summarize?
The kind of info that i would really like to see are:
Audio Decoders
- what format this unit can decode without flaws
Audio Passthrough
- DTS Audio
- DTS Master Audio (DTS-MA)
- DTS Master Audio Hi-Res (DTS-HD HR)
- Dolby Digital Plus
- Dolby True HD (THD)
- LPCM
Video decoders
- 1080p
- 23.976
- etc...