2014-04-11, 23:08
I'm looking for an HTPC that is ideal for me, it has to be really small so it will fit nicely in my furniture and won't overheat. Currently a regular micro atx PC case is crammed in there and it barely fits, overheats (when cabinet doors are closed) and can make quite some noise.
Anyways, I looked at barebone systems and the ones from ZBOX seem awesome. I do have a few concerns though.
I can hardly find anything about the 24p bug with regards to the ZBOX systems, am I right in that all Intel Zbox systems (still) have the 24p bug?
If yes then I'll look solely at the AMD ones (any downside to AMD vs. Intel?). I often read about fine performance when ZBOX's are running OpenELEC, but I feel more for running XBMC under Windows 7 (like I'm doing now), because it gives you additional features (such as surfing).
Will you notice anything (performance wise) when running XBMC under Windows 7? I like the Zotac ZBOX nano XS AD13 (very complete with remote / external IR etc) and the Zotac ZBOX nano AQ01 (seems to have a better CPU/GPU but is less complete).
In the end, these are my requirements:
Does anyone know if the selected options can do this flawlessly?
Thanks!
Anyways, I looked at barebone systems and the ones from ZBOX seem awesome. I do have a few concerns though.
I can hardly find anything about the 24p bug with regards to the ZBOX systems, am I right in that all Intel Zbox systems (still) have the 24p bug?
If yes then I'll look solely at the AMD ones (any downside to AMD vs. Intel?). I often read about fine performance when ZBOX's are running OpenELEC, but I feel more for running XBMC under Windows 7 (like I'm doing now), because it gives you additional features (such as surfing).
Will you notice anything (performance wise) when running XBMC under Windows 7? I like the Zotac ZBOX nano XS AD13 (very complete with remote / external IR etc) and the Zotac ZBOX nano AQ01 (seems to have a better CPU/GPU but is less complete).
In the end, these are my requirements:
- Perfect 24p (so no Intel right?)
- Sound over SPDIF to my amplifier.
- I want to upscale non-1080p using Lanczoz3 (best results right?), I'm mentioning this because I've had problems in the past with my GPU not handling it right and therefore no hardware acceleration), or getting a very ugly picture using dxva (it used the dxva upscaling engine I guess).
- Running all of that under Windows 7.
Does anyone know if the selected options can do this flawlessly?
Thanks!