[gene0915]

http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/06/intel...ore-m3-m5/



What do you all think of the base model? ( think the M3 based ones are a bit pricey.)

[Ned Scott]

It should make for an excellent Kodi device.

[zag]

Yep looks like they fixed the USB port problems.

Shame it still needs a dedicated power supply though

[fritsch]

No hevc 10 bit support. It seems Braswell based ... so you can throw it for future content. There are enough toys in arm world that are all not future proof as well but cheaper.

[zag]

This article does mention the more expensive core m versions are skylake based

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/08/...core_m3m5/

Maybe the cheaper entry level model is braswell?

[Topken]

This article does mention the more expensive core m versions are skylake based

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/08/...core_m3m5/

Maybe the cheaper entry level model is braswell?

Ok I have seen the low end model as 2 different cpus one listed it as the Atom X5-Z8400 and that article is listing it as the X5-Z8300

[Matt Devo]

This article does mention the more expensive core m versions are skylake based

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/01/08/...core_m3m5/

Maybe the cheaper entry level model is braswell?

doesn't really matter since both are limited to 8-bit HEVC decoding, and the skylake version isn't likely to have the grunt to do it in s/w