Which Ion based system should I buy?

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I'm nearly sure that is too much for the little Atom cpu. However you could use the excellent XBMCLive distro which makes use of VDPAU, hence even 1080p is no problem.

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Has anyone found out of the ASRock ION 330 can do Power-On-USB or something similar so remotes can be used for starting it up?

I'm extremely close to buying one of these, but I want to make sure that I can get a remote to work well with it including power on via remote. Has anyone done this with with the ASRock and either XBMCLive or Ubuntu + XBMC?
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locri Wrote:Has anyone found out of the ASRock ION 330 can do Power-On-USB or something similar so remotes can be used for starting it up?

I'm extremely close to buying one of these, but I want to make sure that I can get a remote to work well with it including power on via remote. Has anyone done this with with the ASRock and either XBMCLive or Ubuntu + XBMC?

Yes it can to quote Asrock

Quote:Dear Customer,

Yes, the ION 330 can support wake up from USB device.

Yours Truly,
ASRock Inc.
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&gt;&gt;X&lt;&lt; Wrote:Yes it can to quote Asrock

Oh, excellent. Thank you!
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There is a summary of all ION based products that are actually currently available to buy at the following URL:

http://www.linuxtech.net/features/nvidia...rview.html
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ahreno Wrote:anyone have a good store for a 330? All i'm finding is ebay at around $350-430. I'd rather avoid ebay if possible... what the hell is the deal with the ion platform? it's available in europe but not us?

anyone have a good store to buy from?? I am also wondering.

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rflores2323 Wrote:anyone have a good store to buy from?? I am also wondering.

On that web page I posted previously ( http://www.linuxtech.net/features/nvidia...rview.html ) there are a couple of links to US dealers (assuming you are from the US) in addition to links to European dealers.
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ion_man Wrote:There is a summary of all ION based products that are actually currently available to buy at the following URL:

http://www.linuxtech.net/features/nvidia...rview.html

Thanks, great link!
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I bought up here in Canada from http://www.ncix.com - They do have a US side to their website I believe. $424 is what I paid, and I had it in my hands less than 48 hours after placing my order.
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I have a Zotac ION ITX-A with Atom 330 (dual core) and ION chipset.
I have no trouble with 1080p. They run just smooth. Of course I use VDPAU on my Linux system. CPU utilization is low (about 11% with 1080p).

Is anybody using a Atom 230 ION system ? I would be interested to know how well it performs (expecially compared to Atom 330 dual core).
Thank you
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