[mythtv-users] Myth experiences with Zotac ION + ATOM mobo

[Glen Dragon]

On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Bill Williamson <bill at bbqninja.com> wrote:

> On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Glen Dragon <gdragon at jetcom.org> wrote:
>
>> Since i figured that others might be interested, i figured that i'd post
>> my experiences in the past week with the 1st of the Nvidia Ion boards to
>> come out.  For those that don't know the Zotac IONITX is a mobo with a
>> nvidia ion chipset that mates a 9400 graphics core with a intel atom
>> processor.
>>
>> I managed to grab one of these boards last week right after the reviews
>> came out..  newegg had them (since sold out)
>> There are 4 different boards with various combinations of single/dual
>> core, and internal DC-DC power vs ATX.
>> I got the IONITX-C. board..   The board i got has the DC power regulator,
>> and the single core atom N230.  *
>> I would highly recommend this board.*
>>
>> This board is what us myth folks have been looking for since we started
>> this hobby.
>> I'm using it as a diskless frontend connected to a 40" LCD, playing off of
>> a network master server/backend.
>> Using VDPAU..
>>
>>    - Can play ATSC OTA recordings both 720p & 1080i, and hdpvr *h.264
>>    720p* recordings.
>>
>>
>
>
> Can you test some h.264 1080p material?   Can it play a full bitrate
> blu-ray?


yes.  (check out the gallery)
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