<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 8:05 PM, Michael T. Dean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 08/23/2011 07:40 PM, Andrew Barbaccia wrote:<br>
> I recently saw these from ASRock, but they are not available in the US<br>
> yet (no pricing or performance reviews). Seems like they might make a<br>
> pretty capable sandy bridge FE / BE with room for an additional HDD. I<br>
> like how the remote IR is integrated into the case - I dislike having<br>
> the dongle sitting on my TV cart.<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.asrock.com/nettop/overview.asp?Model=CoreHT%20Series" target="_blank">http://www.asrock.com/nettop/overview.asp?Model=CoreHT%20Series</a><br>
> (click product specs, then CoreHT-231D)<br>
><br>
> For those with a SB processor, what deinterlacing options are<br>
> available at this point? I've read a few different reports of VA-API<br>
> support existing, but no deinterlacing. Does that mean playback is<br>
> handled by hardware but software still does all decoding?<br>
><br>
<br>
</div></div>Someone else on IRC mentioned the ASRock Vision 3D:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.asrock.com/nettop/overview.asp?Model=Vision%203D%20Series" target="_blank">http://www.asrock.com/nettop/overview.asp?Model=Vision%203D%20Series</a><br>
<a href="http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Vision3D/index.asp?c=Main" target="_blank">http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Vision3D/index.asp?c=Main</a><br>
<br>
whose big benefit is that all models come with a GeForce GT425M (meaning<br>
VDPAU support). (IMHO, this is the new Mac Mini replacement, now that<br>
the Mac Mini is using Intel and AMD GPUs.)<br>
<br>
There are models with Core i7, i5, and i3 and with BD or DVD drive.<br>
Unfortunately, newegg only seems to have the i5 w/ BD version:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856158019" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856158019</a><br>
<br>
so it's not dirt cheap. SuperBiiz (never bought from them, not<br>
recommending them...) has an i3 w/ BD for about $80 less (but they're<br>
sold out of the black model i3 w/ BD, which was $135 less).<br>
<br>
White i3: <a href="http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-V3D137W" target="_blank">http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-V3D137W</a><br>
Black i3: <a href="http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-V3D137B" target="_blank">http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-V3D137B</a><br>
<br>
and, FWIW, they also have the black i5 w/ BD, but it's about $85 more<br>
expensive than newegg's:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-V3D156B" target="_blank">http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-V3D156B</a><br>
<br>
(which may say something about how much the i3 versions should be worth).<br>
<br>
There are also several on Amazon, but their prices seemed higher. Not<br>
sure if these are out-of-production models or if they just didn't ship<br>
many to the US. Others may have better luck finding them in their<br>
countries: <a href="http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Vision3D/index.asp?c=Buy" target="_blank">http://www.asrock.com/microsite/Vision3D/index.asp?c=Buy</a> .<br>
<br>
No clue about the VA-API stuff.<br>
<br>
Mike<br>
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</blockquote></div><br>Mike,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for the response. I was initially looking at the vision3d, but they don't have the sandy bridge processors. I was hoping to lose the separate GPU and save on some power consumption (and hopefully cost!).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Guess we'll have to see where they are priced at. </div><div><br></div><div>Still interested in the VA-API stuff. If anyone has experience with sandy bridge deinterlacing, let me know!</div><div><br>
</div><div>Thanks,<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><i><br><br>Andrew Barbaccia</i><br><br>
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