[mythtv-users] Nvidia Back In A Mini-PC Format?

[Tom Lichti]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:

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> On 11/15/2016 10:54 AM, Tom Lichti wrote:
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> On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Kirk Bocek <t004 at kbocek.com> wrote:
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>> On 11/15/2016 9:11 AM, Brian J. Murrell wrote:
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>>> "the compact PC starts at $699".  Ouch!  But also way overkill.
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>>> With the right content[1] and the right GPU, an Atom does just fine.
>>>   Bought my last two IONs for about $100-120 IIRC.
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>> I agree. As I said, lots of other smaller, cheaper options. But the
>> Nvidia thing made me post this.
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> Looks like the 'base model' doesn't even include Xeon/NVidia:
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> "As for the price, the compact PC starts at $699, which probably gets you
> an Intel Core i3 configuration without discrete graphics. HP didn't say how
> much a Xeon/NVIDIA setup will be, but it's likely well over double that."
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> That along with the lack of HDMI makes this pretty much a non-starter for
> media playback, which, to be fair, isn't the target market.
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> Yeah, if that price doesn't include Nvidia, that won't work. I can't find
> any ports listing on the HP site but I assume this has DisplayPort. Lots of
> DisplayPort to HDMI converters out there.
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Not sure if they just added it, but the pictures on the HP site appears to
show 3 DisplayPorts, and the literature says it supports 6 2k displays.
Also says NVidia discrete video is optional.

Tom
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