[ale] Ale Digest, Vol 17, Issue 68

[Ryan Marshall]

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> The new holy grail of front ends are the ion based boards:
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> http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/12/nvidia-ion-platform-gets-demonstrated-at-ces/
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> Calvin...
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I was reading about these this morning.  They've finally hit the streets.
Apparently, it takes six months to take an existing platform and pair it
with with an existing video chipset?  Newegg's out of stock on the dual core
version already.

The only question that's still possibly lingering is flash video
performance.  Liliputing says it's lacking:

http://www.liliputing.com/2009/05/dual-core-nvidia-ion-still-not-ready-for-the-htpc-flash-video-problems.html

However Anandtech had better results:

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3566&p=3

I think the problem is Hulu.  I find it stutters sometimes at full screen
480p on my main box, which is no slouch.

And I kinda wish it had an s-video out.  There are still some of us who
haven't taken the HD plunge yet.
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