ASUS Eee Box B204 / B206 grows an HDMI port, handles high-def material

Man, talk about maturing early. ASUS' Eee Box just hit the shelves here in America a few months back, and now the company is already pushing out a pair of successors. Both the Eee Box B204 and B206 retain the same overall design and processor (1.6GHz Intel Atom N270), but you will find a 256MB ATI Radeon HD 3400 GPU to complement the 1GB of RAM, 160GB SATA II hard drive, multicard reader, 802.11n WiFi, Windows XP Home, 10GB of online Eee Storage, gigabit Ethernet, four USB 2.0 ports, DVI connector and the freshly added HDMI socket. The B204 trumps the B206 (weird, right?) with the inclusion of Bluetooth and a built-in battery that acts as a UPS in case of power failure. We've already seen just how decently the B202 could handle 1080p playback; it's just that much easier with a dedicated HDMI port. As is par for the course with ASUS, there's nary a mention of price / availability.

[albin2189 Posted Dec 5th 2008 12:04PM]

i am very tempted by this now.
the only "bad point " with this is that my tv doesnt have the same wall mount thingy but that s ok.

is there any change to play some games? like the orange box or something. it would be great if it can.
my shity laptop runs all the game (orange box) and only has a xpress 1150.
maybe it will run doom

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 6th 2008 6:39AM]

Amazing! Just what I was looking for.
Low powered (20w) 1080p HDMI HTPC compact and silent with remote.
This is a must have!
ASUS you've done it!

[kingu Posted Jan 4th 2009 8:16PM]

Who said it will be silent?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 3rd 2009 6:15PM]

Any word on when this thing is hitting the shelves in the States or Canada? None of my local shops can give me any info!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 7th 2009 3:34PM]

Yeah, when will we see these go retail? I was expecting some more info at CES... but nothing.