http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/ Engadget Comments for ASUS Eee Box 206 reviewed; has HDMI but can't handle high-def http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/

--neg]]>May 7th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
That will not work. I want my HTPC to be able to stream flash video off sites like Hulu, or through Boxee too. As of now, these Atom powered systems can not handle HD flash videos since flash does not support the GPU's =(
For sites like Hulu, flash video is totally processor driven. So the ION chip set does not help at all.]]>May 7th 2009 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 10:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/

NVIDIA ION PEOPLE!]]>May 7th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
But seriously, thanks for the info on net books and net tops, I can now sleep easy.]]>May 7th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 8th 2009 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
Bummer.]]>May 7th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
I know you guys hate Apple but I can get a Mac Mini for $550 and that is much better than this. I would rather spend the $125 for the Mac.

Or like everyone else says, build one.]]>May 7th 2009 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
NVIDIA ION IS THE FUTUREZ

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/16/acer-apire-revo-the-ion-infused-unboxing/]]>May 7th 2009 9:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
lol. i dont know anyone who uses that annoying pos. even on my mac i use vlc....]]>May 7th 2009 9:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
Ho, and Quicktime have Directx acceleration on pc. You obviously write this on a mac.]]>May 7th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
media player classic on the other hand...

im not convinced this wouldnt do 720p. my msi wind (1st gen) has the 1.6 atom processor and can easily handle 720p (with 2gb of ram), 1080, no chance.]]>May 7th 2009 9:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
Dual core B208 is coming out in a month.]]>May 7th 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 10:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/But to go one further, the review was basically a hatchet job too. If I want to use this to feed my projector and I'm slipping Blu-ray into an external, this will apparently have no problem with 1080P.

It's like asking for a motorcycle with reverse, if you want something that does everything, just get a car (and pay the premium).

]]>May 7th 2009 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 9th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
VLC is good, but its own codecs are not the best, you should set it to use system codecs if available, also, VLC does use hardware acceleration on the video output, so that combined with better codecs should make this capable of running 720 at least.

Also, frankly, who in there right mind plays quicktime files anyway? quicktime is as bad as a virus imo, I only have quicktime alternative installed for the sites that just have to use it.

Klite: http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
cccp: http://cccp-project.net/]]>May 7th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
Pretty clean stuff.]]>May 7th 2009 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/1. It has an ATI chipset , not intel GMA
2. You must use software such as (a) combination of Coreavc codec + media player classic or any player that has not the codecs hardcoded inside the player OR any DXVA capable player like Vista or Windows 7 media plyer/Media center

Any solution outside the "2": it uses the Atom processor for decoding and handles the machine exactly like a B202 (the previous model). A DXVA capable software instead diverts the decoding to the graphics card.

B208 has a dual core ATOM + an even better ATI chipset which is a better overall solution than the nVidia ION platform due to better processor and an equivalent chipset.

]]>May 7th 2009 9:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
Give them a chance.]]>May 7th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
Obviously, Intel doesn't want to make the Atom more powerful. It's meant to be an entry-level platform. If they made the Atom faster, it would cannibalize sales of its Core 2 line-up.]]>May 7th 2009 10:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/21/habeys-second-1080p-boasting-n270-powered-mini-htpc-brings-alo/]]>May 7th 2009 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
Last I checked though, nVidia isn't bring the Geforce 9400M chipset solution to other OEMs until the end of this year (perhaps exclusivity with Apple?)]]>May 7th 2009 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 9th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/
I have an EEEBox B202, and with the help of MPC and CoreAVC, I can play 720p fine, and 1080p fine if I disable B-Frame Deblocking in CoreAVC settings.

All my B202 specs are the standard XP Home version of the machine, minus 1.5GB RAM instead of 1GB RAM.]]>May 7th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/http://www.engadget.com/2009/05/07/asus-eee-box-206-reviewed-has-hdmi-but-cant-handle-high-def/May 7th 2009 12:38PM