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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[2.1GHz you say?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Someperson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:24PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[SOLD.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[GRAMMAR POLICE]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[No, I think he said "ass rock". Lots of bass.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Bosco]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 10:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm kind of puzzled by why all these reviews exclude XBMC :(<br><br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ender]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:31PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[because xbmc cannot make use of GPU decoding.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[daniel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 8:14PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[It can in Linux.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[TREX6662k5]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 8:19PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Seems like a stripped down version of media center would work just right]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[digitallysick]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 10:13PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Tried mine with XBMC on ubuntu 9.04, GPU hardware decoding works on nvida cards. Possibly also 4*** ATI cards. Just write hdmi where it says sound device as a quick workaround for hdmi audio.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kingu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 18th 2009 5:03AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Does that mean its an Ion + Atom 330 combo?<br><br>Isn't that the same as the 12 inch netbook from DosPara we saw here a few days ago?<br><br>Looking good...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Flowah]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Come on down to $300 for the DVD+/-RW version and I'm sold.  As it is, the lack of front-side USB and $400 price tag is a bit of a turn off.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[bandigolo]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:33PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's exactly what i was thinking about]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[whiskey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Get rid of the optical entirely and I'll think about it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigD145]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 9:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Considering you can build a similar HTPC for the same price, I think it's quite reasonable]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Marcus]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 18th 2009 9:19AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[super sexy but yea make it 100$ cheaper]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[lxuke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:36PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Don't forget to include the $100 for a piece of Blu-Ray playback s/w - I didn't see that mentioned as being included (and I'd assume not given that there is no OS) in the review]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[RikF]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA["One thing that should be noted is that the ION 330-BD doesn't support HD audio pass-through for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio, only regular DVD audio such as Dolby Digital 5.1 and others that use 640kbit rate audio. It will still playback these audio tracks on your Blu-ray discs, but compressed down"<br><br>No, but the chipset supports 7.1 multichannel LPCM over HDMI with software like PowerDVD 8.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:39PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Looks like a pretty capable machine, especially if the street price is lower than the msrp and the 2ghz overclock is no problem. I would run ubuntu on it though. Is there a way to play blu rays in Linux yet?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kevin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 7:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sounds tempting to get.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Caveman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 8:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm intending for me to get one of these for my grandma. Skype halfway across the world ftw!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[PCIV]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 8:15PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I think the real question is will it be able to run Flash HD, I remember the AspireOne nettop was struggling quite a bit on one of the reviews.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[gunner]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 9:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Unlikely, but unfortunate they didn't try it, given that they were clearly focused on the possibility of using it as a Media Center PC.  I guess people think that since it plays Blu-Ray movies it MUST be able to handle Flash...<br><br>If you look here: <br><a href="http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=602" rel="nofollow">http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=602</a> <br>you'll find Anand's attempt to get the Zotac Ion board, also using an Atom 330 and Ion, OC'ed to 1.92GHz to run HD flash at 720p and it basically could not.  <br><br>Now this one runs at 2.1GHz, so it does leave you wondering...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Fanfoot]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 18th 2009 1:16PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I've been looking at HTPC's recently and if it keeps its £395 price tag n hits UK then I may pick up the Blu-Ray model of this. Its £90 more than a PS3, which would do the Blu-Ray n games n a workable browser, but for the extra you do get a full OS to play about with, even better if it runs some emulators, and it should support 100% of file types, PS3 suffers with a few.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[deanb]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 10:42PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[You can install linux on a PS3, although there's no fixing the video format support problems.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[simbr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 29th 2009 1:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[This thing would be awesome home theatre pc. Throw in a wireless keyboard/mouse and would be perfect for a Mythbuntu Linux DVR. Dual boot with Win 7, chill on the couch and get sht done. Anyone agree?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[pablo_gyds03]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 17th 2009 11:35PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Is it compatible with HD blu-ray Disc ?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[JohnTech]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 18th 2009 12:36AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Look closer at the picture…]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[yourivancutsem]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 18th 2009 4:31AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Thanks for the 11 page article TweakTown. *sigh*]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Zerohour]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 18th 2009 1:11PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Hmm, starting on £253.99 (298.EUR or 415 USD) on eBay with a DVD drive and no operating system so hello XBMC  !! Absolutely unbelievable. Too bad they have no SSD option cause I'd surely pay another 200 USD for it but I'll buy it as it is.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Thoth]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 18th 2009 1:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sold. <br>I was going to shoot for the PCH c200. <br>But this is it. FINALLY and small form htpc!<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 18th 2009 2:55PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Picked one up this afternoon. Putting Win 7 on it right now. So far I like the form factor, the noise (there is none) and the overall package. <br>Performance wise I think the 5400 RPM Hard Drive might be a bit of a dog, but we'll see. <br>It's going to be a media PC in my living room, and hopefully it'll run all my favorite emulators snappy enough to keep me amused. <br>Flash Playback, whatever. It's a bloated format if it takes a 2ghz CPU to run.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grinch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 18th 2009 5:45PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Grinch, congrat for the new HTPC! Could you tell me if the flash playing good on it? Do you have DTS on it as well? thanks...]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[anpe008]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 20th 2009 6:55AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[AsRock Ion 330 NetTop test:<br><a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pctreiber.net%2Fartikel%2F52-sonstiges%2F396-asrock-ion-330-nettop" rel="nofollow">http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pctreiber.net%2Fartikel%2F52-sonstiges%2F396-asrock-ion-330-nettop</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[anpe008]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 20th 2009 9:32AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Did you say that $400 is to much?<br>Not when compared to fit-PC2 (1.6GHz Atom Z530, 160GB SATA, WiFi, WinXP, 1GB RAM......$399)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Dreadwock]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 20th 2009 10:34AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[I was about to build a PC to hook up to my TV for watching online videos. This is exactly what I'm looking for and it won't be an eyesore in my living room. I look around and it's not being sold anywhere yet (except Ebay). What a tease! When will this thing be sold? <br><br>Considering it's the only one of it's kind currently, I don't think 400 is unreasonable. Sure you could wait until the knockoffs start coming out but you pay for being the first on the block with one!]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 21st 2009 10:38PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Now it seems as if we are about to go full circle as people want the same kind of low-cost low-power feature implemented into their desktops, enter the ASRock Ion 330-BD Nettop.<br><br><a href="http://www.pupuweb.com/blog/asrock-ion-330-bd-nettop-with-atom-processor/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pupuweb.com/blog/asrock-ion-330-bd-nettop-with-atom-processor/</a>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alex Lim]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 22nd 2009 9:06AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on ASRock's Ion 330-BD nettop gets reviewed]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/asrocks-ion-330-bd-nettop-gets-reviewed/</guid><description><![CDATA[Err.. that is what this article is all about.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[simbr]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jul 29th 2009 1:25PM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
