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I wonder just how low power it is.]]>Feb 26th 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 11:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.shuttle.eu/press/press-releases/view/just-33-cm-thin-and-energy-saving-hd-compatible-mini-pc-solution-from-shuttle/f96f4a21b6/54/
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This would be excellent as a home media centre, especially as they've even put an HDMI out port for your TV...]]>Feb 26th 2010 7:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 11:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/No?]]>Feb 26th 2010 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/
Zapp Brannigan reading fail

"Ion 2 graphics with HDMI output for easy connectivity to your high definition display of choice"]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/-
Oh yeah, and, what's with the wired kb/mouse? These should obviously be wireless. Finishing touch: an IR port for a Media Center remote. Perfection.
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It is most definitely alot nicer looking though.]]>Feb 26th 2010 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/
I doubt it. The AsRock and Asus nettops both have build-in optical drives. It's hard to put price pressure on something if you don't at least match the features.]]>Feb 26th 2010 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Passive cooling, plus ion2 buzz and higher version atom processor... these 2 units I was saying must come down. So, I'm eager to know what other brands will have in store, unless I'm missing any new nettops...]]>Feb 26th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 3:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/
I have a Samsung N510 (first gen ION) and it plays 1080p mkv's no problem providing you reroute the decoding the GPU. I use the CoreAVC codec and pretty much every media player (except VLC) has flawless playback of 1080p video.

I have a USB powered blu ray drive and using PowerDVD, the blu-ray playback is perfect too.

So, this new generation of Atom/ION will be able to cope with anything you care to throw at it ...providing the decoding is handled by the GPU.

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Needless to say, this does look slick, and the fact that its fanless makes it perfect for HTPC. ]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/
I'll yank the HD and throw in a SSD replace the optical with Bluray . . . can't believe they found room for an optical drive. ]]>Feb 26th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/Feb 26th 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/
Nit-picking aside, this looks like a great HTPC. I love the passive cooling, and I think replacing the HDD with an SSD drive would make it a perfect quiet machine for XBMC.

Now, I see that it has HDMI out, but does it support advanced audio codecs like 7.1 PCM, Dolby TrueHD, and DTS Master Audio? Or is it just another SPDIF-capable interface?]]>Feb 26th 2010 7:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/
To sum it up: because of a licensing restriction, almost all PC / mobo manufacturers will likely only give the Ion 2 a single PCIe 1.0 lane (250mbit/s) for ALL of it's inbound and outbound bandwidth, a severe bottleneck. What this means to the HTPC crowd: Performance under the hood improves in all categories (if marginally) except one tiny area: Flash 10.1 video above 480p.

That's right, all Ion2 machines produced before Intel/nVidia's legal battle over licensing is settled will likely be unable to play any flash video without stutters above 480p.

Silver lining: nvidia promises an updated driver in June that works around this issue.

Read about it at the Anandtech review of the Zotac ion2 Zbox.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3702/zotacs-zbox-hdid11-review-next-gen-ion-better-worse-than-ion1 The first page of the review explains the DMI licensing issue and the 6th page covers the flash 10.1 issue specifically.

To those asking why Ion 2 would be running on a PCIe lane: if you recall, Intel has always connected the chipset to the CPU via the FSB (frontside bus) - Intel moved beyond FSB and now has "DMI" - and they claim that nVidia doesn't have licensing rights to operate on DMI. So the workaround is to re-route the Ion2 via PCIe 1.0 - and the PC Manuf's don't want to use more than one PCIe 1.0 lane because the other PCIe lanes are needed for onboard wifi, onboard ethernet, etc.]]>May 16th 2010 10:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/26/shuttles-xs35-nettop-is-3-3cm-thin-too-nice-to-hide-behind-you/
Hope this info helps.]]>May 16th 2010 10:18AM