It took me a very long time to figure it out the right codec, but I now have GPU accelerated 1080p h264 playback using my onboard Nvidia 9300 GPU (which is what the ION supposedly uses). Even though mine is a Core 2, the CPU usage is less than 5% when playing Blu-ray. So I think you're off there. You shouldn't need anything more than an Atom so long as the DXVA is working. DVXA is not the same as CUDA. With DVXA, the GPU literally acts as a hardware decoder doing almost all the work. DVXA is how crappy Pentium III laptops 7 years ago could playback DVD movies. Not to mention Nvidia's entire CES hype of this thing is that it can play Blu-ray.

That thing is gigantic! The ION board at CES had a footprint similar to a credit card. This thing looks like a regular ITX board.

So nobody's seen a mini-ITX system before??? Why is this such a big deal that people think it's fake? Mini-ITX boards that can do Blu-ray have been out for a while.

@John

The only one kidding himself is you. The movie studios required Netflix to use Silverlight because of the DRM. The Flash DRM has not been signed off by the studios. Silverlight DRM has.

It's already out.

The "stack" is software. So a firmware update could fix it.

Please correct me if I'm wrong. But aren't Slingbox products a total waste of money considering the fact that Orb is free?

I wonder how many millions that CEO took with him.

There's definitely something strange going on. I get one bar of reception on all of San Vicente in West LA. My old 3G phone (HTC hermes) got three bars on that same road.

But other 3G areas I get full four bars.

I must be old. Last rave I went to (circa 1999) every other dude wore a visor.