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Htpc aka "Media Center": cheap and *silent*?

It may be me, or the place I live (Italy), but it seems pretty hard to get a build or a prebuilt nettop or a laptop that fits the need. I need something silent able to playback all h.264 fullhd content without stuttering, and well (and not loosing…
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NVidia ION and /dev/mapper/nvidia_... issues

I have an NVidia ION board with 4 SATA ports and want to use that to run a Linux Server (CentOS 5.4). I first hooked up 3 HDs (that will be a RAID5 array) and a fourth small boot HD. I first started to use the onboard RAID capability but that does…
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HDMI Audio on an Acer Aspire Revo (Nividia ION) is only stereo

I have an acer aspire revo connected via HDMI to a 5.1 surround sound system. It uses the nvidia ION graphics chipset. I can only get it into 2 channel stereo mode, as far as i can tell its supposed to be capable of 8 channel sound. It has 64bit…
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Will this hardware handle Netflix View Instantly?

I know Intel Atom cpus are limited in their performance. This model seems to have a Nvidia 9400 graphics card. It supposedly plays 1080p video and blueray quite nicely. Will this be able to stream Netflix View…
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Can Acer Aspire Revo (Atom 330) be used with two monitors simultaneously?

I'm so attracted to Acer Revo for the price & the look. As long as I can work on two monitors simultaneously, I'll be happy. Not planning to do heavy video editing or gaming. Occasional movie streaming would be fine. Will mainly use it to do…
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Can the NVIDIA ION chipset handle streaming and gaming reasonable well?

I'm considering getting a small-footprint "nettop" computer to use as a home theater PC with my Samsung LN40A550 HDTV. I've been looking at systems like the AS Rock ION HT330, the Acer AspireRevo 3610, or the Asus EeeBox PC EB1501. These are all…
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Using native resolution on external display results in stretched, out of bounds image

I have an HP min 311 netbook with Windows XP, which I've connected to a Samsung SyncMaster 2043BW display via the supplied analog cable. The external display's native res is 1680x1050, which the netbook's ION GPU supports. I've configured the…
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Connecting HDMI MediaCenter PC to Standard Def TV

I just purchased a ASRock ION 330-HT-BD to use as my new Media Center. Sadly I still have a crappy standard-def old tube TV for the foreseeable future. The TV has Coax & Composite (Red, White, Yellow) inputs, and my new MediaCenterr has HDMI & VGA…
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XBMC Live with NVIDIA ION2 no 720p or 1080p options

I installed XBMC live onto an older NVIDIA ION system (the series with a 1.6GHz CPU) without any problems. XBMC gave me the 1080p and 720p options for video playback and everything worked fine. Now I'm trying to install the same thing on a newer…
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Ubuntu 10.04 with HD flash

Just noticed that 10.04 is out. My media server has been packed away for a few months but I might dust if off and give 10.04 a shot but I thought I'd see if anyone has any success stories with HD flash in either Chrome or Firefox. I'm currently…
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1080p resolution problem (nvidia ion)

I'm using the Aspire Revo with an NVIDIA ION GPU. I've connected it to my Samsung PS50B530 over HDMI with a fresh Karmic install, and installed the 185 restricted drivers. Unfortunately, the sides of the desktop are missing from the screen, as are…
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Forcing Windows Media Player to use EVR via GPU to decode h264 encoded files

I am using Windows 7. I can use Windows Media Player Classic Home cinema to play MKV and other h264 using my nVidia GPU to decode the video stream. To do this, I have to set the video decoder settings to EVR and ensure only FFShow Codec is…
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Tuning Nvidia driver in Nvidia X Server Settings in Ubuntu to avoid tearing?

I'm running Ubuntu 10.10 on an Asus at3ion motherboard. I have installed the proprietary nvidia drivers and everything is working fine, but it's a but ragged when I move windows etc. I think the issue is called tearing. There is flickering and the…
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Ubuntu 9.10 not detecting screensize and wont let me set the right resolution

I have an Acer Aspire Revo which has a Nvidia Ion graphics processor in it. I have it driving a Samsung SyncMaster 2043NW. When i used this monitor with a Windows PC it ran it 1680x1050. In ubuntu it wont go to any 16:10 resolution. Is there any way…
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Better graphics or better cpu on a budget laptop

Which would have better overall performance on a cheap (~$600) laptop; Intel Atom 330 with Nvidia ion or intel Pentium/Celeron with Intel graphics. I don't need 8 hour battery life and will hopefully be using this for programming/web browsing and…
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