[mythtv-users] Intel NUC?

[glen]

On 03/23/2013 10:31 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Christopher Kerr <mythtv at theseekerr.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 2:17 PM, Matt Emmott <memmott at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> So, Intel has what they call a NUC, which stands for "Next Unit of
>>> Computing", a SFF machine stripped of all legacy parts and sold as a
>>> barebones PC. The latest one comes in two models, both of which appear to be
>>> i3 Ivy Bridges, one having Ethernet and the other a Thunderbolt Port. I
>>> first read about them in an Engadget article at
>>> http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/23/intel-nuc-review/
>>>
>>> It seemed interesting... For $299 plus some parts, you end up with a decent
>>> little frontend. But, I searched NewEgg for NUC and found what appears to be
>>> the older model at
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16856102004. It's the
>>> same form factor and similar features as the Ethernet model, but instead of
>>> an i3 it has an "Intel Celeron 847 1.1GHZ", and it's almost half the price
>>> at $165 plus shipping.
>>>
>>> At that price, one could maybe have a full 1080p FE for under $300 (or under
>>> $200 with one 2GB SO-DIMM and net-boot). The problem is, I can't find any
>>> information on what sort of video chipset (or SOC or whatever) this older
>>> model has. Does anybody have any experience with this Celeron SOC and what
>>> other video bits it supports and more importantly, if it would be a good FE?
>> Celeron 847 is a very cut-down Sandy Bridge based part designed to be
>> embedded on mini-ITX motherboards like an Atom.
>>
>> As such, it's got a cut down graphics core based on Intel's HD
>> Graphics 2000, but with very low clockspeeds.
>>
>> I have no idea if the video decoding bits needed for VDA are left
>> alone - http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/intel_847_nm70_review,7.html
>> seems to suggest that it might be doing decoding in hardware, since
>> CPU utilisation is pretty low and it's not a fast chip, but that's the
>> only test I can find for it.
>>
>> The video encoding features are definitely fused off in the Pentium
>> and Celeron processors, but I don't think the same is true of the
>> decoding - I've got an Ivy based Pentium next to me at the moment, and
>> it will play back HD H.264 content with 1-4% CPU usage.
> There are positive reports for the NUC in the xbmc forums, but then
> again I have found that some people there have lower expectations than
> us myth users - and ofte they are gearing for "ripped" video as
> opposed to recorded TV with the need for deinterlacing.

if you are looking to spend between 2 and 3 hundred why not the


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