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VIA Mini-ITX 2.0 Adds Blu-Ray Playback, PCI Express
Posted by Gizmodo US Edition at 7:30 PM on June 5, 2008
VIA's new two point oh Mini-ITX design is out, and it comes loaded with multimedia features, from high definition video and Blu-ray disc playback to DirectX 10 support, 6-channel surround sound, and a 16-lane PCI Express—so you can add a top-of-the-line graphics card that is five times the size of the 17 x 17cm Mini-ITX 2.0. The full feature list is exciting for home theatre and DIY enthusiasts everywhere:
• Processor: High-performance, power efficient x86 processor, such as the VIA Nano processor
• Memory: Support for minimum 2GB DDR2 SDRAM
• Graphics: DirectX 9.0 integrated (IGP); DirectX 10 through an add-in card
• Display: 1 VGA port for LCD display; 1 HDMI port on add-in card
• HD Audio: 3 Audio jacks for up to 6-channel surround sound
• Broadband Connectivity: 1 Gigabit LAN port
• Storage: 2 Serial ATA II slots + 1 IDE (PATA) slot
• Peripheral Connectivity: Minimum 4 USB2.0 ports
• Expansion: 1 PCI Express 16-lane slot
• Size: 17cm x 17cm
• OS Support: Microsoft® Windows Vista®; Microsoft Windows Vista Premium (through an add-in graphics card); Microsoft Windows® XP, and major Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Suse Linux and gOS
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will
Posted 8:28 PM 5/6/08
First one to build a burger PC wins!
will
skittlzncombos
Posted 10:02 PM 5/6/08
I'm all over one of these soon. It'll be much beefier than buying an EEE box for a small HTPC.
skittlzncombos
strider_mt2k
Posted 10:24 PM 5/6/08
@will: Nonsense!
You'll never get past the pickle matrix...ahey.
Aww man, I have to decide if I want to wait for the Eee B202 or build me my own.
What to do?
strider_mt2k
maven2k
Posted 12:09 AM 6/6/08
@strider_mt2k: Build, build, build.... You know it's much more fun!
maven2k
axiomatic
Posted 12:43 AM 6/6/08
What Blu-ray spec version? 1.x, 2.x? Can the Blu-ray firmware be updated? The device is useless if it can't be updated.
axiomatic
honestbleeps
Posted 12:28 AM 6/6/08
One thing I don't get: What's the point of blu-ray playback on a motherboard? You still need a drive for it.
Do current blu-ray drives rely 100% on the processor of the computer they're sitting in to be decoded? Is that why you'd want this?
honestbleeps
Delmarc
Posted 1:17 AM 6/6/08
oqo 3 please :)
Delmarc
HeartBurnKid
Posted 1:37 AM 6/6/08
@axiomatic: This is computer hardware, not a player; chances are, the hardware just does the video decoding, and any extra feature support is done in software.
HeartBurnKid
Ryanraven
Posted 2:30 AM 6/6/08
The funny thing is that the "top of the line"
Grafx card would be like 2 times longer than the actual board!
Ryanraven
ibskat2
Posted 12:11 AM 6/6/08
now if they would just ditch the PATA for more SATA, and trade VGA or DVI......
ibskat2