One of the things that the original VIA Mini-ITX board was touted for was a lounge room media PC and this latest Mini-ITX board is designed with that purpose in mind. The VE-900 is the first VIA Mini-ITX board to feature the dual-core Nano processor, the 1.4GHz VIA Nano X2 dual core.
The feature set of this board also includes 1080p video support care of the VX900 media system processor and there's HD audio as well.
"The VIA VE-900 Mini-ITX Mainboard, measuring 17cm, x 17cm, pairs a 1.4 GHz VIA Nano™ X2 CPU with the VIA VX900 MSP. In addition to enabling support for up to 8GB of DDR3 system memory, the VIA VX900 MSP features the latest ChromotionHD 2.0 video engine, boasting comprehensive hardware acceleration for the latest VC1, H.264, MPEG-2 and WMV9 HD formats at screen resolutions of up to 1080p without incurring a heavy CPU load. Display connectivity support includes onboard HDMI and VGA."The feature set of this board also includes 1080p video support care of the VX900 media system processor and there's HD audio as well.
The board is available " ... worldwide at incredibly competitive pricing."
when and where is this mobo available, other than the press release I can find zero details ?
ReplyDeletelooks like a great product and would make a perfect mythtv/xbmc media solution