ASRock Vision 3D HTPC Exclusive Hands-on in Taipei

[DXXDgame]

its a fat laptop -.-

[martinhiebert]

ummm a htpc ???? where do u hook the cable tv line into it for cable tv ??

[urendanger]

@martinhiebert You can use a usb tv tuner.

[martinhiebert]

@urendanger yes you are right - but if asrock is selling this as a htpc it should have a tuner in it already 

[PusterPL]

Is there enough space for a 2nd 2,5" hdd?

[barfarina]

It's alumINIUM, not aluminum. Don't believe the Americans.

[hanrinch]

my ear bleeds.......

however hm55 is actually a downgrade version of h55 southbridge. like nehalem family they integrated north bridge and pcie controller inside the processor and they adapt on ddr3 rather than low latency ddr2...plus gpu die pack beside of processor die in the same package..

anyway it sucks...better stick with lga775....

[strobe9]

very nice, now someone tell me where the fuck i can get one because i've looked all over and it's nowhere to be found.

[MYsterYmarcus]

@strobe9 That depends on where you live, in sweden we can buy them now

[FixedHDD]

no, you've not taken the design from the Apple Mac mini ;)

[djhuso]

waiting 4 it

[equallywrong]

will the eSATAII port support port multiplier function?

[opelolaf]

@equallywrong: this is important for me too.. but since the board got the h57 chipset, it seems port multiplying will be supported..

[equallywrong]

@opelolaf Intel has turned off the port multiplier function on all their ICH chipsets. So I am almost certain if the eSATA port is tied to the Intel chipset then it won't support port multiplier. The only chance of port multiplier support with be with a JMicron, Silicon Image, or Marvell chipset. At this time, there was no information on the website about which chipset has be used.

Thanks for reply, I forgot about this motherboard.

[sal1urbandesign]

So when will this one be released?

[EddieLolz3r]

Oudia, not audio

[jazzgrenade]

Sounds like an awesome HTPC. A mini-itx gaming machine!

Too bad I don't have a 3D tv yet. lol

[PerfectCode11]

Yes, when is this officially going to be released in the U.S.? Looks great.

[AnDaTeSa]

when will it be out ??????????

[pokemezz]

he sed ass rock xD

[mutovkin]

I hope it will be reasonably priced for mid-range system, may be I would have preferred low power core i3 CPU instead. Asrock should not forget to add 5.8Ghz Wireless N card not some cheapo 2.4. I don't see any intake air fan holes.

Otherwise I'm ready for this little box :)

[whitfaker]

that is some powerful hardware! but where is the hd tv tuner?!?!

[drftme]

it says 1066 on the ram at 2:34

[KEYBOARDWARRIOR786]

@drftme yes he said that its a prototype and it will have 1600mhz ram

[hoang352]

where's the hard drive?

[DinexTaiwan]

@hoang352 The hard drive is often placed above the motherboard, so they take it away to make you see inside clearly:P

[Delus1on77]

Looks like a super mini-mac. Good stuff. I do think that they should have kept the front clean with just a BD drive and moved the card reader and front panel stuff to the side

[XenunX]

This looks like something Im gonna buy and love.

[geekthree]

Its a chinese christopher walkens!

[geekthree]

@geekthree Or possibly tawaniese, apologies, I just realised i jumped to a conclusion there..

[Ionaras13]

the thing with the iphone, would be pretty good... xD

[camwilmot]

@Ionaras13 that video is almost done :)