Zotac Zbox Mini PC AD10 Showcase with XBMC NCIX Tech Tips

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This thing is a POWERHOUSE. It tears through the most demanding HD content, and has the flexibility of a customizable hardware/software configuration!

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[56nano]

Zbox>XBOX 360

[spyshocker]

can i get a thumbs up for no reason

[eujeeves]

@Wowmasta21 Actually it's working fine now. I just have to use a player that has video hardware acceleration. This thing is awesome!

[Wowmasta21]

@bomfunk1991 So you pay $500-1000 more for SmartTV but get less than this? Are you thick?

[Wowmasta21]

@eujeeves *Ebay*? And its not performing as advertised = you got screwed.

[secretRBRman]

would this little unit be good for a 24 hour webcam streaming system with win7

[misterpc23]

@eujeeves Do you have an up to date version of VLC? Or have you tried older ones?

[andydiscovery]

@bomfunk1991 Fair do's then to Samsung, tech is moving along so quick, I'm guessing it'll stream over a network too - the only problem (for me) with a Samsung is the fact it's a Samsung, I've had a few Samsung TV's and they've all gone wrong at least once and that leaves a long lasting bad taste, so it's either Panasonic for the big stuff or Sony for bedroom TV's for me I'm afraid.

[DangerousBert]

@eujeeves: you could try another video player that supports hardware acceleration (dxva). I would suggest mediaplayer classic-home cinema. Or xbmc as shown in the video. Dxva offloads from the cpu, which is not too powerful.

[eujeeves]

Okay I'm about to lose it! I just saw the 1080p demo. I've bought mine bare bones on ebay. I've bought a Corsair SSD hard drive and 4GB DDR3 memory. I've installed Windows 7. I've installed ALL the drivers. I'm running it at 1920 x 1080 resolution. But when I play a 1080p mkv movie file it really struggles to maintain smooth frame rate.I check CPU usage and it's max'd out 100%. I'm running movies off VLC. Do I have to run movies off XBMC? I'm worried I've purchased a counterfeitZbox please help!

[bomfunk1991]

@andydiscovery yeah !! but my brother have a Samsung Led 3D smart tv and plays all his 1080p mkv movies in high profile 30-40 mbitrate just fine , they even have an option of internal hard drives :) and with the samsung app store he have netflix and all that good stuff that you will find on Zotac ..........i know what you have experienced but Sony is a little outdated in movie playback compared to Samsung :D