Amazon has the Acer AspireRevo AR1600-U910H Black/White Desktop PC (Windows XP Home) for $199.99 shipped Free. This thing is tiny (7.1 x 1.2 x 7.1 inches ; 9 pounds)
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* 1.6GHz Intel Atom N230 Processor * 1024 MB DDR2 Memory, Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader * 160 GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, No Optical Drive included * Integrated NVIDIA ION LE Graphics, 6 USB 2.0 Ports, VGA & HDMI ports, * Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3, USB Keyboard & Mouse
Message edited by: exbat on 2009-10-19 05:26:22 CDT
Can anyone determine if the Nvidia drivers allow audio over HDMI with Windows 7? I have a Geforce 8200 that I can not get audio to work over HDMI (XP works, W7 doesn't). I finally just installed a $30 Radeon HD 4350 to get around it.
In the control pannel go to: Manage Sound > Sound > Playback
See if you can click the box to enable HDMI audio, or do you get this:
NVIDIA HDMI Output NVIDIA High Definition Audio Not Pluged In
Again, this is for W7 only.
Message edited by: starfox9000 on 2009-10-19 15:53:21 CDT
Note that there is anew version of aspirerevo http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2354346,00.asp with dual core atom, full ion and hdtv mount It is MSRPd at $329
Newegg has had this over a month now, so there are a lot of reviews. From those I found a lot people like it, but the biggest complaint is hulu and other flash based sites are choppy. Also no built in wifi. For $200 entry-level Htpc is pretty nice.
Picked one up at BestBuy for the same price the other day and have since been unsuccessful in trying to get audio to play through HDMI on both a Samsung and a Sharp LCD TV. If you search for "audio Nvidia Ion HDMI", you'll find that this is a common problem with this chip-set. I have updated all XP drivers to the latest, but without success. I'm considering returning it because of that. The little thing already doesn't have S/PDIF, so audio through HDMI is really indispensable.
Message edited by: Ikarus on 2009-10-22 04:29:53 CDT
i think those running htpc on this are specifically running xbmc linux on it. from what i rem this unit has ion graphics capability onboard so the linux drivers allow for offset of video processing onto the gpu so the atom donest handle it. this allows for it to properly function as htpc without the typical atom lag.
i think there is more info on the unit in the xbmc forums
EDIT yes this is the model
1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 Processor 1024 MB DDR2 Memory, Multi-in-1 Digital Media Card Reader 160 GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive, No Optical Drive included Integrated NVIDIA ION LE Graphics, 6 USB 2.0 Ports, VGA & HDMI ports, Windows XP Home with Service Pack 3, USB Keyboard & Mouse
Message edited by: JamesD1343 on 2009-10-22 06:37:32 CDT
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