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Spent the weekend getting to know this. Conclusion? It's pretty good for size and price but I think I might be happier with the Zotac on sale for $190 and running a true XBMC box.
Most of the apps are begging for touchscreen control. Virtually useless out of the box with just the included remote for I/O. I spent a lot of time trying to use a N5901 with it and it was frustrating. Much MUCH better with a N5902 but still not perfect.
On the upside, everything I threw at it (except DVD ISOs> played fine and smoothly in the basic Movie Player.
Downsides, no standby on ICS. LOOOONNNG boot. No DD/DTS pass through. Wonky mouse control with most apps and bad libraries with most players. I expect things will improve over time, but I don't want to waste my time hunting for updates and reconfiguring this over time.
So $120 for the Xios, $70 for the hard drive, $20 for 32G mSD, $40 for the Lenovo remote. For that kind of money, shoulda gone XBMC.
Spent the weekend getting to know this. Conclusion? It's pretty good for size and price but I think I might be happier with the Zotac on sale for $190 and running a true XBMC box.
Most of the apps are begging for touchscreen control. Virtually useless out of the box with just the included remote for I/O. I spent a lot of time trying to use a N5901 with it and it was frustrating. Much MUCH better with a N5902 but still not perfect.
On the upside, everything I threw at it (except DVD ISOs> played fine and smoothly in the basic Movie Player.
Downsides, no standby on ICS. LOOOONNNG boot. No DD/DTS pass through. Wonky mouse control with most apps and bad libraries with most players. I expect things will improve over time, but I don't want to waste my time hunting for updates and reconfiguring this over time.
So $120 for the Xios, $70 for the hard drive, $20 for 32G mSD, $40 for the Lenovo remote. For that kind of money, shoulda gone XBMC.