www.tweaktown.com A look inside the package of the ASRock ION 330-BD Nettop system. Distributed by Tubemogul.
This is a stock ASRock 330 nVidia ION (~$350 USD) (2GB/320GB/DVD) that has been loaded with Ubuntu 9.04 x86 (32-bit), nVidia 180.60 Drivers, XBMC 9.04.1 with Aeon Skin, Jean-Yves Avenard’s MythTV 0.21-fixes with VDPAU backport support, and the latest boxee alpha for Ubuntu. Included is a peak 63Mbps H264 1080P test of Earth (2007) with no dropped frames. Display device is an Optoma HD72 (720P DLP Projector) on a 92″ Da-Lite HCCV PermWall with audio pumped via HDMI to an Onkyo TX-SR876 using ALSA 1.0.21. 480i and 1080i content deinterlaced via VDPAU (Bob 2x) Hardware.
www.tweaktown.com ASRock launches its second-gen NVIDIA ION nettop – the ION 330HT-BD. It adds in new features such as eSATA and 802.11n wireless. Watch as we unbox and undress it. Distributed by Tubemogul.