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XBMC Running On an Atom-Based MID

Posted by timothy on from the to-watch-programs-made-by-other-acronyms dept.

reborn writes "Someone's got XBMC running on one of those MIDs. This one is a Compal Jax10. It runs Linux and is powered by an Intel Atom processor clocked at 800Mhz along with Intel's GMA500, which is basically a licensed PowerVR SGX GPU. Except for the better GPU (and its screen and keyboard, of course), it is similarly specced as some of the lower-end netbooks. XBMC would make a great portable media player, given its ability to play media off the network and virtually all file formats, but in the end it depends on the price-point of these MIDs. Here's the video."

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  1. It can't do HD.Fail. by timmarhy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    if it can't do proper HD then it's not interesting. there are plenty of tiny low res video players on the market now.

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    1. Re:It can't do HD.Fail. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You miss the point. SD on an 8-inch screen or whatever will be every bit as crisp and beautiful as HD on your home television set, if not far, far more so. It's overkill.

    2. Re:It can't do HD.Fail. by Lumpy · · Score: 2, Insightful

      It's also non news.

      I had XBMC running under ubuntu on my Acer aspire one already.

      it's just not impressive to see someone get a Intel based program port running on a intel processor.

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