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New XBMC Port Promises ARM-Powered HD In the Palm of Your Hand

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the melts-in-your-mouth dept.

Engadget has a recent teaser video promising HD content via XBMC running on a 600MHz Beagleboard. This could mean great things for home theater putterers, with the Beagleboard tipping the scales at a modest $150 and the ability to fit in the palm of your hand. Already running on everything from MIDs to AppleTVs and now moving to ARM-powered devices like the Beagleboard, it looks like XBMC needs to be renamed from "Xbox Media Center" to "ubiquitous media center."

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  1. Re:Cheapest by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 3, Funny

    The processor on the board, a OMAP3530, also has a ~500mhz C64x+ DSP and a POWERVR SGX video accellerator. There is plenty of power on it.

    Yeah, its right there in the name!

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