Monday, September 21, 2009

Video: VIA EPIA-P720 Pico-ITX motherboard plays 1080p, doesn't sweat much

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/19/video-via-epia-p720-pico-itx-motherboard-plays-1080p-doesnt-s/


While NVIDIA's Ion has been getting all of the attention of late, VIA's been doing this 1080p thing for quite some time. We actually heard earlier this year that the company's EPIA-P710 Pico-ITXe board was capable of playing back glorious 1080p video clips, but now we've got video proof that the unit's successor truly can. According to VIA, this mobo is the first from it to come with the VX855 Media System Processor onboard, which is obviously the secret sauce involved in delivering the high-res graphics. Head on past the break for a peek at the demo, and good luck resisting the urge to build a new SFF HTPC over the weekend.

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