Originally Posted by Biscuit
Whats the point in 1080p playback on a 7/9/10" screen? even 720p is pretty pointless...
Whilst i can fully see the point in their product with regards to media playback the market they are aiming at with this marketing video seems to be be a bit wrong.
In the mini-note/netbook whatever you want to call it market the over 3x power consumption is the number that matters. In my opinion, what you want is excelent battery life so therefore the compromise on performance is acceptable.
HTPCs are computers which are going to be used in the home for prolonged periods of time, often as use as servers aswell as entertainment playback so low power which doesnt compomise on performance is the ultimate goal.
At the right price point i think they would sell these things like mad to the HTPC market, just need to get thier marketing more directed towards that goal.
Now this might not be valid but i could think of one reason for good hd playback, the user could buy it and hook it up to a bigger screen (possibly their main tv, like 40") when they want to watch some films. It makes it a portable media center, can perform alot of main tasks and good enough, my dads old centrino 1.6ghz(i think its that lol) is still goin strong and its perfect, sure its not as fast as this dual core in my rig but it helps getting the basic tasks done and light gaming, if the price is right then it has space in the market. For me i either go for the very low end or high end and then middle, if i want to compromise on performance i feel im might as well go the full wack but this can offer a bit mroe than the atom in theory, the atom can keep the low end and this be the higher end/mid range laptop.
Havent heard from via in awhile so i cant wait for reviews to come out for it.