Question: does the pci express x16 slot accept any cards besides graphics cards? (such as TV tuners) My experience with two other H55 boards (including the earlier Zotac model) tells me that non-graphics cards are not supported, which is a bummer. It does support PCI Express x1 cards, you have to g...

I'm tempted to build a couple of these system for my lounge and bedroom, to play HD movies (MKV, 720/1080) over the network from a NAS. My main concern is playing online content from the likes of Youtube, Hulu and BBC iPlayer.. especially in HD. The bind I'm stuck is that I need a solution in the n...

deruberhanyok wrote:Curious, what chipset are they using in the wifi adapter? I think some of Ralink's chips have low power consumption; I've got two wifi-n adapters using their RT2870 that seem to be pretty frugal on power draw.

It's an Azurewave card with an Atheros chipset.

The GeForce 8200 is no different than the Radeon HD 4000 series in terms of audio capabilities. The HD 4000 does not bitstream Dolby True HD or DTS-HDMA, to my knowledge. The 4000 series supports Protected Audio Path (PAP), and can pass a True HD or DTS-HDMA bitstream to be decoded by the receiver....

The benefit of the GeForce 8200 chipset over the AMD 780G is the support for LPCM audio. With the GeForce 8200, you can have a DVD player (Cyberlink PowerDVD) decode lossless audio formats such as DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby True HD or send raw uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio to your HDMI ca...

The benefit of the GeForce 8200 chipset over the AMD 780G is the support for LPCM audio. With the GeForce 8200, you can have a DVD player (Cyberlink PowerDVD) decode lossless audio formats such as DTS-HD Master Audio and Dolby True HD or send raw uncompressed multi-channel PCM audio to your HDMI cap...

MoJo wrote:What gigabit LAN IC/PHY are you using? What bus is it connected to?

We're using a Realtek RTL8211CL PHY.

No word on 802.11n support yet.

Also for those looking for an Intel-based solution, we'll have our 9300-ITX WiFi next month with PCIe x16 and an MSRP of $139.99. This is great news. I've been waiting for ECS to release their 9300 mini-itx board. It sounds like you guys may beat them to market. From the specs the products sound si...

Hi everyone, Let me introduce myself, my name is Tuan and I handle North American PR for ZOTAC. Now that that's out of the way -- I'll have my PM look into the Blu-ray playback issues. As for the 8200-ITX WiFi missing from the website, let me look into it. We recently revamped the product pages an i...