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CeBIT 2010 was the theater for the debut Asus EeeBox EB1007, updated version with the latest Intel Atom nettop SFF of Eee Family. Promises support for 1080p video, but how? The answer in this video.

When we showed the very first pictures of the new Asus EeeBox EB1007 we were immediately inundated with e-mail users and colleagues who asked for explanations on its “support for full HD 1080p”.

This feature was, in fact, clearly identified among the main features of the descriptive nettop on the tag placed at his side. The curiosity in this respect was justified because, as they had immediately noticed the more experienced, there was no indication of the presence of Nvidia chipsets or optional module Broadcom Ion Crystal HD, both required for smooth playback of 1080p HD video streams Atom Pineview Processor.

For comparison, the Asus Eee PC netbook 1005PR, who has also done its debut at CeBIT 2010, provides the decompression engine of Broadcom’s H.264 to ensure a free viewing of videos shot in high definition on your screen by 10 inches with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels.

It would thus be reasonable to expect the same from nettop Asus EeeBox EB1007 but analyzing Device Manager tab, Crystal HD there is no trace. We therefore decided to test the EEEBOX EB1007 with a Full HD video, and here’s the result:

The nettop is able to play the movie but at intervals of about 30 seconds the video is a snap. The relief work is completely done by the Atom processor D410 but with a load very high, above 60% on average. Recall that this CPU has only one physical core but can take on two threads simultaneously thanks to HyperThreading technology.

From the information collected on the stand at Asus, it appears that the Taiwanese manufacturer has worked on optimizing the operating system (Windows XP) and on streamlining processes to allow the atomic Pineview supports video playback at 1080p.
Our test showed some slowing on the initial Asus EeeBox EB1007 on display, but the result is nevertheless encouraging that we can not rule out the goal by working a little ‘optimization and perhaps with the help of a small Boost performance by ASUS Super Hybrid Engine. It remains, however, doubts whether to pass HD video on an external monitor via VGA output.

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