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drescherjm at gmail

Feb 7, 2010, 3:21 PM

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Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users
I am looking to buy the Acer Revo AR1600-U910H (well since I have a
gift card from newegg this will cost me $100). I have seen a few
threads in the past so I know there are users out there. I am
wondering after using this for a few months how well has it been?
Would you but it again given the choice?

Thanks in Advance,
John M. Drescher
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jerrymr at gmail

Feb 7, 2010, 6:18 PM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:21 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm [at] gmail> wrote:

> I am looking to buy the Acer Revo AR1600-U910H (well since I have a
> gift card from newegg this will cost me $100). I have seen a few
> threads in the past so I know there are users out there. I am
> wondering after using this for a few months how well has it been?
> Would you but it again given the choice?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
> John M. Drescher
>

I love mine (using it as a standalone frontend) and I wouldn't hesitate to
get another if I needed a second frontend. The size of a Wii, quiet,
stylish, inexpensive, everything included. I had zero problems getting
mythbuntu 9.10 running on it. It has no problems playing files recorded
from both the HDHomerun and the HD-PVR on the backend. I'm using the
VDPAU-Slim playback profile on it. I've been running it for between one and
two months now. For me anyway, it's a perfect frontend.

-Jerry


beww at beww

Feb 7, 2010, 6:53 PM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
On Sunday 07 February 2010 07:18:06 pm Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:21 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm [at] gmail> wrote:
> > I am looking to buy the Acer Revo AR1600-U910H (well since I have a
> > gift card from newegg this will cost me $100). I have seen a few
> > threads in the past so I know there are users out there. I am
> > wondering after using this for a few months how well has it been?
> > Would you but it again given the choice?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > John M. Drescher
>
> I love mine (using it as a standalone frontend) and I wouldn't hesitate to
> get another if I needed a second frontend. The size of a Wii, quiet,
> stylish, inexpensive, everything included. I had zero problems getting
> mythbuntu 9.10 running on it. It has no problems playing files recorded
> from both the HDHomerun and the HD-PVR on the backend. I'm using the
> VDPAU-Slim playback profile on it. I've been running it for between one
> and two months now. For me anyway, it's a perfect frontend.

I'll second that, an HD-capable small quiet F/E for $200 is a great price. I
haven't tried the competing ION systems, but this comes complete with a case
and a 2.5" HDD (Though I think I will netboot mine ultimately).

I'd buy another one as well, I'm not aware of a better HD F/E for the money
today, without having to play around a lot.

My main complaint is the Microsoft Tax, but that's another issue.

19 volts is kind of an odd power requirement, and makes it a little bit harder
if you want to power it yourself. Makes a carputer installation harder as
well, unless you use an inverter and the included 117v supply, which seems
silly.

It has a lot of Carputer potential IMHO.







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drescherjm at gmail

Feb 7, 2010, 7:00 PM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
> My main complaint is the Microsoft Tax, but that's another issue.
>
I was looking hard on eBay for a linux only one but these come mostly
in higher end models that cost $300+ so no savings for loosing windows
xp.

BTW, Thanks guys. I appreciate this. I am almost ready to buy.

John
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jerrymr at gmail

Feb 7, 2010, 7:08 PM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:00 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm [at] gmail> wrote:

> > My main complaint is the Microsoft Tax, but that's another issue.
> >
> I was looking hard on eBay for a linux only one but these come mostly
> in higher end models that cost $300+ so no savings for loosing windows
> xp.
>
> BTW, Thanks guys. I appreciate this. I am almost ready to buy.


Note: it doesn't have a serial port, so if you were using a serial IR
sensor, you'll have to get a USB one (the Revo has 5 USB ports though).

-Jerry


nick.rout at gmail

Feb 7, 2010, 7:15 PM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Jerry Rubinow <jerrymr [at] gmail> wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:00 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm [at] gmail> wrote:
>>
>> > My main complaint is the Microsoft Tax, but that's another issue.
>> >
>> I was looking hard on eBay for a linux only one but these come mostly
>> in higher end models that cost $300+ so no savings for loosing windows
>> xp.
>>
>> BTW, Thanks guys. I appreciate this. I am almost ready to buy.
>
> Note: it doesn't have a serial port, so if you were using a serial IR
> sensor, you'll have to get a USB one (the Revo has 5 USB ports though).

The other things it doesn't have:

1. spdif out (but audio over hdmi works)

2. a method of connecting to an older CRT TV - you have hdmi and vga
only, no composite, component or s-video (but if you are looking for
an HD frontend you probably don't mind that).

Just worth noting these things sometimes, even if it doesn't worry
you, someone looking in the archives may want to know.
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drescherjm at gmail

Feb 7, 2010, 7:25 PM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
> The other things it doesn't have:
>
> 1. spdif out (but audio over hdmi works)
>
That is fine. I do not use spdif anywhere.
>
> 2. a method of connecting to an older CRT TV - you have hdmi and vga
> only, no composite, component or s-video (but if you are looking for
> an HD frontend you probably don't mind that).
>
That will prevent me from hooking it to the bedroom TV unless I go
through the dvd recorder with hdmi input.

Thanks.

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nick.rout at gmail

Feb 7, 2010, 7:45 PM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:25 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm [at] gmail> wrote:
>> The other things it doesn't have:
>>
>> 1. spdif out (but audio over hdmi works)
>>
> That is fine. I do not use spdif anywhere.
>>
>> 2. a method of connecting to an older CRT TV - you have hdmi and vga
>> only, no composite, component or s-video (but if you are looking for
>> an HD frontend you probably don't mind that).
>>
> That will prevent me from hooking it to the bedroom TV unless I go
> through the dvd recorder with hdmi input.

Or get a new bedroom TV :)
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drescherjm at gmail

Feb 7, 2010, 7:49 PM

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>> That will prevent me from hooking it to the bedroom TV unless I go
>> through the dvd recorder with hdmi input.
>
> Or get a new bedroom TV :)
>
That is in the plans. At some point, I will just move the 36 inch CRT
HD from the family room to the bedroom. And insert a 50inch Plasma or
led in the family room.

John
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russ.vanwinkle at gmail

Feb 7, 2010, 8:11 PM

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On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Brian Wood <beww [at] beww> wrote:
> 19 volts is kind of an odd power requirement, and makes it a little bit harder
> if you want to power it yourself.

Common for (at least older) laptops, so already established sources
for the power bricks. One might experiment with feeding lower
voltages to see if there's some tolerance.

Piggybacking on the OP's questions: what sort of options are
available in the BIOS? I imagine it's rather limited as far as
adjusting clock rates, voltages, etc. None of the reviews I've seen
so far have mentioned this at all.

--
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andrew.cagney at gmail

Feb 8, 2010, 8:09 AM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
A front-end + back-end.

After some bludgeoning, things are working pretty well. It's running
mythbuntu 9.10 with the front-end using HDMI and the back-end using
PVR-USB2 and HVR-950Q tuners. I had to do the following:

- add an extra 1gb of ram (making a total of 2gb), the front-end
battling the back-end meant it had a habit of either swapping or X
screwing up with memory allocation

- do battle with the front end's sound (the recorder cards have sound
devices and that confuses things); I've set it to ASLA:hdmi:NVidia and
that seems to work

- configure /etc/udev/rules.d/ so that the USB devices gets consistent
names (in my case I've ota vs cable and raw vs mpeg2 video devices so
this matters)

- enable vdpau slim (I found the other options didn't work when there
was only 1gb of ram)

- unplug my third tuner (a second HVR-950Q), kernel problems; perhaps
I should dust off my HVR-1950.

- added an external 1TB drive

- I've yet to pluck up the courage to configure suspend/sleep/...

btw, there aret 6 usb ports (not 5), one, on a corner, is hidden under
a white cap. So in theory it could take 4 tuners + disk + IR.

.

On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 6:21 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm [at] gmail> wrote:
> I am looking to buy the Acer Revo AR1600-U910H (well since I have a
> gift card from newegg this will cost me $100). I have seen a few
> threads in the past so I know there are users out there.  I am
> wondering after using this for a few months how well has it been?
> Would you but it again given the choice?
>
> Thanks in Advance,
> John M. Drescher
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nick.rout at gmail

Feb 8, 2010, 11:04 AM

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On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Andrew Cagney <andrew.cagney [at] gmail> wrote:
>
> btw, there aret 6 usb ports (not 5), one, on a corner, is hidden under
> a white cap.  So in theory it could take 4 tuners + disk + IR.
>

Plus another disk via e-sata
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Feb 8, 2010, 12:40 PM

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On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout [at] gmail> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Andrew Cagney <andrew.cagney [at] gmail> wrote:
>>
>> btw, there aret 6 usb ports (not 5), one, on a corner, is hidden under
>> a white cap.  So in theory it could take 4 tuners + disk + IR.
>>
>
> Plus another disk via e-sata
> _______________________________________________

I added ram to mine and I'm still working out kinks on resolution and
refresh rates - I've got a 50" Plasma and it's native is 1280x720 but
the 50 hz shows alot of tearing across the top of the screen. This
seems to go away if I use 840x525 at 64hz but it's still not perfect
on 1080i.

-YMMV

-JohnnyJboss
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kevin at familyross

Feb 8, 2010, 12:44 PM

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> From: Johnny Walker
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 12:41 PM
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout [at] gmail> wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Andrew Cagney
> <andrew.cagney [at] gmail> wrote:
> >>
> >> btw, there aret 6 usb ports (not 5), one, on a corner, is hidden
> under
> >> a white cap.  So in theory it could take 4 tuners + disk + IR.
> >>
> >
> > Plus another disk via e-sata
> > _______________________________________________
>
> I added ram to mine and I'm still working out kinks on resolution and
> refresh rates - I've got a 50" Plasma and it's native is 1280x720 but
> the 50 hz shows alot of tearing across the top of the screen. This
> seems to go away if I use 840x525 at 64hz but it's still not perfect
> on 1080i.

Did you disable compositing? "sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-composite" followed
by restarting your X server (or just rebooting) should do it.

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Feb 8, 2010, 2:06 PM

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On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Kevin Ross <kevin [at] familyross> wrote:
>> From: Johnny Walker
>> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 12:41 PM
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Nick Rout <nick.rout [at] gmail> wrote:
>> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Andrew Cagney
>> <andrew.cagney [at] gmail> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> btw, there aret 6 usb ports (not 5), one, on a corner, is hidden
>> under
>> >> a white cap.  So in theory it could take 4 tuners + disk + IR.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Plus another disk via e-sata
>> > _______________________________________________
>>
>> I added ram to mine and I'm still working out kinks on resolution and
>> refresh rates - I've got a 50" Plasma and it's native is 1280x720 but
>> the 50 hz shows alot of tearing across the top of the screen. This
>> seems to go away if I use 840x525 at 64hz but it's still not perfect
>> on 1080i.
>
> Did you disable compositing?  "sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-composite" followed
> by restarting your X server (or just rebooting) should do it.
>

Ugh - I can't believe I forgot to put that back in after running
nvidia-xconfig and having blown my old config away.

-JJ
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mdrons at yahoo

Feb 8, 2010, 4:50 PM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
OK I think I'm close to buying one. A few questions.

Can I get it without windows xp installed?

Can it boot off the network if I remove the sata disk?

Whats the distro of choice on it? All of my myth devices run gentoo today.

Just to confirm, no built in IR receiver, whats a good remote/usb receiver. I have a MCE combo and the remote is "cheap" feeling.

Thanks, Mike




----- Original Message ----
> From: Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss [at] gmail>
> To: Discussion about mythtv <mythtv-users [at] mythtv>
> Sent: Mon, February 8, 2010 5:06:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users
>
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:44 PM, Kevin Ross wrote:
> >> From: Johnny Walker
> >> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 12:41 PM
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Nick Rout wrote:
> >> > On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Andrew Cagney
> >> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> btw, there aret 6 usb ports (not 5), one, on a corner, is hidden
> >> under
> >> >> a white cap. So in theory it could take 4 tuners + disk + IR.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Plus another disk via e-sata
> >> > _______________________________________________
> >>
> >> I added ram to mine and I'm still working out kinks on resolution and
> >> refresh rates - I've got a 50" Plasma and it's native is 1280x720 but
> >> the 50 hz shows alot of tearing across the top of the screen. This
> >> seems to go away if I use 840x525 at 64hz but it's still not perfect
> >> on 1080i.
> >
> > Did you disable compositing? "sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-composite" followed
> > by restarting your X server (or just rebooting) should do it.
> >
>
> Ugh - I can't believe I forgot to put that back in after running
> nvidia-xconfig and having blown my old config away.
>
> -JJ
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Feb 8, 2010, 4:57 PM

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> Can I get it without windows xp installed?
>
There are models on eBay available with linux installed but these are $300+

http://cgi.ebay.com/ACER-Aspire-R3610-REVO-320G-2G-RAM-Desktop-PC-Linux_W0QQitemZ380203166479QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item5885dfeb0f#ht_2756w

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Feb 8, 2010, 5:38 PM

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On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Michael Drons <mdrons [at] yahoo> wrote:
> OK I think I'm close to buying one.  A few questions.
>
> Can I get it without windows xp installed?

see other replies

>
> Can it boot off the network if I remove the sata disk?
>

yes

> Whats the distro of choice on it?  All of my myth devices run gentoo today.
>

many seem to use mythbuntu

> Just to confirm, no built in IR receiver,  whats a good remote/usb receiver.  I have a MCE combo and the remote is "cheap" feeling.
>

pass, but i'd like to know too. Here are the replies I got to a
similar question:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/418757
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jerrymr at gmail

Feb 8, 2010, 7:07 PM

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On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Michael Drons <mdrons [at] yahoo> wrote:

> OK I think I'm close to buying one. A few questions.
>
> Whats the distro of choice on it? All of my myth devices run gentoo today.
>

I'm using it happily with mythbuntu.


>
> Just to confirm, no built in IR receiver, whats a good remote/usb
> receiver. I have a MCE combo and the remote is "cheap" feeling.
>

Correct, no built-in IR receiver. I ended up buying this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16880121003

It was the cheapest receiver I could find and also came with what I thought
was a learning/programmable remote. Turns out the remote only does MCE, but
it was still a good price for a USB IR receiver. If you only want to do
MCE, the remote is fine.

I ended up getting a Universal R50 remote, btw. $85 from newegg, and does
stuff you'd have to pay at least twice as much for in a Harmony. I'm _very_
happy with this remote. Very high WAF, especially with the color lcd button
labeling. It's replaced all my other remotes.

-Jerry


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Feb 9, 2010, 2:33 AM

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In article
<387ee2021002071521p367ba81dobd7944eedf23091a [at] mail>, John
Drescher wrote:
> I am looking to buy the Acer Revo AR1600-U910H

How does this differ to the R3600 that's sold in the UK? The R3600 is a
single core ION system, and I'd assumed they were slightly different.

I have got myth working sweetly on these, including suspend/resume from
the IR remote, and it hasn't been too hard. One issue was that X
doesn't seem to be able to get the TV res via EDID/DDC whereas the
nvidia utility does it just fine. I've had to force the resolution in
xorg.conf.

Ian



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Feb 9, 2010, 2:33 AM

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In article
<18a901321002081240u10dbcddds5b2bd32b778d4c0a [at] mail>, Johnny
Walker wrote:
> I've got a 50" Plasma and it's native is 1280x720 but
> the 50 hz shows alot of tearing across the top of the screen.

Add this to the end of your xorg.conf

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection

I have put my full xorg.conf at the end incase anything else in there
helps. The HWCursor stuff prevents the cursor being there after
suspend/resume.

Regards

Ian
------------
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
DefaultDepth 24
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1360x768"
EndSubsection
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "UseEvents" "1"
Option "DPI" "100x100"
Option "NoLogo" "1"
Option "HWCursor" "Off"
Option "IgnoreEDID" "On"
Option "NoDDC" "On"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"

EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection



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andrew.cagney at gmail

Feb 9, 2010, 5:48 AM

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On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:57 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm [at] gmail> wrote:
>> Can I get it without windows xp installed?
>>
> There are models on eBay available with linux installed but these are $300+
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ACER-Aspire-R3610-REVO-320G-2G-RAM-Desktop-PC-Linux_W0QQitemZ380203166479QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item5885dfeb0f#ht_2756w

The above is a dual-core, while the 1600 is single core with "low end"
graphics (not really, it is still Nvidia ION). The trade-off is CPU
vs power-consumption, mine idle draws 14w and playing live tv is 18w -
not bad, but could be better.

I see the linux versions (only) are finally selling in canada, except
the price is so high that even after taxes and shipping the US XP
verison is probably still cheaper.

To your original question, yes I'm happy and expect to get a number of
years life out of the system (I'll eventually replace it with
something using even less power).
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Feb 9, 2010, 6:10 AM

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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
On Tuesday 09 February 2010 06:48:40 am Andrew Cagney wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:57 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm [at] gmail> wrote:
> >> Can I get it without windows xp installed?
> >
> > There are models on eBay available with linux installed but these are
> > $300+
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ACER-Aspire-R3610-REVO-320G-2G-RAM-Desktop-PC-Linux_W
> >0QQitemZ380203166479QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item5885dfeb0f#ht_
> >2756w
>
> The above is a dual-core, while the 1600 is single core with "low end"
> graphics (not really, it is still Nvidia ION). The trade-off is CPU
> vs power-consumption, mine idle draws 14w and playing live tv is 18w -
> not bad, but could be better.

It's the ION "LE", as opposed to the plain old ION, but it still does what I
need. In fact, I'd guess the LE uses less power than the P/O ION, and if you
can get what you want with less power things are good.

I'd think the dual-core units would be of interest to people wanting to run a
combo FE/BE, which the single-core unit would probably struggle with, but that
would depend on how much transcoding and/or commflagging you might want to do.
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Feb 10, 2010, 6:22 AM

Post #24 of 32 (2327 views)
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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Brian Wood <beww [at] beww> wrote:
> On Tuesday 09 February 2010 06:48:40 am Andrew Cagney wrote:
>> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 7:57 PM, John Drescher <drescherjm [at] gmail> wrote:
>> >> Can I get it without windows xp installed?
>> >
>> > There are models on eBay available with linux installed but these are
>> > $300+
>> >
>> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ACER-Aspire-R3610-REVO-320G-2G-RAM-Desktop-PC-Linux_W
>> >0QQitemZ380203166479QQcmdZViewItemQQptZDesktop_PCs?hash=item5885dfeb0f#ht_
>> >2756w
>>
>> The above is a dual-core, while the 1600 is single core with "low end"
>> graphics (not really, it is still Nvidia ION).  The trade-off is CPU
>> vs power-consumption, mine idle draws 14w and playing live tv is 18w -
>> not bad, but could be better.
>
> It's the ION "LE", as opposed to the plain old ION, but it still does what I
> need. In fact, I'd guess the LE uses less power than the P/O ION, and if you
> can get what you want with less power things are good.
>
> I'd think the dual-core units would be of interest to people wanting to run a
> combo FE/BE, which the single-core unit would probably struggle with, but that
> would depend on how much transcoding and/or commflagging you might want to do.

I could have sworn the ION LE was just a marketing term used to reduce
cost because it's not M$ DirectX-certified. AFAIK, the ION and ION LE
are the same chipset.

/Brian/
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Feb 10, 2010, 6:40 AM

Post #25 of 32 (2341 views)
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Re: Calling all Acer Revo AR1600-U910H users [In reply to]
On Wednesday 10 February 2010 07:22:55 am Brian Long wrote:

> I could have sworn the ION LE was just a marketing term used to reduce
> cost because it's not M$ DirectX-certified. AFAIK, the ION and ION LE
> are the same chipset.

Apparently correct:

http://www.liliputing.com/2009/09/the-difference-between-nvidia-ion-and-ion-le-
not-much.html
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