Hi all,
Right I didn't see anyone else answering questions so as a new owner I thought I would get the ball rolling.
I have the £249 version with 160gb hdd, this was purchased for one purpose, windows center, no gaming and no other apps.
The standard vista install is ok in media center but is not tv pack so the first thing I did was install the windows 7 RC from a bootable USB drive, can't post the guide is used right now as I'm typing this on my iPhone, it installed all drivers except coprocessor but that doesn't seem to affect anything.
Now to the burning questions, performance as a htpc:
I installed the divx mkv preview program and mkv's both 1080p and 720p play using no more than 20% CPU, better than I expected, and this was the only unanswered question I had seen in other reviews and previews, so yes hardware acceleration works on mkv files.
I have mine fitted the my monitor using the supplied bracket, this is so much better in the flesh, you have to see the quality, despite what the reviews say I have yet to really hear the fan so as a htpc this is awsome.
One critism is that ebuyer and indeed the acer Uk site list draft n wireless but this only has b and g unless I have a driver issue?
Also it's only 100mb Ethernet which is a shame but I can live with that.
Just reformatting my laptop so any question I will answer later.
Right I didn't see anyone else answering questions so as a new owner I thought I would get the ball rolling.
I have the £249 version with 160gb hdd, this was purchased for one purpose, windows center, no gaming and no other apps.
The standard vista install is ok in media center but is not tv pack so the first thing I did was install the windows 7 RC from a bootable USB drive, can't post the guide is used right now as I'm typing this on my iPhone, it installed all drivers except coprocessor but that doesn't seem to affect anything.
Now to the burning questions, performance as a htpc:
I installed the divx mkv preview program and mkv's both 1080p and 720p play using no more than 20% CPU, better than I expected, and this was the only unanswered question I had seen in other reviews and previews, so yes hardware acceleration works on mkv files.
I have mine fitted the my monitor using the supplied bracket, this is so much better in the flesh, you have to see the quality, despite what the reviews say I have yet to really hear the fan so as a htpc this is awsome.
One critism is that ebuyer and indeed the acer Uk site list draft n wireless but this only has b and g unless I have a driver issue?
Also it's only 100mb Ethernet which is a shame but I can live with that.
Just reformatting my laptop so any question I will answer later.