By Patrick Wignall, CNET.co.uk on 27 April 2009 12:46 PM
Tags: asus, b206, box, cpu, dedicated, desktop, eee, media centre
Manufacturer: ASUS
The Asus Eee Box B206 falls between two stools — it's not powerful enough to take on other media-centre PCs and can't play back high-definition video as well as many of the cheaper media streamers on the market. That said, for undemanding users who aren't into HD video, it's worth a look.
RRP: AU$799.00
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Strange that it couldnt handle the HD videos. I use a 3450 in a media center with perfect results. While the CPU is obviously more capable, it only hits about 8% usage when playing HD. Sounds more like driver / codec issues that aren't using DXVA to play the video.