Mele PCG03. £129
#1
Is this any good?
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Fanless
Powerful, ultra-quiet and tiny Home Theatre PC with pre-installed fully licenced Windows 8.1. The versatility of a Windows PC with the form factor of a Android box.
Bundled with Mele F10 airmouse/keyboard.
64bit Intel x86 Processor Powerful third generation Intel Bay Trail Z3735F quad core processor with Intel Gen7 HD Graphics. Easily enough power for smooth Windows 8.1 with 1080p video.
Pre-installed Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Bing is pre-installed. This gives you the flexibility of being able to install any Windows app, including Kodi, Plex, iPlayer, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Windows games. etc
Full Windows 8.1 Licence The PCG03 has a full PC licence of Windows 8.1, valid in the UK/Europe. Many similar products ship with either a 30 day trial version of Windows or a tablet licence which Microsoft could invalidate at any time.
Tiny Fanless Design The small form factor and ultra-quiet fanless operation make the PCG03 perfect as a media PC for the lounge or bedroom. The PCG03 is well ventilated with heat-sink and aluminium casing to prevent overheating.
XBMC/Kodi for Windows Windows is the main development platform for Kodi so performance is reliably excellent and all add-ons run as intended. The PCG03 is capable of hardware accelerated playback of all 1080p video in Kodi.
2GB DDR3 RAM. 32GB eMMC Storage 2GB RAM and fast 32GB eMMC internal flash storage. Storage can be increased using SD cards up to 512GB.
Windows Media Apps Most media apps are deasigned first for Windows, so these versions are often the best. You can run Windows Kodi, BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, XBMC, Plex. etc.
Powerful Home PC The PCG03 is powerful enough to comfortably run MS Office, Photoshop, and other Windows apps. It can be used as a full-blown PC.
Dolby Digital / DTS 5.1 HD-Audio Bitstream and passthrough of 5.1 channel Dolby Digital and DTS, including from within Kodi/XBMC.
Low Power Consumption The Mele PCG03 has an average energy consumption of less than 15W. This is less than a typical energy saving lightbulb and 10% of the average PC consumption of around 150W.
Great Connectivity RJ-45 100Mbps LAN, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI 1.4, VGA, USB 2.0 x3, SD Card, 3.5mm stereo audio.
Mele F10 Airmouse/Keyboard The Mele F10 is the market leading airmouse/keyboard, ideal for controlling the PCG03 from a distance. The airmouse function is similar to the Nintendo Wii and the keyboard on reverse is high quality. The Mele F10 is rechargable via supplied USB cable.
Box contents: Mele PCG03, Mele F10 airmouse/keyboard, PSU (Euro 2-pin + UK adapter if ordered from the UK).
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(2015-04-01, 14:02)MediaPi Wrote: Is this any good?
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http://www.futeko.com/products/HT02.php

Fanless
Powerful, ultra-quiet and tiny Home Theatre PC with pre-installed fully licenced Windows 8.1. The versatility of a Windows PC with the form factor of a Android box.
Bundled with Mele F10 airmouse/keyboard.
64bit Intel x86 Processor Powerful third generation Intel Bay Trail Z3735F quad core processor with Intel Gen7 HD Graphics. Easily enough power for smooth Windows 8.1 with 1080p video.
Pre-installed Windows 8.1 Windows 8.1 Bing is pre-installed. This gives you the flexibility of being able to install any Windows app, including Kodi, Plex, iPlayer, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Windows games. etc
Full Windows 8.1 Licence The PCG03 has a full PC licence of Windows 8.1, valid in the UK/Europe. Many similar products ship with either a 30 day trial version of Windows or a tablet licence which Microsoft could invalidate at any time.
Tiny Fanless Design The small form factor and ultra-quiet fanless operation make the PCG03 perfect as a media PC for the lounge or bedroom. The PCG03 is well ventilated with heat-sink and aluminium casing to prevent overheating.
XBMC/Kodi for Windows Windows is the main development platform for Kodi so performance is reliably excellent and all add-ons run as intended. The PCG03 is capable of hardware accelerated playback of all 1080p video in Kodi.
2GB DDR3 RAM. 32GB eMMC Storage 2GB RAM and fast 32GB eMMC internal flash storage. Storage can be increased using SD cards up to 512GB.
Windows Media Apps Most media apps are deasigned first for Windows, so these versions are often the best. You can run Windows Kodi, BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, XBMC, Plex. etc.
Powerful Home PC The PCG03 is powerful enough to comfortably run MS Office, Photoshop, and other Windows apps. It can be used as a full-blown PC.
Dolby Digital / DTS 5.1 HD-Audio Bitstream and passthrough of 5.1 channel Dolby Digital and DTS, including from within Kodi/XBMC.
Low Power Consumption The Mele PCG03 has an average energy consumption of less than 15W. This is less than a typical energy saving lightbulb and 10% of the average PC consumption of around 150W.
Great Connectivity RJ-45 100Mbps LAN, Wi-Fi 802.11n, Bluetooth 4.0, HDMI 1.4, VGA, USB 2.0 x3, SD Card, 3.5mm stereo audio.
Mele F10 Airmouse/Keyboard The Mele F10 is the market leading airmouse/keyboard, ideal for controlling the PCG03 from a distance. The airmouse function is similar to the Nintendo Wii and the keyboard on reverse is high quality. The Mele F10 is rechargable via supplied USB cable.
Box contents: Mele PCG03, Mele F10 airmouse/keyboard, PSU (Euro 2-pin + UK adapter if ordered from the UK).

I had a simular box a pipo x7 and it could not to do HD audio in windows and I would be supprised if this box can. I maybe wrong though!
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There is a review here: http://www.cnx-software.com/2015/01/31/k...ndows-8-1/
But I think its a bit pricey for an atom system
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#4
I have a Pipo X7. No HD Audio under windows, and no HDMI Audio at all when I got to to boot Ubuntu or OpenElec - both of which required some hoop jumping due to the combo of 32bit UEFI and 64bit CPU... Hope that the latter will be fixed when Intel release their compute stick - which is likely to use the same SoC family and run Linux.
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