[andyd]

This seems like a dream considering size / potential low cost...

http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/03/nvidi...w-roundup/

But will this be pointless without gpu support?

[krypt2nite]

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...hlight=ion

Yeah I'm very excited about the possibilities of this, and once the technology gets even better in a few years just think.

[ZTOctavian]

have to agree with andy on that!
Has the retail price of the ion platform been released yet

[natethomas]

It's important to point out that the use of Ion as is would require hardware decoding for HD material. There's actually a very interesting thread on this topic called VDPAU in another section, but the only way to get a similar result in Windows is to use the external player, which isn't quite as integrated a solution.

Of course, that isn't to say that Ion won't be extremely exciting. I'm also looking forward to it. It's just a quick note to temper expectations.