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Because of hardware limitations (no DTS-HD MA or Dolby TrueHD) and problems when playing untouched Bluray movies (movies sometime restarts and vanishing subtitles) I am looking for a new HTPC to replace my Asrock ION330-BD running XBMC (openelec 2.0 beta7)

Would the Asrock Vision HT be a good choice? I preffer running XBMC on Openelec or XBMCbuntu.

ASRock Vision HT 321B Intel Core i5 Bluray HDMI 3D

•Intel® Mobile Ivy Bridge Processor
•Mobile Intel® HM77 Express chipset
•Multi VGA Output options : HDMI, DVI-I and D-Sub by the bundled DVI to D-Sub adapter
•HDMI audio pass through (Dolby® TrueHD & DTS-HD Master Audio)
•Supports Blu-ray disc S3D content via HDMI 1.4a
•7.1 CH HD Audio with THX TruStudio™
•4 x USB3.0, 4-in-1 Card reader (SD3.0/MMC/MS/MS PRO)
•2T2R 802.11 a/b/g/n (5GHz/2.4GHz Dual-Band access)
•Bluetooth 4.0/3.0 HS class II

Thanks for any advice

$700 is way overpriced IMHO. And, you don't need i5 mobile to do what you want, especially OpenELEC (though, does OE support bitstreaming HD audio?)

Yes OE supports bitstreaming HD audio in Frodo, unofficial builds http://openelec.tv/forum/20-development-...ue-reports

Nice.

If I spend that much money on the latest i5, I would spend a little more money on W7......your options are un-limited.....

Would XBMC offer a better experience when running on top of W7?

For me my HTPC is only running XBMC nothing else.

(2012-09-27, 00:36)th30n3 Wrote: [ -> ]Would XBMC offer a better experience when running on top of W7?

For me my HTPC is only running XBMC nothing else.

For me, it is.....XBMC+W7 allows me to playback blu-ray disc on BD-ROM in 1080P video and bitstreaming HD audio.....it allows me to stream Netflix, Vudu and YouTube HD video.....it allow me to fully utilize my HTPC to rip and sometime transcode blu-ray file......