2019-11-27, 14:06
I like the flexibility and control of running Kodi on Windows.
With Black Friday fast approaching I’m thinking of upgrading my 5 year old Celeron box so I can watch 4K, 10bit x265 content, I’ve tried but it just stutters, pixelates and buffers. Ideally I’d like to get a NUC to minimise power consumption as it will be running for extended periods of time.
I have an LG OLED C7, which supports HDMI ARC, 4K HDR 10, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. I also have that connected to a Samsung HW-Q90R sound system (Atmos).
There is a lot to consider auto frame-rate switching, Atmos pass through, dynamic range matching etc. I’ve read through the hardware forums and there is heaps of information but it’s hard to decipher what is working now and what is coming. I’ve seen some people suggest that waiting for the next Gen of NUCs will bring a ready-to-go solution straight out of the box. I’m wondering if there are any Intel NUCs our now that can cut the mustard yet for my setup and what I’m after? I was looking at this NUC which has discrete GFX but I’m not closed off to other Gen7s or Gen8s if the GFX is not needed. Trouble is I really don’t know what the specs are I’m looking for to enable 4K, HDR10 and Atmos sound:
NUC8I3CYSN
8th Gen i3 CPU
Radeon 540 Graphics 2GB
4GB Ram
Windows 10 Pro
1TB SATA 3 HDD
Dual HDMI 2.0a ports for 4K HDR
Intel Dual Band 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.2
Intel Gigabit LAN
SD Card slot
With Black Friday fast approaching I’m thinking of upgrading my 5 year old Celeron box so I can watch 4K, 10bit x265 content, I’ve tried but it just stutters, pixelates and buffers. Ideally I’d like to get a NUC to minimise power consumption as it will be running for extended periods of time.
I have an LG OLED C7, which supports HDMI ARC, 4K HDR 10, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. I also have that connected to a Samsung HW-Q90R sound system (Atmos).
There is a lot to consider auto frame-rate switching, Atmos pass through, dynamic range matching etc. I’ve read through the hardware forums and there is heaps of information but it’s hard to decipher what is working now and what is coming. I’ve seen some people suggest that waiting for the next Gen of NUCs will bring a ready-to-go solution straight out of the box. I’m wondering if there are any Intel NUCs our now that can cut the mustard yet for my setup and what I’m after? I was looking at this NUC which has discrete GFX but I’m not closed off to other Gen7s or Gen8s if the GFX is not needed. Trouble is I really don’t know what the specs are I’m looking for to enable 4K, HDR10 and Atmos sound:
NUC8I3CYSN
8th Gen i3 CPU
Radeon 540 Graphics 2GB
4GB Ram
Windows 10 Pro
1TB SATA 3 HDD
Dual HDMI 2.0a ports for 4K HDR
Intel Dual Band 802.11ac
Bluetooth 4.2
Intel Gigabit LAN
SD Card slot
