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Do the new Broadwell NUCs definitely not have HDMI 2.0 outputs?
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2015-01-26, 13:55
(This post was last modified: 2015-01-26, 13:56 by zag.)
Looks good, I might get one of these.
I don't think there is much difference to the old version though. It has Intel onboard 5500 instead of 5000 thats about it.
Anyone know anything about the haupagge tuner add-on? Now that could be very interesting!
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2015-01-26, 16:05
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The lack of HDMI 2.0 doesn't bother me on these cause I assume we can always get DP to HDMI 2 adapter later on. I have a concern about the upcoming x265. I've been reading that Skylake will have hardware decoding, and that Broadwell still relies on software. I've been holding out to buy one of these new Broadwell i5's for a while, going to do a new HTPC setup with a Ceton external tuner and Kodi.
My question now is how quickly will it take for x265 to take over the encoding community? I played that x265 test file on my main comp and I have a Haswell i7 4790k (4.0GHz Quad) and my CPU usage spiked greatly to play it. I think even a new dual-core i5 might struggle.
I almost can't imagine waiting another year for a Skylake NUC but I don't want to spend $700 on one of these if they are semi-useless in a year.
Was anyone around when x264 came out, how long did it take to basically displace XviD?
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Anyone know if they support CEC?
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I just bought a NUC5i3RYK, delivery is scheduled at the end of this week!
Plan is to run Ubuntu with Kodi so I can try out NetfliXBMC.
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Do any of these have HDMI CEC?
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That seems cheap to me. Wonder what the i5 will be in the uk . Hmmmm will it be cheaper to buy in the USA as my brother is going early March ?