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<blockquote data-quote="Jay_UK" data-source="post: 687924" data-attributes="member: 98509">Hi there,I was nervous and concerned about how well it would perform. I did have a lot of pain at first, with dropped frames, stuttering, fan noise, etc. The wireless is crap. Its only 150Mbps, and has latency issues (I couldn't get it to work for streaming TV - Tried both RTSP and UNC).Mine is connected via HDMI to my TV (for audio too). You can here the fan slightly when watching non DXVA content (ie CPU intensive). A SSD is a must to help things along.The main reason I went for this solution was so that I could &quot;hide&quot; it behind my TV (mounted to the back of it), but to be honest you can see it, so its not that hidden (I only have a 22&quot; TV) - but if it had been an inch or to lower then it would have been hidden. I run a MS (copy off ebay) remote control (and blaster) with IRSS to control my TV.I'm not sure if I would have gone down a different route, nice small case (fanless), uITX MB (running a HD4200 series IGP underclocked energy effcient processor, no fan, etc)Its a very border line solution, but does seem to work ok now. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />There are some technical limitations with the NextGen ION2 design too, where IO devices share PCI 1 bandwidth.My other half was watching SD TV on it the other night and she said it was great/fine, no issues at all.Thanks,J.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jay_UK, post: 687924, member: 98509"] Hi there, I was nervous and concerned about how well it would perform. I did have a lot of pain at first, with dropped frames, stuttering, fan noise, etc. The wireless is crap. Its only 150Mbps, and has latency issues (I couldn't get it to work for streaming TV - Tried both RTSP and UNC). Mine is connected via HDMI to my TV (for audio too). You can here the fan slightly when watching non DXVA content (ie CPU intensive). A SSD is a must to help things along. The main reason I went for this solution was so that I could "hide" it behind my TV (mounted to the back of it), but to be honest you can see it, so its not that hidden (I only have a 22" TV) - but if it had been an inch or to lower then it would have been hidden. I run a MS (copy off ebay) remote control (and blaster) with IRSS to control my TV. I'm not sure if I would have gone down a different route, nice small case (fanless), uITX MB (running a HD4200 series IGP underclocked energy effcient processor, no fan, etc) Its a very border line solution, but does seem to work ok now. :) There are some technical limitations with the NextGen ION2 design too, where IO devices share PCI 1 bandwidth. My other half was watching SD TV on it the other night and she said it was great/fine, no issues at all. Thanks, J. [/QUOTE]

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