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<blockquote data-quote="emveepee" data-source="post: 374769" data-attributes="member: 26515">From what I've read, the Ion and the newer eeeBoxes still won't handle all the HD video the Popcorn does today and likely will be limited to the LPCM audio problems that plague desktops today.&nbsp;&nbsp; After all it is only very recently that good lower end desktops can handle HD up to BluRay type a/v problem free.&nbsp; On top of that, these devices still will cost twice as much so it isn't even a fair comparison.&nbsp; &nbsp; That isn't to say that the PCH is a perfect device, far from it, but I still think it could make a nice client.I think in a couple of years when there is a second or third generation of these devices that is when the shift will take place.&nbsp; I am old enough to remember when a good PC couldn't play an mp3 file.&nbsp; [USER=88138]rusguy[/USER] writing a generic client for various hardware platforms is actually quite easy.&nbsp; I've ported this client to the PCH, MediaMVP and a Roku Photobridge and the client portion of the code was ready in less than a month, and the server doesn't necessarily have to change.&nbsp; The problem is getting buy in from the vendor.Martin</blockquote>

[QUOTE="emveepee, post: 374769, member: 26515"] From what I've read, the Ion and the newer eeeBoxes still won't handle all the HD video the Popcorn does today and likely will be limited to the LPCM audio problems that plague desktops today. After all it is only very recently that good lower end desktops can handle HD up to BluRay type a/v problem free. On top of that, these devices still will cost twice as much so it isn't even a fair comparison. That isn't to say that the PCH is a perfect device, far from it, but I still think it could make a nice client. I think in a couple of years when there is a second or third generation of these devices that is when the shift will take place. I am old enough to remember when a good PC couldn't play an mp3 file. [USER=88138]rusguy[/USER] writing a generic client for various hardware platforms is actually quite easy. I've ported this client to the PCH, MediaMVP and a Roku Photobridge and the client portion of the code was ready in less than a month, and the server doesn't necessarily have to change. The problem is getting buy in from the vendor. Martin [/QUOTE]

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