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<blockquote data-quote="RedeviL" data-source="post: 567167" data-attributes="member: 55318"><p>Hi Neville,</p><p></p><p>Correct, the Zotac Nvidia ION doesn't have any expansion slots.</p><p>The only option would be an external adapter - now I've only seen a couple of USB ones but couldn't recommend any.</p><p></p><p>From the reviews I read the system uses ~30w under full load.</p><p>It would consume less with a SSD, and honestly you couldn't get less than that while decoding HD.</p><p></p><p>I would really recommend against the Intel graphics model, the 950 is completely useless.</p><p>It'd handle the SD streams from DVB-S, but HD H.264 would all have to be handled by the CPU. While the Dual Core Atoms are quite fast considering how little power they use, it'd consume all processing power to playback HD smoothly. Not to mention be less efficient power wise.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedeviL, post: 567167, member: 55318"] Hi Neville, Correct, the Zotac Nvidia ION doesn't have any expansion slots. The only option would be an external adapter - now I've only seen a couple of USB ones but couldn't recommend any. From the reviews I read the system uses ~30w under full load. It would consume less with a SSD, and honestly you couldn't get less than that while decoding HD. I would really recommend against the Intel graphics model, the 950 is completely useless. It'd handle the SD streams from DVB-S, but HD H.264 would all have to be handled by the CPU. While the Dual Core Atoms are quite fast considering how little power they use, it'd consume all processing power to playback HD smoothly. Not to mention be less efficient power wise. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]
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