An awful product that should simply be avoided. You'll be sorry.
75
A poor product with more faults than redeeming qualities.
75
Below average. May be passable in a pinch, but you should probably stay away.
75
A bit below average, with some serious issues to watch out for.
75
An average product, with issues that keep it from being genuinely exciting.
75
Slightly better than most similar products, but you can likely still do better.
75
Better than average, but some issues still hold it back from being truly excellent.
75
Among the top products in its category, and a solid choice for most people.
75
A category-leading product and an overall pretty safe bet.
75
An industry-leading product, definitely worth owning. An instant classic.
75
Completely flawless. You'd be crazy not to have it.
100
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I watch hulu, and xfinity on a 46 inch LG TV. and while those are typically 480p, the amazon flix do get up to 780p. I got one about 13 months ago and returned it but saw that the specs improved and this time it is a keeper.
I figure if it can handle that, everything else should be fine. I'm really not up to date on hardware, especially AMD, but I'm pretty sure these components aren't the latest and greatest. The config that I was going to go for has an AMD Athlon II X2 P340 (2.2GHz/1MB cache) CPU and an ATI HD5450 Mobility Radeon video card. This comes out to ~$500. http://www.dell.com/us/p/inspiron-zino-hd-410/pd Any thoughts on this?
I was just checking out the Cnet review of the Zino here - http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/dell-inspiron-zin... And the review was talking about how streaming even SD Hulu video was unwatchable in full screen, and could not play downloaded 1080p video, while it should be able to play Blu-ray HD. The spec being reviewed was an upgraded processor, and 3GB of ram, but not the discrete graphics. Very disappointing to hear this review, and pretty lame that...
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Anyone got it yet? I see it on many people's "have" list. I got tired of waiting and fell on the custom build wagon: http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/26XFYJOHRI...
I specked out the Mac Mini, which has a much more powerful processor, and DDR3 ram vs DDR2. After adding networking and considering the power difference it seems to me that the Mac Mini is a better option unless you want a blue ray burner, which is not an option in the Mini. Am I the only one?
I haven't had time to keep up with procs and such lately. Does anyone know off the top of their heads whether the bottom of the barrel Zino is better or worse than an Atom + Ion system, like the Acer Revo? I've hit my burnout point with Apple and will be replacing my AppleTV ASAP. At this point, I don't do Blue Ray or 1080, just DVD resolution or less, but Hulu, YouTube, and other streaming at full quality would be nice. I plan to run XBMC / Boxee for all my playback. Any thoughts?...
Playing with the configurations of this guy on dell.com, it looks like this guy could be a great little HTPC. With the ability to add blu-ray, up to 1TB of storage, and a chipset that sounds like it could handle high-def video streaming, I am seriously considering this as a my Boxee/Windows Home Theatre/Hulu Desktop machine. Looks like the mac mini people have always wanted. Now if you could just hook up a TV tuner to it...
It says I can get this with ubuntu under the 'Tech Specs', and I can see that all over the web, but when I go to customize, there's no ubuntu option :( Booo! I don't want to buy Microsoft!
http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-Desktop-Window... Any speculation on why we can't get the Blu-ray version in the US? It is available in UK and Ireland site. Probably a matter of time..
