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  #802589 20-Apr-2013 00:02
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ushare: Should all tvs have this overscan feature? It seems my tv doesnt :(

I haven't seen it in older TVs.  It used to be something that you needed to adjust at the video source, by means of driver software such as provided by NVidia.  My LG bought in 2008 had a 1:1 scaling or "Expand to fill screen" function which did much the same job, but wasn't referred to as overscan correction.







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  #802636 20-Apr-2013 08:35
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Will these units do1080i? I.e. FreeviewHD? could make as nice MediaPortal client.






 

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  #802637 20-Apr-2013 08:40
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I have nothing like that on my hdmi options. I have colour matrix, which is set to hd and cant be changed.

And I have VCR/GAME mode



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  #802658 20-Apr-2013 09:10
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ushare: I have nothing like that on my hdmi options. I have colour matrix, which is set to hd and cant be changed.

And I have VCR/GAME mode

It seems like the Intel HD4000 chipset is fairly limited in its capabilities compared to a full-blown GPU architecture like NVidia or ATI.





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  #802680 20-Apr-2013 10:00
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ushare: Should all tvs have this overscan feature? It seems my tv doesnt :(


Many tv's don't actually specify overscan anywhere. Sometimes one way or another you tell it that input is a pc.




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  #802706 20-Apr-2013 10:59
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Back to NUC then (the TV overscan should be on its own discussion)... How does it decode 720p and 1080p video? No jumps, no freezes?

What OS are you folks using? I am told I will have one here next week so I was thinking of installing Windows 7 as it can boot directly to Media Center (which Windows 8 doesn't).

Anyone using a NUC with a DVB-T source, either USB or (in my case) a HDHomerun?





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  #802748 20-Apr-2013 13:09
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freitasm: Back to NUC then (the TV overscan should be on its own discussion)... How does it decode 720p and 1080p video? No jumps, no freezes?

What OS are you folks using? I am told I will have one here next week so I was thinking of installing Windows 7 as it can boot directly to Media Center (which Windows 8 doesn't).

Anyone using a NUC with a DVB-T source, either USB or (in my case) a HDHomerun?



I have the basic Celeron model running win8 and it decoded a 720p mkv with VLC absolutely flawlessly, I could drag the window around the careen and it played while dragging and resizing without missing a beat. Intel 4000 hd graphics is pretty good with video.




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  #802790 20-Apr-2013 14:46
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It seems to stutter without bitstreaming a 1080p video

I dont have a dedicated avr so i am experiencing a bit of stuttering

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  #802826 20-Apr-2013 16:41
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I dont have a win 8 licence to use so Win 7 Pro for me. Going to throw 8Gb in it so need x64. My i3 will be here Monday. I went for the network port one.





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  #802901 20-Apr-2013 20:16
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to me 1080i is the toughtest test even the raspberry pi will do 1080p I think. All depends on weather you wath broadcast TV I guess.






 

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  #804140 23-Apr-2013 10:23
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Just received the Intel NUC, with a 160 GB mSATA SSD. It came "memory-less" so I've added 4GB I had here handy and going to install Windows 7 Media Center later today. This thing is tiny!





Wireless card built-in, three USB ports, one HDMI port, no ethernet.




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  #804150 23-Apr-2013 10:36
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Where did you buy yours?




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  #804151 23-Apr-2013 10:37
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This one came from Intel. You can source one from PBTech.




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  #804154 23-Apr-2013 10:46
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There, fixed the photos for you. Can we go off topic again now, pelase?




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  #804155 23-Apr-2013 10:47
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freitasm: Just received the Intel NUC, with a 128GB mSATA SSD. It came "memory-less" so I've added 4GB I had here handy and going to install Windows 7 Media Center later today. This thing is tiny!

Wireless card built-in, three USB ports, one HDMI port, no ethernet.


Does yours have the Thunderbolt connector then? 

I'd have to say I'd always prefer to have Ethernet but wireless is getting better and better.




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