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Engadget: ASUS Eee Box B204 / B206 grows an HDMI port, handles high-def material
Engadget HD: ASUS Eee Box B204 / B206 grows an HDMI port, handles high-def material
Gizmodo: Eee Box Upgraded With HDMI and Discrete Graphics [Eee Box]
SlashGear: ASUS Eee Box B204 & B206 nettops get HDMI outputs
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galaga Perfect! I've been waiting for a good, small, media box with HDMI. Are there any others already out there in a reasonable price range?
ASUS Eee Box B204 / B206 grows an HDMI port, handles high-def material
Engadget —
... Man, talk about maturing early. ASUS' Eee Box just hit the shelves here in America a few months back, and now the company is already pushing out a pair of successors. Both the Eee Box B204 and B206 retain the same overall design and processor ...
ASUS Eee Box B204 / B206 grows an HDMI port, handles high-def material
Engadget HD —
... Man, talk about maturing early. ASUS' Eee Box just hit the shelves here in America a few months back, and now the company is already pushing out a pair of successors. Both the Eee Box B204 and B206 retain the same overall design and processor ...
Eee Box Upgraded With HDMI and Discrete Graphics [Eee Box]
Gizmodo —
... While still running light 1.6GHz Atom processors with 1GB of RAM, the systems now feature ATI Radeon HD 3400 series discrete graphics with 256MB of DDR2 memory along with HDMI output to play back high def video on an HDTV. And when you account for the Wireless-N networking and 160GB SATA hard drive, you realize that the the Eee Box could be a contender in the low end home theater PC market. No word yet on pricing or availability, but the original Eee Box ran a palatable $300. [Asus] Note: Image is of the original Eee Box.
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ASUS Eee Box B204 & B206 nettops get HDMI outputs
SlashGear —
... nettop models with HDMI outputs; that makes them ideal for use as a media center extender. Outwardly identical to the existing Eee Box, the two new models - B204 and B206 - retain the 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor, 1GB of RAM and 160GB hard-drive, but gain a new ATI Radeon HD 3400 GPU with 256MB memory. ...
Asus Eee Box B204 and B206 Mini PCs
iTech News Net —
... to enjoy viewing hardware-accelerated HD content. Both B204 and B206 are powered by an Intel Atom N260 1.6GHz processor, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive and ATI Radeon HD 3400 series graphic card with 256MB DDR2 memory.
They have also WiFi 802.11n, built-in card reader, Etherner port and Realtek ALC662 Azalia audio chip. The Eee Box B204 offers also Bluetooth and integrated battery for U.P.S. function.
The two new Eee Box has HDMI and DVI-D video output ports.
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Asus intros Eee Box B204 and B206 nettops designed for HD video
Obsessable News Feed —
... Asus is expanding its Eee Box line of nettop PCs with the B204 and B206 models, both of which are intended for use as media centers. The Eee line is known for minimalist specifications, but even though these new machines don't get ...
ASUS Eee Desktop got HDMI out
Smart Home Blog —
... about using ASUS Eee Desktop as LinuxMCE media director. It’s compact, cheap and has enough power to playback HD content. But with fresh announcement about adding HDMI out to the next generation of Eee desktop B204 and B206. Both models are equiped by Intel Atom N270 (1.6GHz) and ATI Radeon HD 3400 graphics. Additionally ASUS Eee will get S/PDIF audio out. There are no any words about price and availability of ASUS Eee Desktop HD version. But in any case it seems that it’ll be the best candidate to use as LinuxMCE media director or as a client for other media systems such ...
New Eee Box B204 and B206 have HDMI
I4U News —
... . The new Eee Box PCs are even better, but pricing and release date is still open. What is still missing in the Eee Box to become a real HTPC would be a tuner card and DVR software. Via this Asus announcement . Posted on Wed, 3 Dec 2008 11:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Asus lanza dos nuevos modelos de la Eee Box con puerto HDMI
Gizmología —
... HD 3400 CPU con 256MB de VRAM.
Tienen cuatro puertos USB 2.0, uno Ethernet, DVI, lector de tarjetas de memoria, WiFi y sólo la B204 acepta conexión Bluetooth y viene con una batería UPS integrada. Además ambas tienen control remoto y permiten 10GB de almacenamiento online a través de Eee Storage.
Todavía no se sabe nada cuándo comenzarán a estar disponibles pero probablemente estén a la venta muy pronto. Me imagino que no quieren perderse las fiestas.
Enlace: ASUS Introduces World’s Smallest Desktop PCs with HD Capability
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Eee Box goes high-def with HDMI and swankier video chip
Boing Boing Gadgets —
Asus's Eee Box, a desktop counterpart to its miniature subnotebooks, just got a spec bump. Moreover, the thing it added was, for once, meaningful: a discrete video card, with 256MB of RAM and a HDMI port. This means the little Wii-like slab can serve HDTV much better from underneath the set.
It also gets WiFi-n and a bigger hard drive, but otherwise retains the old loadout of 1GB of RAM with a 1.6 GHz Atom processor.
Press Release [Asus]
ASUS Introduces World's Smallest Desktop PCs with HD Capability
Asus Eee News, Mods, and Hacks —
From Asus - Taipei, Taiwan, December 2, 2008 – ASUS today unveiled HD versions of its popular Eee Box—a tiny 1L-sized desktop PC—that it launched in June 2008. With the new Eee Box B204 and B206, users will be able to enjoy viewing hardware-accelerated HD content on LCD TVs, monitors and projectors via an HDMI output—making them ideal for families seeking a simple, space-saving home entertainment solution. The Eee Box B204 and B206 are also preinstalled with Eee Cinema, a full-featured media player that enables users to play high definition content ...
Asus HD-ifies its Eee Boxes with Radeons
CrunchGear —
Asus announced on Tuesday that they are releasing two new versions of their Eee Box, with some new features.
The new versions have a high definition hardware decoder (a Radeon 3400), HDMI out and a remote. The hardware decoder should improve performance, possibly making this a decent choice for a HTPC solutions. While the hardware and software seem better, I’d like to see it come in other colors, so it doesn’t look so much like a Wii. No word on pricing or availability yet, although we can reasonably put it above $300 with the added cost of the ...
ASUS Eee Box B204 / B206
HDTV Lounge —
... USB 2.0 inputs, Gigabit Ethernet, Windows XP Home, and 10GB of online Eee Storage. The ASUS Eee Box B206 version includes Bluetooth, and a built-in battery which works as a UPS during a power failure. With HDMI, powerful (blu-ray / 1080p capable) graphics, remote control, and a small and quiet, energy efficient design, which can also be LCD mounted, the ASUS Eee Box B204 and B206 look very tempting! No price details or release dates for the Asus B204 or Asus B206 are currently known. Asus Press
Asus Unveils Eee Box with HD Capability
I4U News —
... and an integrated battery that works like a UPS power supply to protect the PC from power fluctuations. Other than Bluetooth and the battery, the two machines are the same. Other features include 1GB of RAM, Windows XP Home, 160GB HDD, 802.11n Wi-Fi, and graphics via ATI Radeon HD 3400 series discrete video card with 256MB of DDR2 RAM. Audio is via Realtek ALC662 Azalia CODEC and optical audio output is supported. Pricing and availability of the systems is unknown at this time. Via Asus Posted on Thu, 4 Dec 2008 07:15:52 CST | by Shane McGlaun ...
HD now possible on Asus Eee Box B204 and B206 Nettops
Tech Ticker —
... dedicated ATI Radeon 3400 HD GPU with 256MB DDR2 memory.
Rest of the specs remain identical as its predecessors with Intel Atom N270 1.6GHz processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB SATA HDD, 10GB Eee Storage, card reader, WLAN b/g/n, Ethernet and Windows XP Home as the only OS. B204 when compared to B206 is a bit superior because of the inclusion of Bluetooth and an integrated battery which functions like a UPS for the desktop.
No details on the price and availability though.
Press Release
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