Onkyo's HDC-1L straddles the fence between nettop and HTPC
Engadget — Now this -- this is an interesting character. Part nettop, part HTPC, the Sotec-branded HDC-1L series is a unique mixture of components that are traditionally found in either a diminutive desktop or a media center PC (but rarely both). First and foremost, this little bugger relies on a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 230 CPU, and it only packs 1GB of RAM, a ...

Onkyo's HDC-1L straddles the fence between nettop and HTPC
Engadget HD — Filed under: Media PCs, Others Now this -- this is an interesting character. Part nettop, part HTPC, the Sotec-branded HDC-1L series is a unique mixture of components that are traditionally found in either a diminutive desktop or a media center PC (but rarely both). First and foremost, this little bugger relies on a 1.6GHz Intel ...

Onkyo HDC-1L Atom-powered home stereo PC released
Obsessable News Feed — Onkyo is releasing a redesigned version of its HDC-10 home theater PC, the HDC-1L. Keeping the same basic design as the HDC-10, the HDC-1L switches form a Core 2 Duo processor to a cheaper and less powerful Atom. System specs are what you'd expect from a nettop: 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, and a copy of Windows XP. The computer is designed to be used as an audio source for a home stereo setup; with only VGA video output and its underpowered Atom chip, the system's clearly not up to the task of playing back high bandwidth HD sources. Then again, without an optical or coaxial digital audio output, the HDC-1L doesn't look like it belongs hooked up to a surround sound system, ...