Re: [vdr] [OT] mini-PCIE with Broadcom Crystal HD Hardware Decoder (BCM970012) for HD playback with free drivers

On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 18:32:03 +0000 Gavin Hamill gdh@acentral.co.uk wrote:

The Crystal HD decoder will doubtless appear in netbooks very soon, and I fully expect thin Intel Atom PCs to also feature it on-board. When those boards/machines appear, we will be on the way to a *reliable* open source STB which supports modern HD codecs + playback.

Is it intended for the netbook market then? I didn't realise that. Hopefully Intel will realise that VGA is obsolete (and that they need to stop using inefficient chipsets with cheap & noisy coolers) otherwise Ion will still be the only viable option for an Atom HTPC, making Crystal HD theoretically redundant.