Onebox Mediacenter (1 Viewer)

[michael_b_w]

Any opinions on the Onebox Media Center? I am looking to spend about $500 for one on eBay and I am wondering if it is worth it. Here are the specs:

ONEbox Small Form Factor Case: Silver
VIA Mini-ITX M10000 Motherboard w/ 1GHz C3 Processor
512MB DDR266 Memory
ATI RADEONTM 7500 Graphical Processing Unit
ATI TheatreTM 200 Technology
64MB DDR Dedicated Video Memory
Stereo TV tuner with 125 channels
DirectX® and OpenGL® support
160 GB 7200RPM 2MB Cache Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
Tray load CD/DVD Drive
6-in-1 Flash Memory Card Reader/Writer
2- USB-2 Ports
1- Firewire Ports
1- Serial Port
1- Parallel Port
1- SVGA
1- S-Video
1- 5.1 Surround (SP/DIF) port
10/100 Ethernet Jack

 

[Aaron_*P]

For the price you can do much better then 1 Ghz, especially if you build it yourself (like I do).

 

[Joe Ku]

The 1GHz C3 processor is not about raw speed, it is about being quiet. The C3 generates very little heat and consumes very little power, allowing it to be cooled silently, and allowing a small silent power supply to power the whole rig. go over to www.mini-itx.com to get more info and see what can be done with these cool little processors.

If you only plan to use it to listen to MP3's and play DVDs it will be plenty fast. However if you want to encode DVDs to DIVX or something I would recommend an athlonXP or P4 rig.