I purchased this computer to act as a PlayOn video server that will host HD media content to our home. Do you think it will perform well for this?
1465552
So Sorry , but I have to tell you that I am not computer-savvy at all and therefore can't answer your question . I use my computer for very ordinary purposes and it always performs well , even when I want to watch Amazon Prime streaming movies on my monitor . Can't help you more than that . H.L.
1465553
Without a doubt. Yes. I did however add an Nvidia video card to the computer with 2GB of Ram. Other than that the computer has handled everything I've thrown at it from video editing (HD) to full blown audio studio recording with Native Instruments Komplete, Camel Audio Alchemy, FL Studio, Ableton Live and more... can't go wrong with these guys.
1465554
Looking at the system requirements for PlayOn, you'll be fine. All the program seems to do is pull video from the internet and redistribute it to the network in your house to whatever device is listening. Since that is the case, the only limiting item on the computer is the network connection, which is a 1Gbps (One Gigabite Per Second) connection on the computer, which is the highest consumer-grade network connection out there right now. Your biggest limiting factor will be your Internet connection speed.
2031174
Yes. I'm happy with this purchase and would recommend this item. Suited my needs for HTPC.
1073906
I use it to do backups at work. it has Gigabit port and runs fairly fast when running backup. but not sure about 1080p videos.
2129502
To be honest, I haven't used it for that too much. I have done some music editing, and it seems to work just fine. I use my tower at home for most of my video work, this is just a travel machine.
1742675
I don't use the computer for gaming but, as I said in my review, this is a good computer for home computing. I'm pleased with the speed for basic household applications and internet, but I think you would be disappointed in it as a gaming machine.
1348144
It basically runs at full duplex T-100. Unless you are streaming uncompressed video, which Hulu, Netflix, etc. don't, this should be able to handle all you could throw at it.
125176
It's an ideal machine. Since you're working with video, you might want to make sure the ram is maxed out if it's not already. 8 gigs is max.
519625
No!, please do not buy this mini pc for media streaming, or watch movies here is why: 1. The video card is an old intel model, and they doesn't provide drivers for hardware aceleration, so videos won't play smooth, neither in windows or linux enviroments. 2. This box lacks of hdmi, dvi ports for pure digital high resolution screens. You should look for a zotac mini pc, these boxes have better hardware and suppprt for what you're looking for.
2273581
I think if your just using it for video media you would be fine but for most online gaming this card would be a little dated, hope this helps
2104559
I haven't tried it for any type of gaming, just streaming HD video and it does great. Sorry I couldn't help.
450796
Well I am using it with xbmc and I can play bluray movies no problem. You could get nvidia video card or this celeron cpu/ motherboard.
95289
Makes a good HTPC. So far, this thing has handled every 1080P/5.1 movie I have thrown at it, and has been a good Plex server too.. Data drive is a WD NAS located in another room, through a gigabit switch, and it'll handle fetching, transcoding, and sending movies to Android minipc upstairs no problem.
695904
I have the UN50HU6950 and Plex is an available download. I have not used it yet, so I cannot comment on performance.
493710
Don't buy it for gaming. It is an enterprise server. CPU and Memory configuration is not optimized for gaming. Plus it won't take gaming video cards at all. And the server is fairly loud. So unless you are setting up a gaming server, this is not a product for you.
2028832
i agree with the three answers before, this computer run smooth videos but will depend your internet connection. Regards to all
380030
No board is a good board if it doesn't do what you want it to do, regardless of how little or how much you pay for it. This will handle being a home theater PC, browsing the internet, as a word processor, some LIGHT gaming, etc just fine. Overall I have been happy with it as a HTPC.
2002120
it doesn't, motherboard barely support HD quality videos. if attempting online gaming, the processor use for this motherboard will not be sufficient enough. you'll experience lag and quality drop. it sounds like you're doing a PC build, I highly suggest getting nothing below a Pentium i3 processor