I am using the Belkin N wireless router but have only limited access indicated and can’t get on line. I think my massive stone fireplace wall may be blocking the signal.

The revo supports only 5.1, so I don’t understand how one can get 7.1 from the system then?

The reason I asked about HD audio over HDMI is in relation to this article http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3411 . Most HDMI cards can’t handle HD audio 7.1 LPCM over HDMI. When it’s sent out the SPDIF out it is not proper HD audio, but a compressed version. Sometime when it’s sent out the HDMI it is also comprerssed or doesn’t pass audio at all. It would be great to know if someone has been able to get 7.1 HD audio LPCM over HDMI from the Revo. You would need a Home cinema amplifier to test with that has HDMI. (Receiver doesn’t have to have HDMI 1.3 to get LPCM). appreciat any feedback on this

Thanks

John

You can check the boxee forums, but I’m one of 4 Smod’s there, so I’ve got the same answers. Or I’ll just answer you there. Boxee ID: judgeschambers

I assume you have boxee running on the REvo with Windows and this is not boxee running on Mac?

I was helping a guy earlier with this similar situation the other day. First, make sure in the Boxee Settings you have hardware acceleration turned on. If already done, I did seem to find a correlation between the way Handbrake does the encoding vs. other software if done on a Mac. Not quite put my finger on it yet. Now, when I use handbrake to encode something on Windows, it plays fine on Windows using Boxee.

Can you upload a file to Google Docs and give me access to it? I’d like to test it on my Revo. I’ll email you my junk google email account info.

When moving animated movies/shows (e.g. The Simpsons), I create mp4 (and the same is true if I use mkv) files and move them to the Revo. On the source computer (Macintosh using Handbrake), they seem to play out fine.

In Boxee, however, I see a lot of horizontal lines, especially during movement. The playback appears to be smooth (i.e. no dropped frames or stuttering), but I get these lines.

Is this a Boxee and/or video card setting?

Thanks!

Just a note on Amazon – when I ordered mine, it shipped the next day and arrived within 5. I think they were saying 5-8 days until shipping at that time.

Newegg.com has it for $329.99 + free shipping (my personal fav e-shop!): http://www.newegg.com/Product/.....-_-Product
It only shows up in a search now as “acer revo aspire.” Do not use “3610″

Amazon.com does have it today: http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Asp.....amp;sr=8-1

They also have the Asus Eee units with the DVD rom, which is the same thing as the Revo hardware wise:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb.....=acer+revo
Speaking of Asus EB, Newegg has both the Asus EB1501 and EB1012 in stock for less than Amazon. But the EB1501 has a built in DVD rom/burner not BlueRay for $150 more than the Revo 3610! Hell, I can by an external Blue Ray & DVD combo drive for less than that. Then the Asus EB1012 is the same exact thing as a Revo 3610 for $399. Why pay more for the same thing as a 3610?

The included wireless mouse and keyboard seem to be good for 15ft, but have not tried it at father distances.

The revo has 5.1 surround via HDMI and the SPDIF out. I see no reason why sound would be any different for a Blue Ray movie with a Blue Ray player software installed.

Does the 3610 allow High Definition Audio be output as either LPCM or bitstream thru the HDMI connector when playing a Blu-ray.

If not so you know of anything simiar that can

John

I just began testing Beta 3 a few days ago along with the new nvidia 196.21. Honestly, it seems to run well on the revo 3610. Hulu uses 10% less cpu on IE and hulu desktop. Boxee seems to run well with it too. So, with that, I feel it’s a go for the most part.
But there are few more things I’d like to test out before I give it the “dump 1p” certification.

These TV’s are all so different. Some have great setting options, some don’t. Some have these settings for each input and some don’t. Some interpret HDMI signals differently than others do. It can be a pain to get some things to view correctly on some TV’s. Mine was plug and play. My buddy’s TV was a nightmare of peck and check to get a good mix to get the thing to view normally like my TV does.

Glad to hear beta 3 is better than p2. I’m interested in what you are using to get 13% CPU? Hulu, youtube, boxee…what?

Yeah, I’ve mentioned the overscan issue a few times, but each TV is soooo different and interprets the HDMI signal differently too. I try to encourage tinkering with the TV settings after setting the Revo to a specific size.

Thanks for the additional TV setting input. I’m sure it will help many others as well.