I'd like to make 2 points:
As often mentioned in threads like these, '1080p' isn't an adequate quantifier. I've had a imito mx1 and it was able to play many 1080p movies just fine and others not. It all comes down to how the movie was compressed.. I have one 1.5hr movie thats just over 10gig and I use this to determine if a particular device meets my needs. Not sure if you are going to get any good info asking if device X can do 1080p
The problem is not Hardware. I have a pivos xios (amlogic - M1 single core) and the thing can do 1080p at decently high bitrates (i.e. it plays the 10gig file I mentioned without issue). This thing is actually less powerful than even the rk3066 devices I own, but the reason it plays better (and with 5.1 audio, etc..) is that developers - and I mean real developers - took the time to optimize it and work out tons of kinks. Look at the raspberry Pi.. same thing.
So I think the question is .. how determined are the developers (XBMC or ROM devs) in getting XBMC running well enough to toss out your HTPC for a tv stick.
As often mentioned in threads like these, '1080p' isn't an adequate quantifier. I've had a imito mx1 and it was able to play many 1080p movies just fine and others not. It all comes down to how the movie was compressed.. I have one 1.5hr movie thats just over 10gig and I use this to determine if a particular device meets my needs. Not sure if you are going to get any good info asking if device X can do 1080p
The problem is not Hardware. I have a pivos xios (amlogic - M1 single core) and the thing can do 1080p at decently high bitrates (i.e. it plays the 10gig file I mentioned without issue). This thing is actually less powerful than even the rk3066 devices I own, but the reason it plays better (and with 5.1 audio, etc..) is that developers - and I mean real developers - took the time to optimize it and work out tons of kinks. Look at the raspberry Pi.. same thing.
So I think the question is .. how determined are the developers (XBMC or ROM devs) in getting XBMC running well enough to toss out your HTPC for a tv stick.
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