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Title: Zotac ZBOX for music player/streaming system or HTPC
Post by: deist on Jun 02, 2015 at 03:31 PM

Has anyone here tried the Zotac Zbox yet? These are Bay Trail (Celeron) & Haswell (i3 & i5) based mini PCs. The "C" series utilizes passive cooling (fanless) for zero noise operation, they even offer "plus" options with ram, hd & windows 8.1 pre-installed for those who want to use it right out of the box.

(https://www.sabrepc.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/z/b/zbox_ci320_1.jpg)


The C series lineup here:
http://www.zotac.com/products/mini-pcs/zbox-c-series/product/zbox-c-series/category/mini-pcs/main-category/mini-pcs.html (http://www.zotac.com/products/mini-pcs/zbox-c-series/product/zbox-c-series/category/mini-pcs/main-category/mini-pcs.html)


Even the base model CI320, would be enough to handle music playing/streaming & HD movies, see review here;

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8815/zotac-zbox-ci320-nano-review-a-fanless-bay-trailm-minipc (http://www.anandtech.com/show/8815/zotac-zbox-ci320-nano-review-a-fanless-bay-trailm-minipc)

One thing is for sure, ang tipid nito sa kuryente! What do you guys think?  :)

Title: Re: Zotac ZBOX for music player/streaming system or HTPC
Post by: SiCkBoY on Nov 16, 2015 at 07:14 PM

Where is this available locally?

Title: Re: Zotac ZBOX for music player/streaming system or HTPC
Post by: Arnel E. on Dec 13, 2015 at 03:33 AM

I have a way older version of ZBox Nano, but still works like a charm.  Now running Windows 10 and latest Kodi, absolutely amazing little piece of hardware.  The video processing of the Radeon (yes, mine is still the AMD based model) is great (edge enhancement, noise reduction, deblocking, dynamic contrast, color calibration, etc.).

Bought mine from a local store posting at TipidPC.