Go To Latest Video ReviewsLG Reveals Tiny, Sexy, Wii Inspired ION Nettop
| Author | Gordon Kelly |
| Published | 18th Sep 2009 |
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LG has thrown its hand into this fast developing sector which has already seen the Eee Box, Acer Revo and rather similar Emtec GBox and done the sensible thing: thrown an nVidia ION chipset inside.
The result is the 'Xpion X30' and, silly names apart, no one is laughing at the svelte dimensions of 148 x 105mm and 1.1Kg weight, nor its ability to play back Full HD 1080p video, especially when connected directly to an HDTV over its handy HDMI port. VESA mounts also mean the dinky nettop can be attached to the back of your TV - if it isn't already attached to the wall.
Elsewhere things are a little more predictable with an Intel Atom 230 1.6GHz processor, 2GB or DDR2 RAM and a 250GB HDD. Windows Vista Home Basic is installed, but you want to get that off asap and put Windows 7 on instead. WiFi isn't mentioned, but is usually a cert on these devices (in fact it's such a cert we'll just say it's there).
The snag: so far the Xpion X30 is only confirmed for Korea. It will launch next month though so I suspect LG will soon get pretty positive market feedback, meaning either an international launch or for something very similar to land on our shores before long.
2009 really has been excellent for the netbook and nettop sectors. Who else can't wait to see what 2010 brings...?
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timple said on 18th September 2009
Runadumb said on 18th September 2009
@timple I couldn't agree more. When these things cost £250, come with dual turners, 750 gig upwards harddisks and ION2 ;) everyone will want to own one. So long as they can ... more
asanka said on 19th September 2009
VESA mounts are mentioned in the article, to attach nettops to the back of TVs. I tried googleing them but their website wasn't very useful. Do these work for a range of nettops on... more
Gordon said on 19th September 2009
@asanka - VESA is the industry standard mounts on the back of (virtually) every flat panel TV so it can can be wall mounted. That way all wall mount manufacturers can make their pr... more
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Hoping eventually one of these manufacturers will kit it out with a freeview+ decoder and remote as standard then we will have at last a proper media pc.
Interesting... more