Acer Aspire One for HD Playback?

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the.ronin

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I've been using an Asus Eeepc 1001p Seashell with the Atom N450 processor and Intel GMA 3150 integrated graphics. It skips horribly when trying to play back HD files from a video camcorder.

These files are AVCHD video 1080p 26301kbps from a Sony HDR-CX160. Also MP4 video 1080p 12512kbps from a GoPro HD camera.

I picked up the Acer Aspire One D255 with Atom N550 processor which I had thought could handle HD playback. While it's considerably better than the 1001p, it's like a slow motion playback.

I was considering returning the D255 and getting the AMD based Aspire One AO522 which I read handles HD very well.

Or would an another GB of ram on the D255 bringing it up to 2GB do much difference?

Or should I expect the AO522's HD playback not to be much better than the D255's?

Any advice appreciated.
 
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my acer aspire one had a n270 and 2gb of ram from a couple years ago and could play 720p totally smooth and 1080p with a stutter here and there. only if the content was on the hard drive, couldn't steam HD from youtube 720p. although I could download a youtube 720p and that would play. I would use VLC.
 
likely two things causing slowdown:

slow HDD speeds (not a bottleneck, but it surely isn't helping anything)
CPU barely cutting it

I don't believe adding more RAM will solve this problem.

The AO522, on the other hand, has an AMD Raderon HD6250 with UVD2.2 (idk if it has UVD3 - which is even better!!), which is capable of fully decoding 40mbps - without any CPU help - AVCHD (H264) and VC-1 (At least a few extreme variants of WMV use this). MP4 is a container format, frequently for H264, so it should be able to handle that with ease, too :)
 
I exchanged the D255 for an AO522 … huge difference. The lower quality GoPro camera MP4s at 1080 (13mbps) played flawlessly. The 26mbps AVCHD files from the Sony HD camcorder presented more of an issue with a few dropped frames here and there – nothing compared to the D255 though. And this is with stock components.

Brings me to my next question – would 4GB on this thing be overkill?

I picked up a Crucial 2GB stick but just came across some reports that 4GB would also work (of course assuming something better than Windows 7 Starter). I could exchange it for a 4GB stick since I haven’t even opened the package.

I’m also planning on swapping out the stock drive with a Momentus XT 500GB hybrid which, although nowhere close to an SSD, did show material improvements in my Asus Eeepc 1001p Seashell.

I just don’t want to change anything until I decide on 2GB vs 4GB since it’s a little involved opening these AO522’s up.

Again, my primary purpose here is HD playback and if 4GB would help over 2GB, I would totally go for that. Thanks again.
 
the.ronin said:
I exchanged the D255 for an AO522 … huge difference. The lower quality GoPro camera MP4s at 1080 (13mbps) played flawlessly. The 26mbps AVCHD files from the Sony HD camcorder presented more of an issue with a few dropped frames here and there – nothing compared to the D255 though. And this is with stock components.

Brings me to my next question – would 4GB on this thing be overkill?

I picked up a Crucial 2GB stick but just came across some reports that 4GB would also work (of course assuming something better than Windows 7 Starter). I could exchange it for a 4GB stick since I haven’t even opened the package.

I’m also planning on swapping out the stock drive with a Momentus XT 500GB hybrid which, although nowhere close to an SSD, did show material improvements in my Asus Eeepc 1001p Seashell.

I just don’t want to change anything until I decide on 2GB vs 4GB since it’s a little involved opening these AO522’s up.

Again, my primary purpose here is HD playback and if 4GB would help over 2GB, I would totally go for that. Thanks again.
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perhaps a netbook with the e-350 AMD APU would be better suited for you? I currently have the Dm1z from HP and plays HD content without a hiccup. granted they are only 8mbps compared to the 26mbps files you running. though should be a little better compared to the AO522
 
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