OK, I am not trolling, I am just trying to figure out why all the new ARM based set top boxes seem to fall short of being a full fledged htpc. I mean, in one way or another they just don't get the job done. It seems my 3 year old WDTV would play just about any file you could throw at it in 1080p. Granted it was far from an htpc but it would play just about any HDTV content from my USB drive. I mean the WDTV only had a 500 Mhz processor. Now we are starting to see quad core ARM processors with speeds in excess of 1 Ghz. With these new and powerful processors, why aren't we seeing stuff that is light years ahead of the old WDTV? I would love to upgrade, but I have just decided I am not going to go with an x86 solution. I keep waiting for a low power ARM set top box that will handle some basic htpc functions. It seems like we are close now, but I thought that a couple of years ago too.
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