www.ebuyer.com

£190 delivered if you are lucky enough to live in the U.K.

Which I don't.

@daskino.
"you cannot buy an Atom 330 with Linux anywhere in the world"

www.ebuyer.com

200 GBP but still...

your spec sheet is wrong, you cannot buy an Atom 330 with Linux anywhere in the world. The only linux revo comes with an Atom single core 230 at that price. see more model specs here, at revouser.com, so either you could change the spec or change the price

revouser.com model overview

looks like a great piece of hardware, but no where to buy it in denmark only the Microsoft version

The biggest lack, for me, compared to most of the media players is the missing HDMI HD audio pass-through feature. This is also true for larger HTPC though few expensive ATI and audio cards can, on the paper, do this. What a shame to buy an audio card just to pass the audio signal to my HD receiver. If any mini HTPC manufacturer introduces that feature, I'll be one of the first to jump on it.

Very nice price for an ION/Atom 330 Combo.

Further thoughts on the Revo 3610

1) Unless there is a compact economic adapter to O/P SD material on older Composite' connected TVs, the Revo will probably not meet my needs.

2) For further flexibility, perhaps where insteadof a TV, a cheap PC monitor is available where I stay, I would like to be able to show live TV using my USB Terratec Cinergy T Hybrid XS TV-Tuner.

Terratec is a popular supplier of compact USB TV-Tuners, but say they don't support Linux.

I am guessing, all that is needed are Linux Drivers to allow XBMC to use it ?

Regarding choice of HTPC, I travel a lot, so need v. lightweight/sized hardware, and was first considering dedicated 'Media-Streamers' as reviewed on iboum.com, but was dissapointed in the reviews of UI, until looking in the HTPC section and came across this new Acer Revo 3610L.(they sell a Win7 version at near double price). However, it uses a rather 'weak' Atom N330 dual-core 1.6GHz CPU, which Terratec say, would be quite marginal as their usual recommendation is 2GHz CPU + 1GB RAM under Windows.
The other big limitation for travellers, is Revo has no O/P for older TV 'Composite' connections which are the vast majority in Latin America use, hence my thinking to get a cheap monitor locally in event of no compatible TV where I stay, and use my USB TV-Tuner.

I would have thought the Revo 3610 + XBMC ideal, if it had a more efficient CULV type CPU and support for Composite Out and traditional 525/625 line SD. All my material is RMVB or other SD, no HD as yet - but clearly also require HD compatibility that will soon hit me.

Has anyone got any suggestions on either my Terratec Tuner and/or a better 'Revo' ?

Thanks in advance for any help

Is 1394 (Firewire) not considered a requirement in an HTPC?

A further point re Revo vs dedicated Media Players - most of the latter include a hopefully user-friendly 'Remote' to do all of ones selections from the couch. Revo has none. not even remote KB. Useful if you introduce some articles on suggested user-frienly 'Remotes. from the more budget, to the higher Logitech types.
Also, do you know if the 3610L will sort thru and play my RMVB collection with .SRT subtitles over WiFi ?

This cheaper Linux version is now within my price range, BUT, I travel a lot, and where I stay, currently, Brazil, MAJORITY of TV's still use traditional 'Composite' connection. This is the one major mission, I see on some of the Media Streamers you list. Can you advise me on a compact, cheap adapter to convert the o/p of the Revo3610L to 'composite' and show the Revo o/p on 525/625 line TVs ?
Also, I see you copy the Acer Power spc of 65 Watts. I thought the concept of Atom+ION was much lower power than Notebooks. If that 7x7inch box dissipates 65W it will be v. hot. Have you a truer figure ? Acer website doesn't say if the adapter is a 'Universal' 90-240V. Doe you know ? Many thanks for your excellent viewpoints on media streamers