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Nov. 13rd, 2009, Taipei, Taiwan – ASRock continues to expand on the range of computing products and has announced the 2nd-gen ION-based nettops few days ago – NetTop ION 330HT series. Given the fact that the current nettops are limited to only basic computing tasks, ASRock ION 330HT series had broken this barrier by offering the multimedia joyfulness. Supporting the advanced technologies in ION 330HT series includes NVIDIA® ION™ graphics, DTS audio technology and so on, ASRock 2nd-gen ION 330HT nettops will be redefining the highly successful home theater systems.
Why you need an ASRock mini HTPC?
HTPC is an acronym for Home Theater Personal Computer. Many people are dreaming about the same thing which is simply a mini PC to be used for Home Theater purposes. The idea is to combine all multimedia functions into one box, integrate this into your living room and connect it to your TV. From the mini HTPC, you can view digital photos, play videos, music in any format and project your favorite television programs. Furthermore, HTPC is potential to carry out any function of a standard PC. HTPC wisely replaces a desktop place and thus easily PClizes any multimedia entertainments and thoughtfully save space for you!
The ASRock 2nd-gen ION 330HT series nettops are designed with the HTPC concept in mind, offering a stable, full-speed, wider coverage platform for delivering stunning digital entertainments. With the modern design, mini size, silent operation, powerful ION graphics and DTS sound technologies, you can experience a new level of performance by our ION 330HT series nettops. What you'd expect from your HTPC? Trust us! We can offer what you can't imagine. ASRock ION 330HT series nettop will certainly be your best choice of mini HTPC!
Well-featured ION 330HT series nettops
A brief summarize of our ION 330HT series nettops' standard specification. Recently, ASRock ION 330 systems are proudly certified to be the world's first ION NetTop system which passed the latest Windows® 7 logo submission. For CPU aspect, it supports the Intel® Atom™ 330 Dual Core CPU and has equipped with the native NVIDIA® ION™ graphics architecture which not only bring the full support of DirectX 10, Full HD 1080p playback but also CUDA applications. Featuring the world's class home theater enjoyments, ION 330HT-BD designed with BD Combo can even allow users to take advantage of enjoying the HD visual experience by running the Blu-ray disc source. The integrated HDMI port greatly enables you to connect your PC to TV more easily. And the other powered eSATA/USB port allows you to use either eSATA or USB interface devices without additional power. Special introduce here is the MCE remote controller which allows you to project your digital programs details by an easy-operate controller. As such, ION 330 HT series is a perfect choice for HTPC which can be ideally setting in the living room with its small size, silent operation as well as compact design.
Stylish Appearance Design
Style represents your unique taste and builds your iconic image as well. Targeting the exquisite taste of today's modern men and women, the ASRock 2nd-gen ION 330HT series nettop adopts the streamlined body design with the dazzling black and white color to display a calm and reserved mood. Black is the color that connects everything together. White as well. They are absolutely beauty and 100% match your living room. Extraordinarily designed with High Glossy Surface Paint housing - up to 92% Gloss which is similar to the paint of a Mercedes-Benz, our nettops fully presents your style.
Mini Size and Silent Operation
ASRock ION 330HT series nettop has a volume of 2.5 liters only, which enables you to put inside the TV cabinet and connect it with LCD TV. Also, ION 330HT nettops are running a silent operation which is merely 26dB, ensures you a quiet computing environment as well. With ASRock ION 330HT series nettop, your living room will be transformed into a home entertainment center.
NVIDIA® ION™ Graphics with Native Full HD 1080p playback
Carried with the awesome NVIDIA® ION™ graphics technology which is well-known for its outstanding graphics performance, ASRock ION 330HT series nettops enable you to immerse in a qualified movie and video phenomenon. Supporting Full HD 1080p playback, ASRock nettops give you "better than cinema" quality and the ultimate movie experience in the comfort of your own home!
Exclusive ASRock MCE Remote Controller
The Microsoft® MCE (Media Center Edition) function offers built-in support for archiving your entire digital entertainments. View your photos in a cinematic slide show, browse your music collection by cover art, easily play DVDs, download movies, and project your home videos. MCE Remote Controller allows Windows® Media Center Edition (MCE) to be integrated into an advanced control system by enabling programmatic control of the user interface. We have bundled the multi-functional MCE Remote Controller with our ION 330HT series nettops! Compared with other remote controller dongle which is not able to power on the system at the first time of the plug-in of AC power, ASRock MCE Remote Controller can exclusively work on this. ASRock MCE Remote Controller prides itself on delivering a fast, intuitive, convenient and media rich experience for the multimedia entertainments.
Instant Access to the Internet
To get the best overall picture of a system's capabilities and fitness for the job, the wireless facilities are regarded as the crucial point when it comes to choose a nettop. As today's users generate more bandwidth-hungry demand for a faster system, ASRock ION 330HT series nettops also feature the highest speed networking of WiFi 802.11n technology. Not only speed your connection to the internet greatly with a wider bandwidth, WiFi 802.11n can also cover a longer distance coverage. Thanks to the excellent placement of antennas, ION 330HT series offer the fastest speed with the unlimited connectivity. As the below graph vividly shown, ION 330HT series come with two invisible antennas (placed in a vertical/horizontal position), hidden inside the front panel that provide you the most stable and unrestricted-direction wireless network coverage.
Get a cinema-style sound experience
Utilizing the industry's leading audio solution, DTS Connect® Surround Technology, ASRock NetTop ION 330HT series provides a better way of feeling the home entertainment perfection. DTS Connect® would be the perfect solution to enhance your entertainment experience using your home theater's Audio/Video Receiver. DTS Connect® is comprised of two DTS technologies, DTS Neo: PC™ and DTS Interactive™. DTS Neo: PC™ takes 2-channel (stereo) audio and transforms it into a full-bandwidth matrix of your speaker layout (up to 7.1 channels). DTS Interactive™ encodes digital audio sources into DTS Digital Surround, which can then stream out to your Audio/Video Receiver using an S/PDIF connection.
Supporting the 7.1 CH HD audio with advanced DTS support, ASRock ION 330HT nettops expand your digital surround experience. You can get a cinema-style sound happiness and can even hear every detail in riveting surround sound via our ION 330HT series nettops!
Easy to enjoy a qualified home theater movie
ASRock unique Good Night LED technology offers you a qualified entertaining environment by extinguishing the unessential LED. Just simply enabling the Good Night LED in BIOS, then the Power, LAN and Dr. Debug LED will be switched off when the system is running. Not only this, Good Night LED will also automatically switch off keyboard LED and power LED when the system is in stand-by mode. If you would like to enjoy a qualified home theater or have a nice sleep while doing longtime download during the night, all you have to do is just simply enabling the ASRock Good Night LED function, and there will be no more annoying LED lights. ASRock Good Night LED technology can guarantee your computing environment without additional LED light disturbance.
Do you want to build a tighter budget home cinema? Of course, you do! The ASRock 2nd-gen ION 330HT series nettops are well advanced with the awesome NVIDIA® ION graphics together with DTS audio technologies. We offer you the most compact design and every crucial elements needed for a nettop! Thus, this time, don't let your mini HTPC dream slip away!
Available features vary by nettop models. Please visit ASRock ION 330HT webpage to see a completed feature listings.
