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> People who want 4K h.265 can buy a fancier CPU. Or they can just get an N95
by JamesSwift 2y ago
> People who want 4K h.265 can buy a fancier CPU.
Or they can just get an N95
- johnklos 2y ago...and have worse quality, which makes the idea of caring about using real-time transcoding to give the best quality pretty silly.
- JamesSwift 2y agoYou are comparing a cpu that (... checks google ...) retails for $368 _by itself_ against one that comes in entire-system-minipcs at $149. Yes, the CPU perf is obviously better. In general HTPCs are setup as: 1) direct play or remux for all the primary usecases 2) optional transcoding The cpu doesnt generally matter for #1. For #2 you are already making tradeoffs so its a bit of a non-argument that "you are losing quality". Its not the primary usecase (either its other users, or streaming on the go).