Via Nano V Intel Atom, which one plays 1080p video?

Zardon

There is much talk about the new Via Nano when compared with Intels Atom.

Via have published a video on youtube showing both processors handling 1080p video content.

Its an interesting view, even if the slant is rather "PR" in design. Especially when we take into consideration that the Intel Atom draws signficantly less power than even the Nano under load.
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Watch The Video Here

mkk

I wouldn't be surprised if there's some other platform issue than the CPU alone that proves to be the problem, like a graphics hardware or even just a driver problem relating to WMV-HD playback.

Edit: Nah, that was an uninformed hope from me. The Atom CPU is simply too weak and barely seems to do 720p on its own. The main Atom mobile chipset promises support for hardware decoding of H.264/MPEG-2/VC1 and should thus alleviate the problem (and since the graphics chip design is not by Intel, it might do pretty well), but Atom isn't always coupled with that chipset for budget reasons.