Zotac ZBOX Nano XS AD11 Plus
Multimedia Playback
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1080P YouTube Video Full Screen
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SD Hulu Content, Full Scaled To Full Screen
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SD Hulu Content, Windowed
Our experiences playing back various file types on the ZBOX Nano XS AD11 were mostly good. When playing back SD or HD .MKV files locally, the system performed flawlessly. Our experiences were also very good while playing numerous different file types from a NAS device using the Nano XS AD11's wired network connection. When using the included USB WiFi controller to stream files over the network, performance was generally good with SD content, but we did run into some framerate issues and wireless connection stability when playing large HD videos. If you plan to stream HD content from a NAS or server on your network, using a wired connection is preferable.
Streaming content from the web was mostly good as well, but we did have some issues with content from Hulu. Our system had a fresh Windows installation with the latest Flash Player and AMD Catalyst drivers installed (v12.3), and YouTube content played back flawlessly. We'd see high CPU utilization during initial playback of 1080P HD content from YouTube, in the neighborhood of 60% - 70%, but once the vide completely downloaded utilization would drop into the teens. With Hulu, however, CPU utilization remained somewhat high regardless of the video resolution. If we played back SD content and scaled it to full screen, for example, CPU utilization hovered in the 70% - 80% range. Scaling the video down to a small window, however, would reduce utilization significantly.
