Testing
The model we have before us today is the JBC600C99-52 which comes equipped with the higher end 1.8GHz dual core atom. Before we proceed much further lets take a look at the actual machine.
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The Mini-Top is specifically targeted towards allowing you to view FULL HD (1080P) video on your TV.
As per the box advertisement “Enjoy 1080P Full HD Video on your TV”.
We do find it interesting that the icon at the opposite side of the box shows HDMI 1080P when the unit has a DVI connector as well. We did find that the DVI connector supports 1080P as well.
Our Test Machine:
- Jetway Mini-Top JBC600C99-52W
- 2GB of DDR2 PC-5300
- Seagate 640GB 5400rpm Momentus
- Windows 7 Home Premium
One of the great things about the Mini-Top is that you simply need to drop in your favorite Ram, hard drive, and operating system and you are all set to go. The bad thing about the Mini-Top is that some consumers will find out after the fact that they will need the operating system on a USB drive or have access to an external USB DVD drive to load their favorite operating system.
Once the OS is installed you can install the optional software that comes on the included DVD. We found that Windows 7 correctly identified and installed all of the Mini-Top’s hardware leaving us the choice of which software we really wanted.
The DVD comes with an evaluation version of Norton as well as drivers for linux lovers.
Software Included on the DVD
Video Playback:
As part of our testing we played full 1080P content loaded directly to the hard drive as well as streamed wireless from our NAS storage and through the gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) jack. In all three instances we experienced no issues and FMV was observed throughout the length of the video. We tested the following file types and codecs:
- H.264
- AVI
- MPEG
- DIVX
- MKV
All of the files were full 1080P and ran smooth. All video playback was done through HDMI as well as DVI. We experienced better playback as well as audio quality through the HDMI cable than via the DVI connector. As far as audio we do feel that Jetway should have located the optical TOSLINK on the rear of the unit instead of the front which really doesn’t make sense for a media setup. You should definitely make sure you have nVidia HD selected as your audio output for the highest quality. Other than that the unit is very well made and thought out.
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