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We placed a diode on the heatsink to measure system temperatures. We left the machine idling for an hour and recorded the results, we then watched a 1080p MKV movie and recorded the temperature, after 60 minutes.
Room temperature was maintained at 24c.
This is a passively cooled unit and the CPU temperatures varied between 49c and 63c, impressive results.
We measured system power at the socket when viewing a 720p MKV video file.
The VEOLO demands between 6 and 10 watts of power, hovering around 8 watts when viewing video files. This is an incredible result and one that will appeal to a wide audience who are trying to watch their energy use. My media center at home requires around 60-70 watts for the same task (low end Intel/Windows build).
I think I was the first person to buy one of these in the UK when scan stocked them. I love it. its very small and the remote controller is brilliant. I dont use it for downloading apps much, just a memory optimiser which was free and a new browser. It works fab with my LCD tv in the living room.
Looks lovely, very small too. I always looked at a playon device, but many people on their forums complained about the lag problems and that would drive me batty. This one seems more responsive.
Piano black looks great in pictures, but my DVD player is the same and it looks like someone played football with it last night, its cleaned every week too.
Still, im impressed with this, apart from the almost £200 asking price. seems a bit much even with the gyro style remote.
What a brilliant little product. ill be ordering one from scan this week.
Nice idea, but it seems to lack a lot of image adjustment settings, is that all their is? contrast, brightness etc? thats a bit lame,
Good company, I bought their mini device months ago and its served me well, its still a bit sluggish but it must be down to the hardware for that series. at least this one has half a gig of ram which will work well with android.
I wouldnt even look at this if it wasnt for the power consumption. thats exactly why windows/Intel/AMD designs are so inefficient. T here are other alternatives and this is one im going to look at in more depth soon.