Just tried a little XVID video encoded at 720x480 at about 1400 kbps (w/ full DVD AC3 audio) using MPlayer for Windows and it worked great. Nice and smooth, no apparent dropped frames. Obviously a lot depends on the material and the encoding, but its definitely possible to get good results on the Kohjinsha.
As for USB booting, the BIOS has support for it (both optical and HD/flash drive) so it should work but I haven't had a chance to try it.
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Perfect - just what we were expecting. I've got a USB CDRW laying around somewhere that I'll test it with.
Kahm, when you do receive yours, can you compare with the Toshiba Libretto U100, since they are size-wise pretty close.
I'm planning on writing up a very detailed comparison between the Libby, the Kohjinsha, and the Z. Its going to be apples to orange to bananas, though. The Libby costs more than twice as much as the Kohjinsha. I really see it positioned about halfway between the Z and the libby.
Having seen the little video demo at Conics, I am pretty much tempted to get one myself. But again how well will Linux load on this device and how fast - questions questions...
Linux should be pretty good - the Pepperpad 3 is an almost identical hardware platform and it runs Fedora core 4...
I *think* it's been shipped. My order at conics has a tracking number posted, but I didn'\t get an email or any other info. Quite unlike my last purchase from Conics (A Sony Libie ebook reader...)