Posted on Monday, September 07 2009 @ 18:04 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
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found photos of the new Cinema series motherboards from Foxconn, these Micro-ATX mainboards use the AMD 785G + SB710 chipsets and are aimed at HTPC users. The Cinema series supports AMD Socket AM2/AM2+/AM3 processors and DDR2-1066MHz memory, Full HD video playback is enabled by the Radeon HD 4200 IGP, which features 128MB Sideport memory.
Video connectivity options include D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI. On the audio front, apart from the audio that Radeon HD 4200 provides over HDMI, the board's 8-channel audio CODEC supports Dolby Digital and DTS decode. Expansion slots include two PCI-E x1, and one each of PCI-E x16 and PCI. Connectivity options include gigabit Ethernet, USB, and FireWire. The Foxconn Cinema comes in two variants, Deluxe and Premium. The difference between the two is minor - a heatsink over the 5-phase CPU VRM for the Deluxe variant. While the Cinema Deluxe is priced at 11,680 JPY (US $125.5), the Cinema Premium goes for 10800 JPY (US$ 116).
