Upon release of the promising Eee PC 1005PR with a Broadcom Crystal HD Video accelerator, some users left negative reviews on the netbook, claiming it didn’t have the Broadcom accelerator built in. At that time, Asus hadn’t given a definitive answer regarding the issue but, we can now confirm that the company is working on the issue.

It appears that every 1005PR netbook does have the Broadcom Crystal HD Accelerator built in. At least two of the netbooks returned however had a loose daugherboard cable. While other units sent back have been upgraded from Windows 7 Starter to Home Premium or Ultimate and the Broadcom drivers were not reinstalled.

It isn’t clear how many of the netbooks shipped have this issue but, Brad Linder has asked Asus for a rough idea on the number of netbooks sold to gather what percentage have problems.

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One hacker has already added a Broadcom HD video accelerator to the Intel Atom powered Samsung NC10 which worked well. Another hacker has tried the same hack on a VIA C7-M powered netbook and come out with good results. Chris over at HP Mini Note PC has modded his HP Mini 2133 with a Broadcom Crystal HD Enhanced Media Accelerator card. With it installed he’s been able to play 720 and 1080p videos on his netbook including Blu-Ray video. The Blu-Ray videos needed to be paused for a few seconds first though so the video could buffer.

Unfortunately Chris hasn’t provided a guide on how you can mod your own Mini 2133 but, you can see how successful his project was in the videos after the jump.
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