LS-PCON Good or Bad

    Panther Lake I3 Gen12 GPU AV1 decode = CIR and PCON for HDMI - Any degrade in picture quality, any downsides in getting the Panther Lake???

    Tiger Lake I3 Gen12 GPU AV1 decode = No CIR and Retimer for HDMI - I like booting from off state using CIR but this new model they removed it not sure why, even all the Celerons NUC 11 have no CIR only the Performance Panther lakes have CIR.

    Thanks

    Quote from Da Flex

    Very bad. LSPCon chips are a source of trouble.

    So how do we avoid them then, are they only in NUC’s? I’d really like to purchase a new Intel machine for a dedicated 4K HDR player.

    Is it best to build a small form factor 12th gen Intel machine? Or get a Intel NUC?

    Reading the Intel website. Looks like 12th gen NUC’s don’t have the LSPCON.

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    Unless the Intel NUC is using third-party graphics, all the HDMI ports, on Intel NUC Kits and Mini PCs 7th Generation through 11th generation are HDMI 2.0 or greater, and all use a LSPCON chip.