I recently wrote about how every netbook (except an NVIDIA Ion-powered one) needs Broadcom’s HD Video Accelerator, and now Broadcam has released a video of this beast in action.

The machines in question are a Lenovo IdeaPad S10, which does not have the Broadcom card installed, and HP’s Mini 110 which offers the Broadcom card as a factory option. The end result is impressive: the Lenovo’s CPU is pegged and still dropping frames from the 1080p video playback, while the Mini is barely breaking a sweat at 20% CPU utilization.

Here’s hoping Broadcom sells this puppy publicly, and soon! They’ve got a good chance to beat NVIDIA’s Ion platform in market saturation, as NVIDIA is still mostly on the sidelines.

Source: [YouTube] via [Lilliputing]