[Bruce]

I agree, digital from PC disk drive for eveything (except some DVDs). 6150 based video does everything I need for SD (my current 36" 4x3 TV) and will do HD 720P with no sweat and some are even doing 1080i and 1080p with this video chipset. It does lack some capability for HD playback (HD de-interlacing ) but the MSI motherboard has a PCIe slot, so no problem to upgrade later when I get an HD diplay/projector. I will have multiple client/frontends and multiple server/backends in my ethernet network to accomodate all my whims.

I'm also looking at the external DAC (usb maybe) or the Lite DAC 60 for music playback.