I have an HTPC (Meedio as the frontend), I use the onboard SPDIFF going to my Yamaha Receiver. I also have an UnRaid Server with about a terabyte of drive space sitting in my bedroom that has approx 350 DVD's on the drives plus my music. It works great! I love the setup. Only one negative thing to say about it and that's the cables and wires. It's pretty insane with the number of cables I have. Not only for the HTPC, but the HD Cable Box, Router, Modem (Cable provider), speakers...I had them all hidden behind my rear projection tv but now that I bought an LCD it's a lot tougher to hide.
