Good call Chris, that's as good a guess as any. \:\)

Here's an article that discusses more guesses on the reasons for the disk vs. software. They agree with you on the MSFT link. \:\)

By the way, PlayOn has gotten a bit better lately from a reliability perspective. Quality still maxes out at a not so great level, but for shows on Hulu, ESPN, etc., it seems to be performing much more predictably for me than it did ~6 months ago.

Jason

Epic 80-800: HG Cherry