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The DSOTM SACD definitely has a stereo CD compatibility track. Sounds darned good too !

Saturn, thank you so much for that explanation!

I aspired to replace my standalone DVD player with a HTPC and ultimately gave up. I know it's ME, not the technology. I ended up making some choices that made the configuration and operation more difficult than it probably should be, and these things do tend to evolve.

I am using a Gigabyte Nvidia 6600 128MB card. I am running XP Pro, not MCE. I had trouble with not only hacking a remote control path together (Irmon? Ira-3? Imon? USB-UIRT? Software?!?!), but also with getting good video fidelity using the available Nvidia software tools. I'm sure there are solutions in the context of my setup, but ultimately, I chose the small footprint and easy functionality of a standalone player for now because I didn't feel like spending the time.

But, you know, this is clearly fodder for future tinkering.

Your not the only person I heard had some issues with the NVidea software. I think the latest copy of their software has some issues. I'm still using the 5 year old NVDVD 2.5 version and it scales amazingly and video quality is as good as the latest version FDDSHOW and DSCALER.

Good info on the SACD's...

I have a 256MB 6600 with 81.98 MCE drivers (last ones before they merged MCE and reg XP drivers together) and Purevideo 1.02-196. Works outstandly.

The ones I heard with issues are from the XP boxes. Unfortunately I don't have MCE to compare. I might look into this. So what version should I only be updating to for MCE? What is the build of MCE? I definitely want to step up to Purevideo and see if PQ is much higher. I know when I first tried it a while back trial version Purevideo DVD player was working properly but Window Media Player 10 would not play any DVD's. This was during its first week of launch so I just reverted back to NVDVD 2.5 and did not look into it again.

(sorry been out of town working)

The only negative I've found with PureVideo was when I first used it I had some trouble with recorded TV. Honestly exactly what the issue was escapes me at the moment as I found opening the properties of the decoder and changing some of the deinterlacing options fixed the problem for me.

One nice thin about the NV decoder is it seems once you buy it, your key will work on new versions as they come out. I've never confirmed if it's suppose to be that way, but never the less it is.