Follow the guide posted on the Steam forums, which makes use of MKLINK. It is a fairly painless and easy way to split your Steam games up onto different HD's, without the need for any 3rd party software. Here.
I should also mention XBMC supports a huge majority of the slew of codecs you'd ever use out of the box (no installing codec packs or picking and choosing those you'll need). In this respect it's similar to MPC-HC, but they serve different purposes. Also XBMC doesn't take any more setup time...
I'm a big fan of XBMC. The latest builds support DXVA and their interface is very intuitive and easy to setup. I have tried nearly every comparable HTPC front-end and in my opinion XBMC is a tier above the rest.
I would do a little more reading on that. Burn in may be possible on LCDs but the chance of you experiencing it are slim to none. I honestly would not worry about it.
I agree. I believe using any form of EQ is a way of making up for inadequacies in audio equipment. On the other hand, if you are happy with the way it sounds that's all that matters.
Turning off 'enhance pointer precision' should disable any mouse acceleration. Are you saying you notice no difference when the option is selected compared to when it is? If that's the case do you have any mouse/keyboard software installed like SetPoint that could be keeping acceleration on?
Exactly. Microsoft may not be offering it up for download right now, probably because they don't feel they need any more beta testers, but regardless it isn't really going to hurt Microsoft to have a few extra testers who acquire their virus solution through legitimate or illegitimate torrent sites.
If I remember correctly they offered full versions free with the start of the latest release (maybe it was the 64-bit version?). They only gave away a small number for a limited time. Maybe a year or so ago?
The only thing you need is MPC-HC, you shouldn't need anything else at all to play typical videos. To use DXVA with MPC-HC you need to use EVR or EVR Custom under Playback/Output in the options of MPC-HC. To see if MPC-HC is using DXVA press Ctrl+J during video playback and it will tell you if...
I don't understand the complaints about the voice acting. Just like the first I thought the voice acting was very good and there wasn't one voice over in game that made me think "This sounds terrible." To each his own I guess.