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I'm not sure if nvidia edited their page but I'm looking at the page again and it says: "HD DVD / Blu-ray Video Playback on NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT is classified as Excellent. HD DVD / Blu-ray Video Playback on NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra, GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB/640MB are...

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Officially there's none. But BartPE works, altho it may not be legal to perform such an upgrade. Dont think there's any other method tho.

Alright, my specs: AM2 X2 2300+ 45W Asus M2A VM HDMI 1x 1 GB Kingston Value RAM 667Mhz 400 GB Western Digital Hauppauge PVR 150 MCE Kit Toshiba Regza 42A3000E Windows Vista Ultimate Harman Kardon AVR5000 5.1 DTS receiver - At first I bought the Biostar TF7050 but I realized it...

I have just bought a Hauppauge PVR 150 MCE for my HTPC, and I have plugged it in to an Asus M2A VM HDMI motherboard (690G chipset). This motherboard has 3 ways to output audio, S/PDIF, analog, and via HDMI. I'm running Windows Vista Ultimate. I'm connecting my satellite decoder's audio output...

Excellent, thanks. Now to start shopping :)

Thanks for your reply! Thing is, I'm still gonna play alot of SD DVDs and I'm abit worried that the PC can't upscale as good as a dedicated HDMI DVD player. Is that perception wrong? Still need to know if the PC DVI output enough to display 720p?

Hi guys, I'm gonna be getting a HD ready LCD TV soon and I'm thinking of setting up a mini HTPC to play HD video (not necessarily bluray or HDDVD). I've alot of questions so I hope you all can share with me if you know. Firstly, my TV will only have one HDMI input (Regza) so I'm not sure...

Heres something useful... On a related topic, would viewing an LCD monitor too close have any health effects on the eyes? Our moms have always been telling us to not sit too close to the TV, but thats a CRT which has slight electrons (I think) emitting through the glass.

I thought it was rather obvious, in probably almost all games, you can choose the resolution, and again probably all will allow you to choose 1280x1024, which is 5:4.

This thread further cements [H]ardforums as the no.1 resource for LCD displays. Kudos to you.

For $100 cheaper, I'd go for the 225BW. It has an inferior panel to the 215TW, but for your purpose of only gaming + web + office, its sufficient. Also, heard that the 215TW has significant input lag, so that is a deal breaker for gaming. I myself have a VA panel, and it pleases me to no...

I think this begs the question, why do they come up with DVDs with the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, when there are no TVs or monitors that actually has that aspect ratio? It really defeats the whole purpose. On a side note, what aspect ratio does the cinema normally show?

I don't think the general consensus is that the 2007 S-PVA is much much worse than the 2007 S-IPS, its just that when someone buys a 2007, they have the S-IPS in mind. If they so happen to get a S-PVA instead, alot would bitch about that, but I don't think even they would say its much much...

IIRC, a glossy coating is actually a polarized glass or something like that, which does somewhat enhance the picture quality. Glossy does look better, but I still need the anti-glare.