Try ripping a dvd to your hard drive, then play from there and from your dvd player at the same time. Pick the same frame and freeze it and switch back and forth and you'll see how much overscan there is on the dvd player/tv. I was surprised.
I used the WindowsXP backup utility to back up my C-drive to another harddrive. I haven't had to use it yet, so I'm not sure it'll do what I expect it to. If Windows get hosed, I can use the floppy I created to restore my operating system, right? I don't might a reformat and reinstall once in a...