Mine sounds great, but then I am not you. The key words in your question, at least from the lack of specifics given, is
Or was this more of a statement and not a question?
As far as I know the only DVD Audio format capable software solution is the Creative software with the Audigy2 sound card. M-Audio is supposed to be working on DVD Audio software for their Revolution 7.1 sound card, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
I have used Epson printers for the past 12 years after giving up on HP driver problems. The quality of the prints with their photo printers is outstanding. A contributing factor to the clogged print heads was improper shutdown of the printer. The print head is cycled to a park position when the...
The M-Audio Revolution is both PC and Mac compatible. It is a new card, just started shipping this month. The Revolution is similar to Creative's Audigy 2, a top of the line consumer level sound card.
When you send a 480i signal to an HDTV set the TV uses its own deinterlacing and line doubling circuitry to give you a 480p signal. In your case it sounds like the progressive scan circuitry in your set is much better than the circuitry in your dvd player.
Here is a great in depth article on...