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  1. Mike*A

    PC DVD vs. Standalone Player

    As far as I know, I need the DD decoding. I output the Audigy 2 via analog directly to my Klipsch speakers...no reciever involved.
  2. Mike*A

    PC DVD vs. Standalone Player

    Thanks again Max, While I've got your attention, I have one other "issue" I ran into while tinkering around last night. The Radeon 9500 I mention above was stolen out of my gaming machine to determine how well my HTPC could work....and I kinda want it back. :) Rest of the HTPC I put...
  3. Mike*A

    PC DVD vs. Standalone Player

    Thanks Max, The TV is 1280x768...which is what the vcard is set too (as well as 60hz). Do you know how the different DVD software pacakges can affect quality? I ran home over lunch and tried the ATI DVD player...and the picture seemed cleaner (not as grainy as PowerDVD). To be honest...
  4. Mike*A

    PC DVD vs. Standalone Player

    Hey everyone...first post, so be nice. :) I've recently built up a HTPC for my new Samsung 32" LCD TV. My question is, should the picture quality from my PC DVD-ROM player be worse, as good, or better than a standalone progressive-scan DVD player? I'm using: PowerDVD XP (came with the...
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