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Quote: Originally Posted by Nige01010 Now you have a 37' set how far back do you view the TV from? There could be a HUGE chance you are sitting too far back Seeing as some stuff looks absolutely amazing, it can't be the set or the distance that would only hold true if everything looked normal which it does not. But yes, the bigger the screen the more benefit you get. Quote: Originally Posted by Nymins CSI or Futurama isn't on...

You don't need anything powerful with the correct GPU/IGP as the decoding will be offloaded to this. So all you need at the minimum is an ION machine (Atom+nVidia 9300). Acer and ASRock but very cheap dual core ION systems which will play everything. If you go the DIY ION route or C2D+9300 board you'll be spending a lot more. Do note that nVidia GPU's decoding is far more compatible than ATi.

the acer revo looks good, £290 will get you a dual core atom with an ion gpu, 4gb of ram and a 500gb hdd in a case small enough to go on a vesa mount behind your TV! Definitely what ill be getting when i have some more pennies

I have a speedlink cost me around £4 online

Quote: Originally Posted by AcidHell2 Sorry csi is on fiver my mistake. Futurama and Simpson are on in a minute. Yea like i say new Futurama and new Simpsons are in HD. At least 85% of todays broadcast on Sky1 has been HD.

Quote: Originally Posted by AbsenceJam Bitrate matters but with hardware devices it's also about the level encoded at and other settings. BD's can get up to 50Mb but it's L4.1, whereas a re-encode could have a much, much lower bitrate but be using 5.1. Standalone media players will all handle 4.1 but rarely anything more. I think in this case it's the bitrate alone that's the issue and again this is beyond what...

Quote: Originally Posted by AbsenceJam You're doing a good enough job yourself tbh. ONLY IN YOUR IMAGINATION. Incidentally you also seem to be under the impression that 192/24 is relevant to a listener. Are you claiming that this can be heard as well? ARE YOU CLAIMING 24/192 AUDIO TO SOUND THE SAME AS 16/44.1? So: There's equipment with audible jtter ( It is documented but you seem to have some issue with some literature ) 192/24 is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Gaidin109 As a layman, I was under the impression that the quality of the DAC's is what matters and that the SPDIF is just the transport. If the conversion is crap to begin with then it'll sound crap at the end, and vice-versa. My impression too. But it seems there is some possibility for the digital signal to be corrupted during the transmission. The question is:- a) Does this happen to any real degree...

well worth the purchase, had mine for a while now

Quote: Originally Posted by .Sean Would I just have to connect a 3.5mm jack from my soundcard? Yes plug your PC Video card into HDMI1 and sound card into the 3.5mm jack.