It is possible that an HD clip encoded in MPEG 2 — as is likely to be found on upcoming HD DVD and Blue-Ray discs — would have been able to take advantage of the hardware decoder and played back properly. presently, because of lack of software support, it is not possible to take advantage of th...

Devon, Couldn't agree more with some of the things you wrote. Specifically: No matter what benchmark is used, VIA's processors take a beating compared to even low-end offerings from Intel and AMD. On the other hand, even the lowest-performance offerings from Intel and AMD are overkill for many — p...