Advice on HD setup.

[neonplanet40]

1080p is only benificial if the tv you are getting is 40" or more as you wont see the difference between 720p and 1080p on a smaller television.

[schmunk]

1080p is only benificial if the tv you are getting is 40" or more as you wont see the difference between 720p and 1080p on a smaller television.

Unless, of course, you're also planning on attaching a PC...

[torrential]

PC is still essential I'd say.

I am using both PC and Xbox. The knot for audio is my X-Fi Platinum - it decodes dolby and sends it via analog outs to my BeoLab speakers. It takes surround both from PC and from Xbox - via digital connection and works in place of a receiver, but I have remote for X-Fi so I I do not even need receiver.

I am experimenting with Vista at the moment and all works fine, video and PC games thanks to Alchemy that a friend recommended to me. The only difficulty at the moment is that under Vista my computer does not decode surround from Xbox. I hope this gets sorted out.