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Both sound cards are excellent, but one thing to bear in mind is that GTXP does not support 5.1 gaming, whereas the Live! 5.1 series does.

Yeah, I heard somewhere that the RRP is $899 as well... actually I think that Network Entertainment is now advertising that price for the 5.1s in response to the Innovision pricing... But I have been in correspondence with Microdirect and they told me NOT to order anything until they had it (they were of the opinion that there would be enough units to go around). So I'm definitely going to wait and see... btw splinter I love the Shrek pic

Fantastic news Doomsday, here come my 5.1s!! I don't know if I'm the Dave that you mentioned, and if so I'm not sure whether I posted the link here... anyway, for anybody that is interested, here's the place that is selling the ProMedia speakers (with free shipping!): http://www.microdirect.com.au I can't take credit for discovering this, however, kudos to Baby Panda on the 3dsoundsurge.com forum for enlightening all us Aussies! btw, were you just being hopeful about the PM 5.2, or is there some news that I'm not aware of? :-)

^bump^ let's get as many Aussies reading this as possible. I hope it will dissipate some of the anger I've been reading on this and other forums regarding Klipsch speakers Down Under.

Hi guys, I have a question: I use PowerDVD 2.5 to watch movies (it came with the computer) and it's cool except for 2 things: 1) it's not quite as smooth as tv or video - it doesn't actually *jerk* as such, just judders slightly when there's supposed to be smooth movement 2) the colours are slightly funny - if there's a sunset or something the gradations aren't smooth, i can clearly see the layers of colour, as if i'm in a low-colour mode or something (which I'm not). Do I need to get a hardware decoder (like a Hollywood Plus) to fix these problems, or are they simply part of watching DVD on computers? I have an Athlon 1200, 128MB DDR RAM, and a Hercules Geforce 2 GTS 64MB. my monitor I watch movies on is a 19" flat Viewsonic. If anyone reading this can shed some light on the matter, please don't hesitate!

Hi guys, I have a question: I use PowerDVD 2.5 to watch movies (it came with the computer) and it's cool except for 2 things: 1) it's not quite as smooth as tv or video - it doesn't actually *jerk* as such, just gives the impression of juddering 2) the colours are slightly funny - if there's a sunset or something the gradations aren't smooth, i can clearly see the layers of colour, as if i'm in a low-colour mode or something (which I'm not). I have an Athlon 1200, 128MB DDR RAM, and a Hercules Geforce 2 GTS 64MB. my monitor I watch movies on is a 19" flat Viewsonic. If anyone reading this can shed some light on the matter, please don't hesitate!