I have the E6400 but also a Geforce 7950GT.
Plays the downloaded HD stuff brilliantly.
You'll need a hardware accelerated graphics card with HDCP enabled for ideal future proof (Blu-Ray / HD-DVD) which generally means geforce 7950 and above.
Download some content from alt.binaries.hdtv or even the free HD clips that are about (mariposa tv) and give your kit a try, it'll be hte h264 content that'll be the killer.
hth
PJ |