So yesterday I was home sick and took the opportunity to revert the OS on my Revo 3610 back to fresh-built Win7 with no codecs (except Haali) or other apps installed. I did this because I've had a number of just strange behaviors with the system, and have installed/uninstalled a number of codecs and wanted to get back to a clean state. I updated to the latest Nvidia drivers, loaded Media Browser, and did some testing. What I've seen is that the NVidia HDMI Audio driver won't passthrough DTS and Win7 doesn't come with a DTS decoder, so half of my movies won't play audio. Of course things play fine in MPC HC so it looks like I'll be giving Damian's latest guide a go to make it the default player in WMC.

I'll be honest, I'm liking the HTPC experience quite a bit, but the Revo has left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth and reinforced my dislike of NVidia products (drivers in particular). I'm strongly considering selling the 3610 and replacing it with a higher performance HTPC.

If the mini itx mobos ever get released I can move ahead with the build...

I want my Zotac H55 WiFi, and I want it now!

I found a website in Switzerland that shows multiple vendors for the board, obviously nobody has stock (yet). I signed up for email notification for when any of the vendors have it available, as a possible heads-up for when we might see it here. Don't want my i5 to become obsolete before I get a mobo ....

Mike