[dude87]

1. what software did you use for audio playback and/or catalog
(im just using winamp & browsing directories - the other progs wanted to much tagging of files)

2. what video card are you using for HDTV ?

I'm using JRiver's Media Center for audio playback and cataloging. I also use FooBar 2000's Live Show Tagger plugin to tag all of my FLAC files (and I convert old SHNS to FLAC for tagging capabilities). Tagging makes a huge difference in playback, plus having a really strong catalog function for playlists helps a lot.

The motherboard in my system supported HDTV output with a DVI jack - if I was using the system for gaming I would have spent more on the video card but it works for what I want to do (view my media content easily on my TV and watch DVDs).