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androidi said:

I don't have matching HW to try but on vista 64/ie8b2 in compat mode and dual core with realtek chip I've not had such problem.

Just to verify, you have tried other browsers incl IE7 and with no new drivers installed in between with different result? Can you change the amount of cores in use from BIOS? I can't remember if you could boot Vista with a generic "vga driver" rather than accelerated one but I'd try that too to see if there's any effect.

Mmm, also FF is skipping/popping when scrolling, so it is not a browser issue. I am trying with all sorts of drivers, lets see if I ge lucky...

androidi said:

I don't have matching HW to try but on vista 64/ie8b2 in compat mode and dual core with realtek chip I've not had such problem.

Just to verify, you have tried other browsers incl IE7 and with no new drivers installed in between with different result? Can you change the amount of cores in use from BIOS? I can't remember if you could boot Vista with a generic "vga driver" rather than accelerated one but I'd try that too to see if there's any effect.

I've submitted this bug on the discussion group for IE8 , but I wanted to know if other people are experiencing the same problem on this forum.

I am running IE8 beta 2 on Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 (32 bit) on a Dell Precision T5400 with 8 an cores Xeon processor and 4 Gb of ram and an integrated soundcard. If I am listening to music (from any player or from a website using Silverlight or Flash - for example Channel 9 or Youtube) and I am loading a webpage or scrolling in IE8, the sound is strongly disturbed (it "jumps").

I've tried updating to the latest audio drivers, but I haven't noticed any improvements. Running other programs seem to have no effect on the sound.

Anyone else experiencing the same issue? Thanks.

daSmirnov said:

giovanni said:

*snip*

I think you miss the value statement.  I can buy Transformers on BD-ROM for about £25.  Or I can buy the HD DVD drive for about £5, Transformers for about £3 and buy another half dozen films for about £17.  Who cares if there haven't been any new releases when its that cheap.

Considering how well Blu-ray is doing at the moment.... Honestly films 4 times as expensive on DVD?  There's a reason its marketshare hasn't done anything in the last 8 months apart from flatline.  And yes I do have a Blu-ray player at home.  Costs are too high, licencing costs to the BDA are too high.  I wouldn't be surprised to see film studios start dropping it soon.

The Studio Hybrids are nice machines, just make sure to get an IR port and remote for it if its just going to be used for media playback.

leeappdalecom said:

You know I see some people like you getting interviewed on TV about the election, some americans are scary!

daSmirnov said:

giovanni said:

*snip*

It did, that's why its dirt cheap.

daSmirnov said:

I use an Xbox 360, simply because I have one and its far cheaper than dedicated bits of extender hardware, especially in the UK.  Noise isn't that much of a problem, its not as loud as when the DVD drive is spun up playing a game.  Plus it does a whole lot more.

Blu-ray would be nice.  But I'm not about to blow £25 for a film on BD-ROM.  When you can pick up 10 films on HD DVD and the drive for the same price.

Not run into any codec issues, the 360 can play Xvid, Divx, H.264, WMV and everything else I've got.

I am considering buying a media center extender and I am very tempted by the Xbox, but:

1) it does not come with blu ray
2) it is very noisy.

If you own an Xbox, do you use it as an extender and what is your opinion? Any chances of new hardware coming out for xmas? Thanks for your comments.

Bas said:

Because it'll be virtualised and as such much slower?

I don't know much about VHDs, except they are files that act as hard disks... If Windows 7 can boot from a VHD, why would you want to run the OS in any other way? To me VHDs seem so much easier to back up, move, etc. that it sounds like an ideal solution. Is that right?