I've updated Splash Pro to 1.8, looked into change log and... well, I finally lost my patience. You keep improving Motion 2, when your player lacks some basic stuff. For example, several people already reported multiple subtitles issues and nothing happened since then. You still can't turn off exte...
I have the Zotac "ZBox AD03" HTPC with AMD Radeon™ HD 6310 Discrete-Class Graphics video card and bitstreaming DTS MA and Dolby True HD audio works great via HDMI. Very happy. The high res audio is just incredible. It is a jaw dropping experience, comparing to the compressed DTS that I had before. ...
Personally, I find the quality of CyberLink and especially Corel products much better than Splash Pro. I don't even mind the higher price. However, they don't support motion interpolation on HD video, so, unfortunately, they are of no use to me (unlike Splash Pro).
It's not better to crop because you loose portions from the picture. CyberLink PowerDVD stretches the picture without distorting it and it does not destroy anything. The majority of videos and compressed photos are essentially bitmap. So scaling/resizing will immediately result in lose of definitio...