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<blockquote data-quote="Kotik" data-source="post: 393731" data-attributes="member: 89825">1. Some people claim it is, i personally haven't seen any difference. That being said, if you use Vista you should stick with EVR.2. Yes FFDShow upscaling disables DXVA since for DXVA to work video codec should be connected directly to renderer.3. Depends on how experienced you are with it. I personally find PowerDVD 9 SD codec IS doing a fine work (plus you get it with DXVA).4. Best driver for Vista with ATI is 9.2. I am not going to mention 9.3 atm since it was out yesterday and may have problems that are not yet detected.5. ATI Avivo/Avivo HD is a codec package coming directly from ATI. It is supposed to offer DXVA, i never tested them since i am happy with either MPC-HC codec or Cyberlink codecs.6. I am not experienced with Toshiba panels but you should check if your panel supports 24p (24Hz) input over HDMI. Since you are using Vista you are unable to use Reclock which means you will have to play with refresh rates. If your panel supports 24p then your job is easy you just have to create 3 profiles in PowerStrip a)PAL 50HZ (50/2=25HZ for 25 fps material) b) 24HZ for 23.98 fps material and c) 60HZ (60/2=30HZ for 29.97 fps material) in case your panel doesnt support 24p input then you should tweak a bit with PowerStrip to see if you can force 47.96 HZ since this would also be a solution for 23.98 fps material (23.98x2=47.96).I hope that will cover your questions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kotik, post: 393731, member: 89825"] 1. Some people claim it is, i personally haven't seen any difference. That being said, if you use Vista you should stick with EVR. 2. Yes FFDShow upscaling disables DXVA since for DXVA to work video codec should be connected directly to renderer. 3. Depends on how experienced you are with it. I personally find PowerDVD 9 SD codec IS doing a fine work (plus you get it with DXVA). 4. Best driver for Vista with ATI is 9.2. I am not going to mention 9.3 atm since it was out yesterday and may have problems that are not yet detected. 5. ATI Avivo/Avivo HD is a codec package coming directly from ATI. It is supposed to offer DXVA, i never tested them since i am happy with either MPC-HC codec or Cyberlink codecs. 6. I am not experienced with Toshiba panels but you should check if your panel supports 24p (24Hz) input over HDMI. Since you are using Vista you are unable to use Reclock which means you will have to play with refresh rates. If your panel supports 24p then your job is easy you just have to create 3 profiles in PowerStrip a)PAL 50HZ (50/2=25HZ for 25 fps material) b) 24HZ for 23.98 fps material and c) 60HZ (60/2=30HZ for 29.97 fps material) in case your panel doesnt support 24p input then you should tweak a bit with PowerStrip to see if you can force 47.96 HZ since this would also be a solution for 23.98 fps material (23.98x2=47.96). I hope that will cover your questions. [/QUOTE]

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