media center verse's dvd player for plasma


Wondering instead of buying a good dvd player say a pioneer 47txi. For my soon to come plasma,will a good video card say a ati x800xt pci in the media center computor work better for dvd video ,or anything else I run through it[audio internet].Of coarse my main amp would be handling the power {pioneer vsx56txi,and M&K speaker sys]Is it to soon to have a all in one media center{quality not there yet]to take advantage of my plasma.Thanks Mluthier
mluthier
A good video card with DVI output, plus "Theatertek" DVD playback software makes a GREAT source for feeding a plasma. I am using this with my Pioneer 5040HD and it makes a better DVD player than other I tried. The video card + software would be under $500, and easily surpass any DVD players in this price range.
There are some good media centers made out there and they are convenient and compact. My only concern would be do I have to replace the whole unit if one component fails. If you do more internet stuff rather than DVD's then it is probably the way to go.