For some reason I've noticed a few kernel panics on my pvr machine lately. Usually when I have the load sitting at 10 or something for a while, but I suppose I should probably go and find out what they are. I have a feeling it's something with the ivtv driver. :( I tested my DVD of the MTV Movie Awards on an iMac at work today, and it works nicely. That means that the cheap media seems to have no problems being played on any player I'd use, which I'm not gonna argue with. I also may end up with a DDS2 drive and a whole box of tapes for free, which would be a pretty cool way to archive video stuff (a DDS2 tape is rather similar in uncompressed size to a DVD). DDS tapes are pretty small, and a ton of them could be stored in a tiny area. They have a cool mechanism that effectively seals them up when they're out of the drive (covers both sides of the tape, the sprocket holes, pretty much everything), which means you don't really need cases either. Too many tech toys...