@TheOtherHalf: Hello, and welcome to the internet!

@AlBme: Do you live your whole life based on worse-case scenarios? If so, I feel quite bad for you.

@Vishnu Vardhan: Word. VLC actually kinda blows.

I use The KMPlayer(The Korean one, not the Linux variety). It's full of features, probably TOO many for the majority of users, and good looking. The last couple updates have made it a little *wobbly* as far as stability is concerned, but it functions properly 97% of the time. Which for all it's capable of, is actually…

@SilasAmphilochus: I'll give you a dollar if you stab yourself in the face with a metal see-saw handle.

@The_Ben1: FYI: Your Windows link is broken.

@m-p{3}: I updated the portable version and it (along with my perm 3.0 install) work fine.

@rudeadly: Hi. You're even more of an idiot.

@rudeadly: Hi. You're an idiot.

@AilsaHelios: You make a statement such as the one about Gnome, yet you still have the audacity to call other people idiots? The pot and the kettle, my friend. The pot and the kettle.

@Deadhacker: Dood. There's something wrong with you. I'm surprised you even HAVE friends.

@puntai:

@mconnolly09: Quit being a snobby asshat and lighten up. This article is backed by many years of proven "chicken-technology" and suggests(in a tongue-in-cheek manner) a remedy that *gasp* actually works.

@eeefresh: Why are you stealing my tomservo avy? I'm tellin mom!

My Gateway 6860FX with an C2D x7800@3ghz and 2-5400RPM drives in RAID 0, running Vista 64bit starts in about 35-40 seconds. That's to the desktop with the HD light off and ready to roll(I disabled SuperFetch and Windows Search). That being said, some days, it randomly gets a notion to take it's sweet ass time. It's…

Yikes! I agree, the original is MUCH better. I would have raised the contrast a BIT and maybe added some USM, but thats about it.

Great info! Thanks for the article! I have this running on my WRT54GL and it works wonderfully.

Thumbs way up for Rockbox! I have been using this on various incarnations of the Sansa E200 series for years. The sounds quality is VASTLY improved over stock, especially bass response. It's insane. Highly recommended!