Almost everything media that comes into my house is streamed.  The only exceptions now are a handful of DVD's and our one local TV channel that only gets watched on Sunday for the "Happy News".  The problem is that all the components are capable of so much more than this poor geek appears capable of getting them to do.  The TV is a Sony Trinitron.  Built like a tank and it includes both component and a DVI input at 1080p.  The amp can handle component video for switching as well as S/PDIF over either coax or toslink.  The HTPC itself is supposedly capable of video in DVI or component and audio in S/PDIF coax.

So here's the trouble.  The TV's DVI input is built for device input not from a computer and is supposedly incapable of supporting that.  The HTPC seems to have issues outputting to component.  Something between the HTPC and the amplifier doesn't seem to want to do digital audio...

So I'm stuck with low-res video and stereo output.

And I'm frustrated.