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Title: Good external card
Review: I needed SPDIF out for my laptop, which I hook up to my home theater to watch videos. This was one of the more convenient and cheaper solutions available, and I can't say I'm disappointed. Normal stereo PCM out is perfect, but I bought this card for Dolby 5.1 out via SPDIF so I will elaborate on that. On Windows XP Professional, I occasionally (about once a minute maybe) get small silent gaps in 5.1 audio which is somewhat annoying. On Windows Vista Home Premium, I don't encounter this problem. This is all using the latest drivers and Windows updates. Not really sure why this happens as conventional wisdom would say things would work better in XP. Pleased with this product, but wish it would work perfectly in XP too.
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