UseEvents option

For the past few months my system had been struggling to keep up with both 720p and 1080i broadcasts. I was using Linear deinterlacing and the standard decoder. Not always the highest of quality, but it played smoothly. Still, the processor was always in the high 90s. Not a lot of room for error.
Recently there were a couple of threads in the mailing list with people reporting much-reduced processor time with a new (to the 9000 series I think) nvidia x-driver option called 'UseEvents'.
A week or so ago, I added this option and it reduced my processor usage to the mid 40s. After enabling Bob deinterlacing and the ffmpeg decoder, my usage is up around 60-70%. And the best part: the picture looks fantastic. Very smooth, very very few artifacts or tearing.
Good stuff.
Now if only they would get the edid to recognize the output from my tv so I could output real 1080i, it might look even better.

New Home

Previously I was just updating (infrequently as of late) a website hosted by Google Page Creator. This (blogspot) seems like a more appropriate venue, and with the domain feature and all the cool customizations, I decided to make the switch.
While most of the posts here will be about my myth system(and the endless tinkering needed to keep it happy), I will also be posting about anything techy that suits my fancy.